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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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gas-fueled school buses and solid waste collection vehicles and develop a. installation; and develop and conduct training programs regarding. The Mid-America Collaborative for Alternative Fuels Implementation project will focus diversifying transportation fuel options in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri. Gas Technology.

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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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The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. Solar ADEPT: Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology ($14.7 Nebraska – Lincoln).

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Direct Solar Fuels (5 projects). Waste Heat Capture (2 projects). DIRECT SOLAR FUELS. Cyanobacteria Designed for Solar-Powered Highly Efficient Production of Biofuels. The R&D seeks to be a major contributor to future-generation direct-solar fuel technologies. Biomass Energy (5 projects). Water (1 project).

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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Smart-grid technologies are not required to make larger use of wind and solar power but they can make them less expensive, Schurr said. Getting a handle on power supply and demand in real time helps address the variable nature of wind and solar power, he said. He states this as a positive of his program. The SEL 547.

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