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Electric vehicles are inflation relief

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Energy Information Administration pegs the average retail price per kilowatt hour at $0.107 in April 2021, compared to $0.1174 in April 2022, a mere 9.7% El Paso Electric , for example, offers a popular EV cost of ownership calculator. Austin Energy (Austin, TX) DTE Energy (Detroit, MI) Duquesne Light Co.

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NSF awards $55.5M to support 3 new Engineering Research Centers; one focused on power electronics

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The two other new ERCs are: Off-grid drinking water. The NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment Systems (NEWT) will pursue high-performance and easy-to-deploy water treatment systems that can turn both wastewater and seawater into clean drinking water.

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Alabama Project Testing Potential for Combining CO2 Storage with Enhanced Methane Recovery

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Field testing the potential for combining geologic carbon dioxide storage with enhanced methane recovery is underway at a site in Alabama by a US Department of Energy (DOE) team of regional partners. The National Energy Technology Laboratory manages the partnership program for DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy.

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UTEP Awarded Nearly $1.3M for 4 DOE Projects On Engine and Turbine Efficiency and CO2 Capture

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The Department of Energy (DOE) recently awarded The University of Texas at El Paso grants totaling nearly $1.3 Burning coal in oxygen rather than air produces mainly water vapor and CO 2 , making the CO 2 easier to capture for transport and storage. Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Chintalapalle V.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

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Zach Henkin Current Profession: Director of EV/EV Integration Research for the Center of Sustainable Energy How will you add value to the EAA Board? I successfully doubled EV sales in the Pacific Northwest through a US Department of Energy project I was the principal investigator for. in Business Administration.

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DOE to Award $1.5M to Three Syngas and H2 Turbine Technology Projects

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The US Department of Energy selected three projects under the Office of Fossil Energy’s University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) Program for awards totaling approximately $1.5 University of Texas-El Paso. The projects include: Pennsylvania State University.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

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Zach Henkin Current Profession: Director of EV/EV Integration Research for the Center of Sustainable Energy How will you add value to the EAA Board? I successfully doubled EV sales in the Pacific Northwest through a US Department of Energy project I was the principal investigator for. in Business Administration.