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ARPA-E awarding $30M to 12 hybrid solar projects; conversion and storage

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Schematics of technology areas addressed by FOCUS a) Hybrid solar converter. b) Hybrid storage system. These solar cells will extract as much energy as possible from the highest-energy portion of the solar spectrum when used in the next generation of hybrid solar converters. Earlier post.). Source: ARPA-E. Click to enlarge.

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Summer Update

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We would like to take this opportunity to report on our efforts to demonstrate to automakers that a market for plug-in hybrid vehicles exists in the United States today. Soft” fleet orders are a critical component of the Plug-In Partners goal of demonstrating to automakers that a market exists for flexible fuel plug-in hybrids.

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

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High Efficiency Power-to-Gas in a Modular Hybrid Electrobioreactor, $1,000,000. Nu:Ionic (Tulsa, Oklahoma). Field Testing and Validation of Hybrid Optimization and Performance Platform (HOPP) , $500,000. Electron Sensing Diagnostics for Increased Reliability of Metal Additive Manufacturing, $130,000. Julia Computing, Inc.