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DOE awards Magna a grant to develop and ‘auto qualify’ advanced motor; 1/2 the cost, 8x power density

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Magna has been awarded a grant by the US Department of Energy to develop and ‘auto-qualify’ advanced electric motor technologies for next-generation vehicle propulsion systems. Designing for automotive standards and low-cost manufacturing using Magna’s comprehensive design framework is another key element of the project.

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Porsche, Siemens Energy and partners advance climate-neutral eFuels development; Haru Oni pilot in Chile

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Electrolyzers will use wind power to produce green hydrogen. The Haru Oni pilot project in Magallanes Province takes advantage of the excellent wind conditions in southern Chile to produce climate-neutral fuel with the aid of green wind power. Enel is a co-funder of the plant, with a focus on wind power and electrolysis.

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FREYR Battery chooses Mpac Lambert for supply of battery cell assembly equipment package to customer qualification plant

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The contract with Mpac Lambert also grants FREYR options for delivery of the casting and unit cell assembly equipment packages for FREYR’s planned Gigafactories. FREYR looks forward to announcing other contract awards for other equipment to the CQP in due course. —Einar Kilde, EVP Projects at FREYR.

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DOE EERE awarding $43.6M for Phase II SBIR projects

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million in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II Release 2 grants to projects that demonstrate commercial feasibility for innovations during the second phase of their research. The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is awarding $43.6 Awards include: Accustrata Inc.

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Sandy solution for renewable energy storage; Thermal Energy Storage System

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Australia-based Latent Heat Storage has developed a low cost thermal energy storage system based on the latent heat properties of silicon derived from sand. The Australian Government grant, through its Entrepreneur’s Program, has been matched by Latent Heat Storage shareholders to generate $800,000 of total project funding.

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Cornell team develops new inexpensive stereo-camera method to detect objects for self-driving cars; pseudo-LiDAR

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These sensors are affixed to cars’ roofs, where they increase wind drag, a particular disadvantage for electric cars. They can add around $10,000 to a car’s cost. The research was partly supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Stanford faculty awarded $2.2 million for innovative energy research; fuel cells, hybrids, splitting CO2

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Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for Energy, the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center and the TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy have awarded 11 seed grants totaling $2.2 Precourt Institute for Energy grants. Making Large Wind Farms More Productive, Less Expensive. PI: Krishna Saraswat, Electrical Engineering.

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