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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Low Cost, High-Performance, Heavy Rare Earth-Free 3-In-1 Electric Drive Unit. Low-Cost Rare-Earth Free Electric Drivetrain Enabled by Novel Permanent Magnets, Inverter, Integrated Design and Advanced Thermal Management.

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DOE to award $35M to 24 projects to support early-stage, innovative technologies and solutions in advanced manufacturing

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Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. The University of Illinois will conduct research to develop a composite plastic heat exchanger for a low temperature gas streams common in industry. Colorado State University. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Yale University. Zyvex Labs, LLC.

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

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Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Electric Grid OT Cybersecurity Dashboard for Control Room Environments, $600,000. Lynchburg, Virginia).

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Cenovus Energys Total Bitumen Initially-in-Place Estimated at 137B Barrels; Oilsands Production Expected to Increase 5-Fold to 300,000 bpd by 2019

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These technologies are expected to help improve oil recovery, decrease operating costs and reduce the impact on the environment. Cenovus’s downstream operations include the Wood River Refinery in Illinois and the Borger Refinery in Texas, which are jointly owned with ConocoPhillips, the operator.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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million of non-Federal cost sharing. In order for low-cost electricity from coal-fired power plants to remain available, the DOE said, economical methods for capturing and storing the greenhouse gas emissions from these plants must be developed. The projects’ total value is approximately $35.8 million over four years, with $27.6

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DOE Coal FIRST Initiative invests $80M in net-zero carbon electricity and hydrogen plants

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Even a partial move toward a hydrogen economy will require vast quantities of hydrogen at low cost. Fossil fuels with CCUS are already—and by far—the lowest cost source of low-carbon hydrogen. Plastic waste could also be added to the fuel mix, mitigating plastics waste in the environment.

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DOE awards $100M in 2nd funding round for 32 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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The centers selected for the second round of funding will help lay the scientific groundwork for fundamental advances in solar energy, electrical energy storage, carbon capture and sequestration, materials and chemistry by design, biosciences, and extreme environments. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. FY 2014 EFRC Awards.

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