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DOE releasing $20M in funding to ARPA-E awardees; NEXTCAR and REFUEL projects

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REFUEL projects will use water, molecules from the air, and electricity from renewable sources to produce high-energy liquid fuels for transportation and other uses. Gas Technology Institute: A Novel Catalytic Membrane Reactor for DME Synthesis from Renewable Resources – $2,300,000. Giner, Inc.: REFUEL SBIR/STTR. Molecule Works, Inc.:

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Departments of Energy and Interior award nearly $17M for advanced hydropower technologies

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By allowing utility operators to pump water up to a dam or impoundment during periods of low electricity demand and release water during times of peak electricity demand, pumped storage hydropower improves the reliability of electric grids and helps increase the use of variable renewable energy resources such as wind and solar power.

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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). Offshore Wind Turbine Digital Twin for the Prediction of Component Failures, $200,000. Real Time-Optimal Power Flow based Distributed Energy Resources Management System (DERMS), $299,329. Carl ZEISS Industry Metrology (Maple Grove, Minnesota). GE Global Research (Niskayuna, New York).

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

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decrease water use compared to conventional algae reactors. engineered to use fertilizer and water more efficiently and. The University of Minnesota will develop an ultra-thin separation. would leverage abundant, domestic natural gas resources and. would supply the growing market of wind turbine generators 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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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. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. superconducting wire that can be used in future advanced wind turbine generators. used to make a wind turbine generator lighter, more powerful, and more efficient.

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Study finds removing corn residue for biofuel production can decrease soil organic carbon and increase CO2 emissions; may miss mandated 60% GHG reduction

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Changes in SOC occur via two dominant processes: soil erosion by water and wind; and soil respiration where SOC is oxidized to CO 2. The results showed that the states of Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin had the highest net loss of carbon from residue removal because they have cooler temperatures and more carbon in the soil.

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