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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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the Environment. gas-fueled school buses and solid waste collection vehicles and develop a. The Mid-America Collaborative for Alternative Fuels Implementation project will focus diversifying transportation fuel options in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri. petroleum reduction strategies. Center for. Transportation and.

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

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These plants will be fueled by coal, natural gas, biomass, and waste plastics and incorporate carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies. The Coal FIRST Initiative recognizes the importance of hydrogen production from coal, biomass, and waste plastics.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Waste Heat Capture (2 projects). Recent academic research has created synthetic analogue molecules for elucidation of CA enzyme mechanisms which are more robust in harsh environments. General Motors will develop a shape memory alloy (SMA) energy recovery device that will convert waste heat from car engines to electricity.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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By the way Boones plan covers: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. Boone Pickens plan, which states that using all the wind power capacity from northern Texas to the Canadian border would produce AS MUCH AS 20%. He states this as a positive of his program. Sounds like a perfect way to dump a TRILLION.

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