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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components. Global Algae Innovations, “Algae Direct Air Capture Scale-up to Multi-Acre Raceways”, $3,600,000. per GGE, with lifecycle emissions reductions exceeding 80% over petroleum.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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The project also includes a proprietary process to convert waste biomass into carbon dioxide and hydrogen to feed the bioreactor, allowing butanol production from waste feedstocks. of Central FLorida, Univ. of Florida, Univ. of South Florida). GE Global Research Center. (GE Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (UC

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. University of Florida, Gainesville. Production of Terpene Biofuels in Pine The University of Florida project will increase the production. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. light energy. Lawrence Berkeley.

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

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Blue Frontier, LLC (Parkland, Florida). GE Global Research (Niskayuna, New York). Offshore Wind Turbine Digital Twin for the Prediction of Component Failures, $200,000. Robust Carbonic Anhydrases for Novel Biological, Sustainable and Low Energy CO2 Scrubbing Process from Waste Gases, $250,000. IP Group, Inc.

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Solar-powered off-grid EV charging stations offer surprisingly attractive cost advantages

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By cutting red tape and avoiding costs for construction and electrical work, combined with free solar energy, Beam Global says its EV ARC systems can offer customers a lower total cost of ownership compared to grid-tied charging stations. Q&A with Beam Global CEO Desmond Wheatley. The EV ARC features a 4.3

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

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These zoning decisions blow in whatever direction the development winds are gusting in the city at the moment and there is no consistency, logic or equity in the decisions made. Just two people live in its 3000+ energy-wasting square feet. It’s just this mind-blowing waste of time. We do all the paperwork. We’re turnkey.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. The United States must reduce its global warming pollution emissions at least 80 percent below 2000 levels by 2050 to avoid some of the worst effects of global warming.

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