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FAA awards $7.5M in research grants for integration of drones into national airspace

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University of North Dakota. University of North Dakota. University of North Dakota. University of Alaska, Fairbanks – lead University. Kansas State University. New Mexico State University. University of Alabama, Huntsville. Science and Research Panel (SARP) Support. Oregon State University – lead University.

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FAA selects 6 sites for unmanned aircraft systems research for integration into US airspace

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The applicant’s research will also include a concentrated look at how air traffic control procedures will evolve with the introduction of UAS into the civil environment and how these aircraft will be integrated with NextGen. North Dakota Department of Commerce. Nevada’s selection contributes to geographic and climatic diversity.

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

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University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center. The University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) will lead a team to design, build, and operate a direct-fired, supercritical CO 2 cycle pilot plant. University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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Transcanada restarts Keystone oil sands pipeline operations

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The Keystone pipeline is approximately 1,316 miles in length and transports crude oil from the US-Canadian Border in North Dakota to Patoka, Illinois and includes an extension running from Jefferson County, Nebraska to Cushing, Oklahoma. From North Dakota, the pipeline runs south through South Dakota and Nebraska.

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DOE Awarding More Than $3.3M to 7 Universities To Conduct Advanced Turbine Technology Studies for Advanced Coal-Based Power Generation

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The universities—located in Georgia, Texas, North Dakota, Louisiana, California, and New York—will investigate the technology needed for the efficient operation of turbines using coal-derived synthesis gas (syngas) and high hydrogen content (HHC) fuels. University of North Dakota , Grand Forks, N.D.

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The unique role some Tribal nations are taking in the EV transition

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In Bob’s words, this would bring “good medicine” to these communities and, in turn, the Nation and the World, or “Turtle Island,” as it is often referred to by Indigenous people in North America. Thus, the Upper Midwest Inter-Tribal EV Charging Community Network (UMITEVCCN) was born.

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MIT study: half of US deaths related to air pollution are linked to out-of-state emissions

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The research was a collaboration between MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment and the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. —study leader Steven Barrett, an associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT.

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