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Convert Oil Wells to Solve the Solar Storage Problem

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A possible answer, though, might lie in oil wells. The California-based Hyperlight Energy will be piloting an installation where they plan to use existing oil wells as solar thermal wellsprings, with the stored energy being converted back to clean electricity when required. to test the concept for the first time.

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California makes first investments in $100M energy research & development program; also biogas and H2

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Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric Co. The seven awards approved will fund applied R&D projects that will develop utility-scale renewable energy generation technologies. First NorCal Retail H 2 Refueling Station Open. Alternative Fuel and Vehicles.

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Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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—James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The founding members of the Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group include: Achates Power, San Diego, CA. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

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DOE awarding $15M to 3 algae-based biofuel and bioproducts projects

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This funding will advance the research and development of advanced biofuel technologies to speed the commercialization of renewable, domestically produced, and affordable fossil-fuel replacements. Global Algae Innovations Inc., Algenol Biotech LLC. MicroBio Engineering, Inc. MicroBio Engineering, Inc.,

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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University of Alabama. University of North Dakota. Earth Energy Renewables, LLC. North Carolina State University. Oregon State University. University of Cincinnati. University of Maryland - College Park. Princeton University. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Duke University.

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Rocket Fueled with Renewable JP-8 Approaches the Sound Barrier

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Renewable jet propellant-8 (JP-8) fuel developed and produced by the Energy & Environmental Research Center ( EERC ) at the University of North Dakota powered a rocket built by Flometrics, Inc., a product engineering company specializing in fluid dynamics and thermodynamics based in San Diego, California.

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DOE announces $29M in funding for fusion energy technology development

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University of California, San Diego. Renewable Low-Z Wall for Fusion Reactors with Built-In Tritium Recovery - $1,750,000. University of Houston. University of California, Los Angeles. Advanced HTS Conductors Customized for Fusion - $1,500,000.

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