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Report finds says “negative emissions technologies” need to play a large role in mitigating climate change

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Storing the carbon dioxide from NETs has the same impact on the atmosphere and climate as simultaneously preventing an equal amount of carbon dioxide from being emitted. However, it is currently limited by high cost. The report presents multiple reasons to pursue research on NETs.

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NYSERDA Commits $8M to Develop and Commercialize 19 New York Battery and Energy-Storage Technology Projects

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Ultralife Corporation. Also, the system can provide backup electricity during an outage and, during normal operation, allow customers to draw on the stored energy to reduce both their peak electric grid demand and the utility charges associated with peak demand. This will enable increased renewable-energy contributions to the grid.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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Of the lead recipients, 24% are small businesses, 57% are educational institutions, 11% are national labs, and 8% are large corporations. This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. Sion Power Corporation. Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (UC

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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In order for low-cost electricity from coal-fired power plants to remain available, the DOE said, economical methods for capturing and storing the greenhouse gas emissions from these plants must be developed. West Virginia University Research Corporation , Morgantown, W.V. Coal supplies nearly 50% of domestic electricity.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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Conventional large-scale gasto-liquid reactors produce waste-heat, reducing the energy. economical to store or transport. Capturing this energy would reduce both waste. areas to convert otherwise wasted gas into usable chemicals that. sunlight through low-cost, plastic light-guiding sheets and then.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. is one of the most energy dense forms of stored energy in. engineer sugarcane and sorghum to produce and store oil, a. High Performance, Low Cost Superconducting Wires and Coils.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Actinide-Molten Fluoride Salt Property Measurement and Low-Level Detection, $1,500,000. Northrup Grumman Corporation (Elkton, Maryland). Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington). Energy Storing Efficient HVAC, $595,558. Eaton Corporation (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin). Kairos Power (Alameda, California).