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DOE releasing $20M in funding to ARPA-E awardees; NEXTCAR and REFUEL projects

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REFUEL projects will use water, molecules from the air, and electricity from renewable sources to produce high-energy liquid fuels for transportation and other uses. Gas Technology Institute: A Novel Catalytic Membrane Reactor for DME Synthesis from Renewable Resources – $2,300,000. Giner, Inc.: Molecule Works, Inc.: Opus 12, Inc.:

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Kansas Geological Survey Receives $5M Grant to Study CO2 Storage

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It will be used to determine whether a largely depleted oil and gas field in south-central Kansas and an underlying saline aquifer can permanently and safely sequester carbon dioxide from stationary sources such as electric, cement, ethanol and fertilizer plants. and Bittersweet Energy Inc. Lynn Watney.

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DOE-Sponsored Seismic Project Helps Identify Untapped Oil in Developed Reservoirs

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Mull Drilling Company of Wichita, Kan., The project, which is funded by the Office of Fossil Energy’s Oil and Natural Gas Program, is improving seismic imaging and understanding of complex compartmentalized reservoirs, called karst reservoirs, and helping operators add to the US supply of oil and natural gas.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 16 REFUEL projects for energy-dense carbon-neutral liquid fuels; leveraging ammonia

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The 16 REFUEL projects seek to develop scalable technologies for converting water and molecules from the air into energy-dense, carbon-neutral liquid fuels (CNLFs) using electrical energy from renewable sources. Gas Technology Institute. High-Efficiency Ammonia Production from Water and Nitrogen (Category 1). Earlier post.)

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