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JANUARY 9, 2013

Among the recent investments, DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy have supported more than $40 million in magnet, motor, and generator research. In recent years, DOE and others have scaled up work to address these challenges.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines (Co-Optima) initiative from the US Department of Energy aims to co-develop fuels and engines in an effort to maximize energy efficiency and the utilization of renewable fuels. Many of these renewable fuel options have fuel chemistries that are different from those of petroleum-derived fuels.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories, and the private sector aim to develop commercially scalable technologies that will enable greater domestic supplies of copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and other critical elements. Columbia University. Harvard University.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded nearly $10 million to a consortium of academic, industry and government organizations led by Colorado State University (CSU) and their partners to research using insect-killed trees in the Rockies as a sustainable feedstock for bioenergy.

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DECEMBER 6, 2014

These awards include: The National Biodiesel Board and Regents of the University of Idaho received $768,000 and $192,000 respectively, through the Biodiesel Fuel Education Program. South Dakota State University (SDSU) received $2.3 The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making $5.6 million through the Sun Grant Program.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Outside of a few Western States, utility-scale geothermal may be considered a more limited energy source than some other renewable technologies, but that is changing. Some of these projects are expected to come online in 2013. —GEA Executive Director Karl Gawell. According to the EIA, geothermal energy accounts for about 3.5%

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JULY 1, 2013

DOE is continuing to pursue the development of these renewable biofuels, with the goal of producing cost-competitive drop-in biofuels at $3 per gallon by 2017. The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Georgia Institute of Technology, Pall Corporation, OmniTech International, and FuelCellsEtc will also participate in this project.

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DECEMBER 9, 2016

Nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems (N-R HESs) can enable low-carbon, on-demand electricity while providing reduced-emission thermal energy for industrial processes. Together, these three reports indicate nuclear renewable hybrid energy systems can reduce industrial emissions and support the power system.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

A team at the University of Idaho has demonstrated that glycerol, a byproduct from biodiesel production, could be used as a substrate for producing drop-in gasoline-range biofuel. In a paper published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels , Guanqun Luo and Armando G.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

The USDA AFRI Regional CAP is led by the University of Washington and includes GreenWood Resources, Oregon State University, Washington State University, the University of California, Davis, University of Idaho, and the Agricultural Center for Excellence. ZeaChem Inc., ZeaChem Inc., Earlier post. ).

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MAY 1, 2021

Low carbon fuel standards, such as the Federal Renewable Fuel Standard and the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard, are major US programs for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation fuels. Dunn, PhD, Northwestern University. Gurian, PhD, Drexel University. Hill, PhD, University of Minnesota.

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MAY 11, 2021

The Coordinating Research Council will work with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to develop an isotope ratio mass spectrometry method as a cost-effective means to identify renewable content in co-processed biomass- and fossil-derived fuels.

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JUNE 4, 2020

Further development and testing is needed to adapt DFI to engines for real-world use, but this approach combined with oxygenated fuel could translate into cleaner, more cost-effective MCCI engines that run on diesel with renewable content. Renewable Feedstocks to Produce Commercially Viable Diesel Blends.

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JULY 27, 2016

The Battery500 consortium will receive up to $10 million a year over five years from the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Idaho National Laboratory. Idaho National Laboratory. Binghamton University (State University of New York). Stanford University.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Selected projects are aimed at increasing the availability of alternative fuels and biobased products that are produced from a diverse group of renewable sources of biomass. University of Minnesota (St. Funding is provided through USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and DOE’s Biomass Program. USDA Awards.

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JULY 13, 2016

These renewable resources include agricultural, forestry, and algal biomass, as well as waste. For the first time, the report also considers how the cost of pre-processing and transporting biomass to the biorefinery may impact feedstock availability. and Allegheny Science and Technology).

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JULY 27, 2011

Researchers from the University of Idaho and the US Department of Agriculture have updated the analysis of the energy life-cycle of soybean biodiesel and found a fossil energy ratio (FER) of 5.54 2009), and Sheehan et al. Pradhan et al. 2011) Click to enlarge. using 2006 agricultural data. later reported using 2002 data.

