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Study: Energy sorghum may combine best of annual, perennial bioenergy crops

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Maize and other annual crops are easier to manage with traditional farming, but they are tougher on the environment. giganteus at the Illinois Energy Farm during the 2018 growing season, a near-average year in terms of temperature, rainfall, and soil moisture. Overall, energy sorghum had the highest water use efficiency.

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John Bardeen’s Terrific Transistorized Music Box

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The Spurlock Museum/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Bell Labs used one of the boxes to demonstrate the transistor’s portability. Bardeen brought his box to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, when he joined the faculty in 1951. Dallesasse’s mentor at Illinois was Holoynak , whose mentor was Bardeen.

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Toyota Motor awards MP2 Energy 5-year contract for 100% renewable energy for Plano headquarters

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million square-foot campus comprising office space and office support, a data center and light industrial and light automotive service facilities. We are dedicated to making sure our new headquarters campus supports—even redefines—Toyota’s commitment to the environment. The five-year deal also supports 7.75

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FAA launches new Center of Excellence for alternative jet fuels; $40M in funding over 10 years

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The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected a team of universities to lead a new Air Transportation Center of Excellence ( COE ) for alternative jet fuels and the environment.

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Berkeley Lab researchers shed light on how lithium-rich cathodes work, opening the door to higher capacity batteries

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They used supercomputer facilities at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), a DOE Office of Science User Facility hosted at Berkeley Lab, and the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), led by the University of Illinois. …

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DOE awarding $6.5M to 9 large-scale Phase I pilot coal projects

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Feasibility Study for 10 Megawatt-Electric (MWe) Coal Direct Chemical Looping Large Pilot Plant Demonstration at the Dover Light & Power Plant in Dover, OH Babcock & Wilcox will complete a feasibility study of a coal-direct chemical looping large pilot plant for a specific utility site. University of Illinois. Organization.

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ARPA-E releases $10M for 6 projects developing electrical systems for fully-electric aviation applications

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Addressing partial discharge related reliability issues that arise from low air pressure environments in aviation. Illinois Institute of Technology. Illinois Institute of Technology will develop a 10 kV/150A superconducting momentary circuit interrupter (SMCI) to provide fault protection with ultralow power loss (.