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DOE awards Core Power and MIT Energy Initiative funding for floating nuclear power research project

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The US Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program ( NEUP ) has awarded research funds to the MIT Energy Initiative, CORE POWER, and the Idaho National Laboratory for a three-year study into the development of offshore floating nuclear power generation in the US. Source: MIT CANES. Funding would come from the $1.2-trillion

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California Air Resources Board Pushes for Restoration of DOE Funding for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles; Tackles the Four Miracles

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California Air Resources Board Chairman Mary Nichols met with US Energy Secretary Steven Chu in May and followed up that meeting with a letter, urging the continuation of funding to support research, development and deployment of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Source: DOE Hydrogen Program & Vehicle Technologies Program, 2009 Merit Review.

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DOE to award $35M to 24 projects to support early-stage, innovative technologies and solutions in advanced manufacturing

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Idaho National Laboratory. Idaho National Lab will be conducting research to develop a new pathway to produce hydrocarbon feedstocks and fuels from ethane via an electrochemical process, as well as generating hydrogen. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1,893,941. . Zyvex Labs, LLC. 2,457,452.

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California Air Resources Board wants fuel cell funding

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The Obama Administration’s 2010 Department of Energy budget put forward a cut in the federal hydrogen fuel cell research and deployment by more than two thirds ($130million). Meanwhile, according to an Idaho National Laboratory estimate, the average cost of a 240V circuit needed for a PHEV-30 or PHEV-40 would be $1,500-$2,100.