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ARPA-E to award $14.5M to 5 projects to reduce energy use for transportation

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Many travelers’ and commuters’ transportation choices waste significant amounts of energy due to traffic complications, convenience and variability in transportation styles and preferences. Georgia Tech Research Corporation. The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $14.5 TRANSNET Awards.

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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. The ethanol will be converted to sustainable aviation fuel at LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Fuels facility, in Soperton, Georgia. MicroBio Engineering Inc.,

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CALSTART white paper shows nationwide tech supplier industry ready to support more efficient heavy-duty trucks and buses

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These include the heavy-duty manufacturing regions of the upper Midwest; technology hubs in California and along the Pacific Coast; technology innovators on the East Coast including Massachusetts, New York, and the Carolinas; and a corridor that runs through, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Indiana and Ohio.

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DOE Selects 42 University-Led Nuclear Research and Development Projects for $38 Million in Funding

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The goal of this research area is to research and develop the next generation of nuclear reactors that will produce more energy and create less waste. Georgia Institute of Technology - $1,046,277. Generation IV Reactor Research and Development (20 projects, $19,855,912). Idaho State University - $1,287,921.

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NRC approves rule to certify amended AP1000 reactor design; Chu: “an important milestone”

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additional waste-water monitor tanks. If an applicant for a nuclear power plant license references a certified design, the applicant need not submit safety information for. Vogtle Electric Generation Plant in Burke, Georgia. revisions to buildings for enhanced protection (such as for aircraft impact). pressurizer shape change.

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USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

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Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas. Woody biomass, municipal waste potential. 0.3% (this is only for dedicated energy crops and woody biomass from logging waste). Region States Feedstocks Potential production capacity Land use.

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

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includes Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee, will provide first. gas-fueled school buses and solid waste collection vehicles and develop a. disseminate alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) information to fleets; and. The California Fleets and Workplace Alternative Fuels Project is a statewide. Center for. the Environment.

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