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ARPA-E awarding $36M to 22 projects in RANGE program for transformative EV storage

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ARPA-E’s new program, Robust Affordable Next Generation Energy Storage Systems (RANGE) ( earlier post ), aims to accelerate widespread EV adoption by dramatically improving driving range and reliability, and by providing low-cost, low-carbon alternatives to today’s vehicles. University of California Los Angeles.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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He then moved to Los Angeles, where he earned a Ph.D. He devised a way to use low-cost components and energy-saving techniques to distribute Google’s programs across thousands of servers, instead of the traditional method of relying on a few powerful, expensive machines. In 1995 he joined the Digital Equipment Corp.

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

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Bunting-Dubois (Dubois, Pennsylvania). Westinghouse Electric Company (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania). Alumina Energy, LLC (Los Angeles, California). Reducing Protein Production Costs to Enable Cell Free Biocatalysis, $400,000. Intellimation, LLC (Berwyn, Pennsylvania). NovaCentrix (Austin, Texas).

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ARPA-E announces $36M for high-temperature materials projects

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Michigan Technological University will use advanced ceramic-based 3D printing technology to develop next-generation light, low-cost, ultra-compact, high-temperature high-pressure (HTHP) heat exchangers. Additively Manufactured High Efficiency and Low-Cost sCO 2 Heat Exchangers – $1,500,000. The Ohio State University.

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Friday, 4 Dec 09. And the "Spirit" is on Target for Florence, Pinal Cty, , then on-ward to Parker, La Paz Cty and to Yuma, Yuma Cty Thereafter

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The Prius PHEV has already made its European debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show debut, and Toyota is doing its American debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show. December 2, 2009 -- The 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicle (PHV) will make it’s North American debut today at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

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ARPA-E selects 33 projects for $66M in awards; advanced biocatalysts for gas-to-liquids and lightweight metals

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This program aims to lower the cost of GTL conversion while enabling the use of low-cost, low-carbon, domestically sourced natural gas. If successful, LBNL’s process will enable low-cost, energy-efficient fuel production from natural gas. Pennsylvania State University. MOgene Green Chemicals LLC ?St.

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