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DOE awarding ~$44M to seven carbon capture projects

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Membrane-Sorbent Hybrid System for Post-Combustion Carbon Capture TDA Research, Inc. will design, construct, and operate an engineering-scale 1 megawatt-electric post-combustion, hybrid carbon capture system. University of North Dakota. DOE Funding: $8,296,403 Non-DOE: $2,100,000 Total Value: $10,396,403.

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NSF awarding $81M to 16 sites for new National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)

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The NNCI sites will provide researchers from academia, government, and companies large and small with access to university user facilities with leading-edge fabrication and characterization tools, instrumentation, and expertise within all disciplines of nanoscale science, engineering and technology. million each per year.

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NSF Awards $510K to NDSU and Clarkson Researchers to Explore Use of Nanostructured Enzyme Capsules for Hydrolysis of Biomass for Fuels

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $510,335 to a collaboration between North Dakota State University and Clarkson University researchers professors for a research project to improve conversion and reduce costs of making fuels from cellulosic biomass. was awarded $200,978.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (Grand Forks, ND) will complete an initial engineering design for a hybrid capture system and estimate associated costs for retrofitting the Red Trail Energy ethanol plant. AOI 1 (Subtopic 1.2): CO 2 Capture and Compression from Ethanol Plants.

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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Daimler Trucks North America LLC will develop and demonstrate a tractor-trailer combination using a suite of technologies including active aerodynamics, cylinder deactivation, hybridization, and the electrification of accessories. Ohio State University. Iowa State University. University of Pittsburgh. Drive Oregon.

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DOE selects 16 projects for funding to develop post-combustion carbon capture technologies

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University of North Dakota. The objective of this project is to scale up and demonstrate a hybrid solid sorbent technology, referred to as the CACHYS process, for CO 2 capture from coal combustion-derived flue gas. Ohio State University. William Marshall Rice University.

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