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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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These new GaN power devices will enable the next generation of low-cost, fast, small, and reliable power electronics, which are key for efficient power conversion in data centers, solar farms, power grids, and electric vehicles. University of Maryland. Stanford University. Dimensional Energy.

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

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Kairos Power (Alameda, California). Northrup Grumman Corporation (Elkton, Maryland). Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000. Hydrogen Based Power Grid Support Using ElectrolyzeRs with Value Stacking (HYPER-V), $250,000. Survalent Technology Inc.

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Practical Power Beaming Gets Real

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Although researchers revisit the idea of solar-power satellites with some regularity, those performing actual demonstrations of power beaming have struggled to surpass the high-water mark for efficiency, distance, and power level reached in 1975.

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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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that produces large quantities of sugar and requires less water. Research Center, University of Maryland, University of Texas at. used without a grid infrastructure for applications such as. heating and water purification. develop processes that use water and recycled CO2 as the. power grid.

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