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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Integrated Power Block Heat Exchanger/Thermal Energy Storage System for CSP Plants, $348,000 CFOAM LLC, Triadelphia, W. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga. Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif.

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Ceramic pump moves molten metal at a record 1,400 ?C; new avenues for energy storage and hydrogen production

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A ceramic-based mechanical pump able to operate at record temperatures of more than 1,400 ˚C (1,673 K) can transfer high-temperature liquids such as molten tin, enabling a new generation of energy conversion and storage systems. This would allow us to create a new type of battery. —Asegun Henry.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Fluctuations for Advanced Thermal Energy Storage NAVITASMAX will develop a novel heat storage method for. energy density over existing systems by an order of. coupled with novel thermal energy storage technology, which. will enable low cost, fully dispatchable solar energy. storage material.

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