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NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made 11 awards totaling $55 million aimed at building research capacity to develop new innovations at the intersection of food, energy and water systems and to address fundamental questions about the brain. Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. University of Southern Mississippi.

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Scale-up and Qualification of Net-Zero Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Wet Waste. Topic 2: Waste to Energy Strategies for the Bioeconomy.

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Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Restores Hydrogen Research Funding in FY2010 Funding Legislation

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The House Approprations committee also has agreed to a $40 million increase for hydrogen transportation systems ($108 million total) originally added to the DOE FY2010 budget by the House Energy and Water Development Subcommittee. Differences between House and Senate budgets, once passed, will need to be worked out in a conference committee.

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NRC report concludes hydraulic fracturing poses low risk for causing earthquakes, but risks are higher for wastewater injection wells; CCS impact undetermined

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Schematic diagram of a shale gas well following hydraulic fracture treatment, with the relative depths of local water wells shown for scale. Hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) extracts natural gas by injecting a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals in short bursts at high pressure into deep underground wells.

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DOE and USDA Select Projects for More Than $24M in Biomass Research and Development Grants

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Polyitaconic acid is a water-soluble polymer with a 2 million metric ton per year market potential as a replacement for petrochemical dispersants, detergents, and super-absorbents. The technology uses unique, engineered catalysts that facilitate new reaction pathways to liquid motor fuels from biomass. Velocys, Inc.

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DOE Selects 42 University-Led Nuclear Research and Development Projects for $38 Million in Funding

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The goal of this research area is to research and develop the next generation of nuclear reactors that will produce more energy and create less waste. Light Water Reactor Sustainability (2 projects, $764,140). Mississippi State University - $345,941. Generation IV Reactor Research and Development (20 projects, $19,855,912).

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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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The technology areas ( earlier post ) receiving funding are: PETRO: Plants Engineered To Replace Oil ($36 million). Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO). Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. Camelina will be engineered with. The team will engineer tobacco with traits.

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