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ARPA-E awarding up to $24M to 10 projects to support advanced nuclear power plants

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These plants are all conventional light water reactors (LWR), the technology of which has evolved steadily over time. ARPA-E developed this funding opportunity in close coordination with DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy, and MEITNER teams will have access to department modeling and simulation resources as they develop their concepts.

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Researchers Propose Solar-Driven Biomass Gasification Pathway for Synthetic Fuel Production

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Schema of synfuel synthesis through solar-driven biomass gasification. Solar energy produces both heat for gasification and H 2 via electrolysis. High temperature heat for biomass gasification is obtained from a molten-salt system in a solar concentrating tower. Fuel productivity (kg fuel/100 kg resource).

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German researchers improve catalyst for steam reforming of methanol with salt coating; enabler for renewable energy storage systems

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In this scenario, excess renewable electricity can be used to electrolyze water to produce hydrogen. The hydrogen, in turn, is then reacted with carbon dioxide to make methanol and water, thus allowing it to be stored as a liquid. Hydrogen Hydrogen Production Hydrogen Storage Methanol Power Generation Solar Wind' Enzenberger, F.,

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. Austin, Texas First Solar Inc., Touchstone Research Laboratory, Triadelphia, W.

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MIT team improves liquid metal batteries for grid-scale storage; lower operating temperature, cost

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Professor Donald Sadoway and colleagues have already started a company, Ambri (initially Liquid Metal Battery Corporation), to produce electrical-grid-scale liquid batteries, which comprise layers of molten material which automatically separate due to their differing densities. Earlier post.). —Donald Sadoway. —Wang et al.

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What is Home energy management system, why it is needed

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A smart meter is a digital device that records and monitors the consumption of electricity, gas, or water in a home or business. Renewable Energy Integration HEMS can integrate with renewable energy sources such as solar panels or wind turbines, allowing users to maximize the use of clean energy.

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New $30M ARPA-E program to develop new solar conversion and storage technologies; targeting higher solar penetration in mix

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The primary goal of this funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0000949 ) is to provide disruptive new solar conversion and storage technology options to enable a much higher penetration of solar energy generation into the US energy mix. a) Hybrid solar converter (award Categories 1A and 1B). b) Hybrid storage system (award Category 2).

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