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

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $24 million in funding for 77 projects supported by the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). Commercializing 3D Printable Feedstocks for the Advanced Manufacturing of Energy Products, $300,000 MilliporeSigma, St. Louis , Mo.

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NREL and Electric Hydrogen partner to develop high-performance electrolyzer components

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million project will diagnose sources of degradation in commercial electrolysis cells and will validate advanced designs that use higher stack currents. In June, Electric Hydrogen closed a $24-million Series A financing to support continued product development and expansion of its operations in the Greater Boston and San Francisco Bay areas.

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The Coming Construction Boom

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For the rest of this century, humankind will be building cities at an unprecedented pace. But there are two other factors that will supercharge the building boom. One problem with our current building methods is that they have a high carbon footprint , meaning that the act of building will increase the need for yet more building.

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Years Later, Alphabet’s Everyday Robots Have Made Some Progress

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It might be effective when constrained to a research environment, but fundamentally, "platform" typically means "getting it to do (commercially?) 1:40 — People really like throwing shade at Boston Dynamics, don't they? What Boston Dynamics is doing is very hard, very impressive, and come on, pretty darn exciting.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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DOE funding $60,280,000, total project value including cost share $120,560,000). Center for the Commercialization of Electric Technologies (TX). This project will demonstrate the use of advanced sensors and monitoring instrumentation on low voltage (secondary) networks in downtown Boston to improve grid reliability and safety.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 27 projects for more than $37 million in funding to accelerate the technological and commercial readiness of emerging marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies, which seek to generate renewable electricity from oceans and free-flowing rivers and streams. DOE Funding: $160,000.

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Video Friday: Robots at Night

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It features three human dancers and two Boston Dynamics Spot robots with original music, choreography, and video. It was the first robot-human dance performed at any Smithsonian building in its history and premiered on July 6th, 2022. Catie Cuan ] Several soft-bodied crawling animals in nature such as inchworms, caterpillars, etc.

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