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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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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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He left there in 1966 to join the University of Cambridge as an assistant director of research. He earned his bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering in 1958 from the University of Bristol , in England. He worked at the university at the time of his death. He was granted 107 patents in Korea and 46 U.S.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Like the Recovery Act-funded projects, the annual Clean Cities projects include grants for vehicles, infrastructure, and education. Fleets include transportation authorities, cities, school districts, the University of Michigan, FedEx, and Meijer. Last week, the Department of Energy also announced that. Total DOE award: $14,970,144.

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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. million in grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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Almost $1.8B in US Funding to Support Energy Research; ARPA-E and Energy Frontier Research Centers

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In addition, the Department of Energy announced $777 million in grants to establish 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers. ARPA-E is a new Department of Energy organization modeled after the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Roughly one-third of the centers will be supported by Recovery Act funding.

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Letting in the Light

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His presentation won him an engineering scholarship to Duke University. Later, in graduate school at Virginia Tech, he became part of a group of engineers who visited local schools to help enhance the STEM curriculum with hands-on building of solar electric and small motor project activities. “We Onward….

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

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The California Energy Commission has issued a competitive grant solicitation ( PON-12-606 ) to award up to a combined $28.59 applied at the Advanced Power and Energy Program at the University of. The Energy Commission held three public workshops throughout California to. Click to enlarge. California at Irvine (UCI).

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