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DOE Funds Carbon Capture Projects

August 8, 2014August 7, 2014 by Ken Jennison

The US Department of Energy has selected 13 projects to develop technologies and methodologies for safe and permanent geologic carbon capture and storage. The total value of the projects is about $17.6 million over three years, with $13.8 million of DOE funding and $3.8 million of non-federal cost sharing. The ... Read more »

EPA Funds Aim to Reduce Pesticides, Improve Bee Health

January 9, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The EPA has awarded almost half a million in funding to three universities — Louisiana State University, University of Vermont and Pennsylvania State University — for projects to reduce pesticide use and lower risks to honeybees. The agricultural grants for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices also aim to control pests ... Read more »

FAA, Airlines, Universities to Develop Cleaner Jet Fuels

September 16, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Federal Aviation Administration has selected a team of universities to lead a new Air Transportation Center of Excellence (COE) that aims to benefit airlines by developing cleaner jet fuels and exploring other ways to meet next-generation air transportation environmental and energy goals. Led by Washington State University and the ... Read more »

Renewables Roundup: Solar Highway, Mars Drops Turbine, Methane Creation

September 5, 2010August 27, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

The Baldock Solar Station, a 1.75-megawatt solar array with nearly 7,000 SolarWorld panels, has been built at a rest area along Interstate 5 near Wilsonville, Oregon. Portland General Electric and the Oregon Department of Transportation partnered on the $10 million project, which is expected to produce 1.97 million kWh of ... Read more »

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