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EnTech Solutions, Peterbilt, Maki Trucking Partner to transport renewable natural gas with electric truck

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US Gain, a division of Wisconsin-based US Venture, Inc., Electric vehicle transportation is the next step in the Middleton digester’s clean energy endeavors. The biodigester facility converts agricultural waste from four regional dairy farms into RNG, eliminating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions normally released by the dairy manure.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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To date, the TCF has funded more than 380 projects by unlocking more than $170 million in funding from more than 300 private sector partners, including automotive manufacturers, energy storage companies, utilities, bioenergy companies, solar providers, and aerospace companies. Madison, Wisconsin). Argonne National Laboratory.

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DOE awards $35M to 15 projects in ARPA-E ECOSynBio program to reduce carbon footprint of biofuel production

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These fermentation processes create carbon as a byproduct, with some processes wasting more than 1/3 of this carbon as CO 2 emissions. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Renewable electricity is now competitive with and in many instances less expensive than fossil fuel-derived electricity, but its storage remains challenging.

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ARPA-E awards $30M to 21 projects advance new class of high-performance power converters

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Empower’s design will enable faster & more accurate power delivery than today’s power management hardware, which has not been able to keep up with the need for high-quality power in modern processors, an important source of wasted energy. A Bidirectional, Transformerless Converter Topology for Grid-tied Energy Storage Systems.

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Lifecycle study finds that environmental impacts of silicon-anode Li-ion battery could be roughly comparable with conventional Li-ion battery

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The study is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Review of the literature indicates SiNW for LIB anode are mainly prepared in two ways: chemical vapor deposition (CVD) or wet chemistry method.

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ARPA-E awarding $60M to 23 projects; dry cooling and fusion power

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The program plans to provide $30 million to support 14 project teams in developing innovative, ultra-high-performance air-cooled heat exchangers, supplemental cooling systems and/or cool-storage systems that can cost-effectively and efficiently reject waste heat. Colorado State University. University of Maryland.

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

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Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants LLC. This project will develop a non-rare-earth permanent magnet motor architecture that will enable the use of low energy magnet technology. Solid state thermoelectric energy conversion devices. GMZ Energy, Inc. General Motors, LLC. Electric Transportation Engineering Corp.