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OCTOBER 25, 2015

The awards focus on fundamental investigations of biomass genomics, with the aim of harnessing non-food plant biomass for the production of fuels, such as ethanol or renewable chemical feedstocks. North Carolina State University. University of Idaho. Cornell University. University of Georgia. Lead Awardee.

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JUNE 7, 2009

Leading energy company Nuon will provide renewable energy for the charging stations and Coulomb’s international partner 365-Energy will manage the ChargePoint Network for subscribers. The City of Amsterdam plans to deploy 200 charging stations before 2012, and expects the charging stations to fuel 10,000 electric cars in 2015.

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JANUARY 24, 2018

South Dakota State University was the lead institution for the more than $20-million project which began in 2007. The goal would be to replace 30% of the petroleum consumed in the United States with biofuels. Earlier post.). The partnership was funded by the US Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

With support from FCTO, within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, selected project partners will be granted access to H2@ Scale facilities, capabilities, and expertise at DOE national laboratories. Example H2@Scale Topics. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Proposals will be due by 15 September 2017.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

These projects were selected under an Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Advanced Manufacturing Office funding opportunity, focused on advanced materials, advanced processes, and modeling and analysis tools for materials and manufacturing. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Colorado State University.

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AUGUST 18, 2019

John Klaehn and Eric Peterson of DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory collaborated in an early phase of the research focused on chemistry, and Ananth Iyer, a professor at Purdue University, later assessed the technical and economic feasibility of scale-up. That’s a huge missed opportunity considering 2.2

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AUGUST 7, 2009

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the delivery of $377 million in funding for 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) ( earlier post ) located at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms across the nation. Pennsylvania State University. Purdue University.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. The project will convert local landfill gas (LFG), a renewable fuel source, to compressed natural gas and develop five CNG fueling stations throughout the metro-Atlanta area.

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APRIL 22, 2016

These vehicles are the green machines that will provide a critical part of the renewable and sustainable society that we need for the future. [ from University of California, Davis and years of experience as an agricultural researcher. About the authors. Dr. Andrew A. Dr. Bruce R. He has a Ph.D. Table of Contents. 23 ] , [ 24 ].

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Juneau, the Capital City of Alaska, has a clean, renewable source of energy, local hydropower. Alabama A&M University. Alabama A&M University’s Bulldog Transit System will receive funding to purchase electric buses, charging stations, and other associated equipment. Mountain Rides Transportation Authority. 1,200,000.

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A quarter of the worlds renewable-energy projects may be delayed while awaiting transformers to connect them to local grids, according to the Wood MacKenzie report. And its not just renewable-energy projects. Each is a bespoke creation, says Bjorn Vaagensmith , a power-systems researcher at Idaho National Laboratory.

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JULY 21, 2016

35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. billion in loan guarantees to support innovative renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in the United States. Idaho National Laboratory.

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JUNE 21, 2016

Texas A&M University will lead the Gulf Coast center—a region anchored in the chemical, oil and gas sectors—and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) will lead the Northeast center, where glass, ceramic and microelectronic manufacturing has a strong presence. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Louisiana State U.; Missouri U. Missouri U.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

Vard Group is part of NuProShip , a consortium of the Norwegian maritime authority, universities, shipbuilders, and shipping companies that aims to develop a Generation IV reactor for marine vessels. s plan to end its attempt to build the first SMR plant in Idaho, which would have used six reactors to generate 462 MW.

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JULY 17, 2015

It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. How PHEV provides Smooth Transitions from fossil fuel to renewables.

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JULY 10, 2019

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Idaho National Laboratory. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, Colo. Idaho National Laboratory Wireless Project, $150,000. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Groundwork Renewables Inc., Combustion Research & Flow Technology Inc., Pipersville, Pa.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Idaho National Laboratory. DME as a Renewable Hydrogen Carrier: Innovative Approach to Renewable Hydrogen Production, $1,500,000. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. BioBlend Renewable Resources (Elk Grove Village, Illinois). Beam Suntory, Inc.

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