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DOE awarding $4.4M to advance hydropower manufacturing for “low-head” sites

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According to Energy Department assessments, there is a technical resource potential of more than 50 gigawatts of potential capacity at these low-head sites. The turbine will be designed to deliver a constant source of energy despite changes in water flow by using a system that operates efficiently across a range of ebbs and flows.

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Bright Automotive Launches Bright eSolutions; US Army Hybrid Vehicle Contract

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Bright Automotive launched eSolutions with a just-announced contract from the US Army TACOM to conduct a demonstration project on a low-cost plug-in hybrid electric solution for non-tactical military vehicles. For many fleet operators, the added EV range will allow them to operate almost entirely gasoline-free, Bright said.

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DOE awards nearly $55M to advance fuel efficient vehicle technologies in support of EV Everywhere and SuperTruck

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The new investments will go toward a wide range of research, development, and demonstration projects that aim to reduce the price and improve the efficiency of plug-in electric, alternative fuel, and conventional vehicles. million in co-funding to support projects focused on battery modeling technologies and computational fluid dynamics.

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US DOE awards more than $175M to 40 projects for advanced vehicle research and development

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The US Department of Energy will award more than $175 million over the next three to five years to accelerate the development and deployment of a range of advanced vehicle technologies. This project will develop a new process that enables low-cost, domestic manufacturing of magnesium. Metal Oxygen Separation Technologies Inc.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 12 new projects to support medium-voltage devices for grid, industry and transportation

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Drexel University aims to design a significantly more efficient, fast, low-cost, compact, and reliable circuit breaker for medium-voltage direct-current (MVDC) power system. Eaton Corporation, DC Wide Bandgap Static Circuit Breaker – $3,760,000.

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ARPA-E selects 13 projects for $30M in awards to advance natural gas vehicle technologies

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Eaton Corporation will develop an at-home natural gas. Eaton will engineer a heat-transfer. materials for low-pressure gas storage tanks using their computational screening tool. identification of low-cost, high-performance materials that will. speed the development of low-pressure natural gas tanks for.

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ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

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Eaton Corporation. Eaton Corporation is developing a power control system to. Eaton’s innovative approach reduces the size of the. more cost-effective solution for commercial vehicles. project integrates a unique, low-cost membrane with a new. electrolyte materials composed of low cost iron.