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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

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Department of Energy (DOE) released a report suggesting that, in theory, over 300 former and present coal power plants could be converted to nuclear. Many still-speculative small modular reactor designs might deliver just a few hundred megawatts. (In On 13 September, the U.S. But in the future, not all reactors might be so large.

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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Travertine will develop the design basis for a 1 ton/day CO 2 removal system to demonstrate the technical feasibility and commercial viability of this concept, taking it from proof-of-concept to field-ready. The carbonation reaction will convert REE-bearing silicate minerals to REE-bearing carbonate minerals. An estimated 2.2

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ARPA-E awards $55M to 18 projects in two new programs: TERRA for transportation energy and GENSETS for distributed generation

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Researchers will design and build cutting-edge phenotyping platforms that can rapidly collect visual imagery, hyperspectral imagery and 3-D shape data of test crops multiple times daily. The program will provide $25 million to support 12 project teams to design, build and test improved natural gas-powered generators for residential use.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Cyanobacteria Designed for Solar-Powered Highly Efficient Production of Biofuels. DOE grant: $7,200,000).

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