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DOE Launches $122M Energy Innovation Hub to Focus on Solar Fuels: Fuels from Sunlight

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The US Department of Energy will invest up to $366 million to establish and operate three new Energy Innovation Hubs focused on accelerating research and development in three key energy areas, one of which is developing an effective solar energy to chemical fuel conversion system—i.e.,

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DOE FCTO selects 11 fuel cell incubator projects for up to $10M in awards; exploring alkaline exchange membrane FCs

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An alternative is the alkaline environment of the AEMFC. An NREL report summarizing the 2011 Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell Workshop noted that: In comparison with PEMFCs, AMFCs offer the advantage of avoiding Pt or Pt group metal (PGM) electrocatalysts, one of the primary limitations in the commercial deployment of fuel cells. …

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The James Webb Space Telescope was a Career-Defining Project for Janet Barth

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Alma mater: University of Maryland in College Park. Barth, an IEEE Life Fellow, conducted pioneering work in analyzing the effects of cosmic rays and solar radiation on spacecraft observatories. She transferred to the University of Maryland in College Park, and changed her major to applied mathematics. Member grade: Life Fellow.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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the Environment. vehicle and natural gas workshops to educate potential fleet users in the. Natural Gas Credit Purchase system; deliver technical and safety workshops. uniform across the project region; conduct workshops and webinars to. University, North. Carolina Solar Center. University of Central.

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U Michigan team boosting efficiency of thermoelectric materials; potential of reaching 15-20% efficiency could result in practical applications

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The ideal environments for these materials are spots where large differences in temperatures exist. The research is funded by the University of Michigan’s Center for Solar and Thermal Energy Conversion, which is funded by the US Department of Energy's Office of Basic Energy Sciences. Click to enlarge. 105.265901.

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Researchers Aim to Decarbonize Chemical Industry by Electrifying It

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A new start for decarbonizing chemical manufacturing DC-MUSE was conceived in the summer of 2020 in a workshop attended by over 40 companies and institutions, and organized by a planning grant from the National Science Foundation to build capacity in convergent research. That’s what DC-MUSE is addressing.”

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California Energy Commission to award up to $28.59M for hydrogen refueling stations in 25 areas

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applied at the Advanced Power and Energy Program at the University of. The Energy Commission held three public workshops throughout California to. Environment Tool (STREET) generated the final maps using drive time to major intersections to define boundaries of “polygons”. polygon, which were generated by a process designed and.

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