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

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The RII Track-2 awards support research while also requiring award recipients to invest in developing a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce—particularly of early-career faculty researchers. These four-year awards support 27 institutions in 18 eligible jurisdictions. Lead organization. Description.

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New Research Alliance to Promote Low-Impact Drilling Technologies

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The Houston Advanced Research Center ( HARC ) and the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University are establishing a collaborative research program to promote advanced technology for low-impact oil and gas drilling. University of Colorado. Utah State University. Sam Houston State University.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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Under the first FOA (DE-FOA-0002187), Capture Research and Development (R&D): Engineering Scale Testing from Coal- and Natural-Gas-Based Flue Gas and Initial Engineering Design for Industrial Sources, DOE selected nine projects to receive $51 million for cost-shared R&D. LH CO 2 MENT Colorado Project.

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What is Electrification of Transportation?

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Sounds simple, but it’s more complicated than just replacing internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles with electric vehicles (EVs). In Norway , which is the world leader in renewable energy use, 45% of electricity comes from hydropower, while Brazil in second place gets 32% of its total energy supply from biofuel and waste energy.

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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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Enefit280 was developed by Enefit Outotec Technology using Enefit’s extensive experience in Solid Heat Carrier shale oil technology and Outotec’s world-leading process and plant engineering solutions. Waste heat is used to generate electricity, making Enefit shale oil plants net producers of electricity.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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University of Wyoming , Laramie, Wyo. The models and protocols will enable scientists, engineers, and storage-project administrators to develop approaches to minimize those risks. DOE share: $1,354,253; recipient share: $270,850; duration: 36 months). GoldSim Technology Group , Issaquah, Wash.

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DOE awards $34M to 19 projects to advance clean hydrogen

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intends to develop a modular, sorbent-based air separation unit (ASU) for oxygen production to support low-cost hydrogen production from gasification of biomass and/or wastes. The team intends to address the requirement of advancing modular air separation to support modular gasification-based hydrogen production.

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