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DOE awards $27.5M to 16 water infrastructure projects

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million to 16 water infrastructure projects. Modern technology has the potential to reduce energy use in aging water infrastructure, particularly in wastewater treatment, which demands up to 2% of domestic electricity use each year. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $27.5

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DOE Selects 42 University-Led Nuclear Research and Development Projects for $38 Million in Funding

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The goal of this research area is to research and develop the next generation of nuclear reactors that will produce more energy and create less waste. University of Minnesota - $1,366,163. University of Minnesota - $854,542. Light Water Reactor Sustainability (2 projects, $764,140). University of Cincinnati - $833,109.

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Environmental Charter High School Gets Solar; Greenius Goes EcoMedia

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In a still repressed economy during an era when “no new taxes” is the mindless mantra that forces cutbacks and the elimination of educational programs and resources, the only place the dollars are going to come from are nontraditional, innovative sources. (Courtesy of CBS EcoMedia). Courtesy of CBS EcoMedia).

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

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Honeywell (Plymouth, Minnesota). Real Time-Optimal Power Flow based Distributed Energy Resources Management System (DERMS), $299,329. Robust Carbonic Anhydrases for Novel Biological, Sustainable and Low Energy CO2 Scrubbing Process from Waste Gases, $250,000. Carl ZEISS Industry Metrology (Maple Grove, Minnesota).

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DOE awards $35M to 15 projects in ARPA-E ECOSynBio program to reduce carbon footprint of biofuel production

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These fermentation processes create carbon as a byproduct, with some processes wasting more than 1/3 of this carbon as CO 2 emissions. At commercial scale, the inputs to the proposed “carbon refinery” process are carbon-free renewable energy, water, and CO 2. University of Minnesota. University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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Conventional large-scale gasto-liquid reactors produce waste-heat, reducing the energy. Capturing this energy would reduce both waste. areas to convert otherwise wasted gas into usable chemicals that. decrease water use compared to conventional algae reactors. engineered to use fertilizer and water more efficiently and.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 16 REFUEL projects for energy-dense carbon-neutral liquid fuels; leveraging ammonia

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The 16 REFUEL projects seek to develop scalable technologies for converting water and molecules from the air into energy-dense, carbon-neutral liquid fuels (CNLFs) using electrical energy from renewable sources. High-Efficiency Ammonia Production from Water and Nitrogen (Category 1). Earlier post.) hydrogen or electricity). Giner, Inc.

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