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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. University of California Riverside, “Scale-up Demonstration of Hybrid Catalytic Biorefining of Biomass to Sustainable Aviation and Marine Fuels”, $2,000,000.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Utah State University. Field Demonstration of a Near-Zero, Tier 5 compliant, Natural Gas Hybrid Line-Haul Locomotive. Municipality of Anchorage Department of Solid Waste Services. Pilot Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Deployment for Municipal Solid Waste Collection. Waste Not, Want Hot? Cummins Inc. 737,555. .

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. The project will deploy 554 alternative fuel and hybrid electric vehicles and install 153 alternative fueling and electric vehicle charging stations throughout the Chicago region.

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Video Friday: Robots With Knives

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However, training the robot in the real world can be inefficient, and dangerous, and result in a lot of food waste. In this work, we propose a novel metric for locomotive robustness – the estimated size of the hybrid forward invariant set associated with the step-to-step dynamics. Therefore, we proposed SliceIt!,

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DOE awards $54M to 13 projects for transformational manufacturing technologies and materials; top two awards go to carbon fiber materials and electrodes for next-gen batteries

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The University of Utah Salt Lake is collaborating on the project, which will develop a process that sprays iron ore directly into the furnace chamber and uses natural gas, hydrogen, or syngas as a reducing. Research Triangle Institute, Advanced, Energy-Efficient Hybrid Membrane. Bioelectrochemical Integration of Waste Heat.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. University of Utah. Battery Based On Advanced Metal Hydrides A project team from the University of Utah will develop an advanced metal hydride-based compact hot and cold battery. University of Utah). Electric Vehicle: Thermal Storage Using Hybrid Vapor.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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states (Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) and four Canadian provinces (British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec). Sources: Large electric generators. Coverage: 28% of CO 2 emissions. Western Climate Initiative (WCI). WCI covers seven U.S. Another six U.S.

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