Remove Available Remove Georgia Remove Universal Remove Water
article thumbnail

DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

Green Car Congress

In FLECCS Phase 2, up to $31 million in additional funding will be available for teams. The post-combustion outlet gas is more easily separated into water and CO 2 to the pipeline, thereby lowering the electricity costs of grids with high levels of VRE. Colorado State University. University of Pittsburgh.

Carbon 333
article thumbnail

NSF awards $55.5M to support 3 new Engineering Research Centers; one focused on power electronics

Green Car Congress

One of these, the Engineering Research Center for Power Optimization for Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS), aims to enhance or increase the electric power density available in tightly constrained mobile environments by changing the design. The two other new ERCs are: Off-grid drinking water. Nature-inspired soil engineering.

El Paso 150
article thumbnail

ARPA-E announces $98M in funding for 40 OPEN projects; two opposed-piston engines projects receive $10M total

Green Car Congress

Of those selected, approximately 43% of OPEN 2018 projects will be led by universities, 35% by small businesses, and the remainder by large businesses, non-profit organizations or federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs). Georgia Tech Research Corporation. University of California, San Diego.

Engine 247
article thumbnail

DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

Green Car Congress

Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. RTI International and partners at POET Research, Inc. MicroBio Engineering Inc.,

article thumbnail

Aqua America to transition portions of fleet to CNG

Green Car Congress

one of the largest US-based, publicly-traded water utilities, is going to transition portions of its larger vehicle fleet to compressed natural gas (CNG). Chairman and CEO Nicholas DeBenedict made the announcement before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s Alternative Fuel Vehicles forum held at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

America 225
article thumbnail

NSF Awards Rapid Response Grant to Study Impact of Oil and Methane from Gulf Spill on Microbes

Green Car Congress

To examine the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on microbes in the waters and sediments near the spill site, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a rapid response grant to marine scientist Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia (UGA) and colleagues. The team is aboard the research vessel F.G.

Grant 210
article thumbnail

USDA and DOE Partnership Awards $8.9M to 9 Projects to Develop Better Plants for Biofuels

Green Car Congress

New projects to be funded this year aim at enhancing productivity, yield, nutrient and water utilization, and sustainability of plant feedstocks. University of Delaware, Newark. University of Georgia, Athens. Energy Bioscience Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Grantee Project Project Goal.

Illinois 210