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With $6M in hand, NSF and EPRI soliciting novel R&D proposals to cut water use at power plants

By Eileen De Guire / May 26, 2013

Some power generation cooling towers are immense. Credit: Nick Smith/Wikipedia Commons/Creative Commons Did you know that two-fifths of the freshwater uptake and 3 percent of actual freshwater consumption in the…

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ARPA-E announces $92M in advanced energy science, materials awards

By / July 12, 2010

DOE’s ARPA-E program today announced it would be funding 43 new high-risk, high-reward energy projects to the tune of $92 million. The funding is grouped into three areas: Grid-scale modular…

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Ceramic fill cooling tower provides efficient, durable air conditioning at university

By / April 16, 2010

Architects and engineers working at Armstrong American State University in Savannah, Ga., have installed an aesthetically pleasing ceramic water-cooling tower for the school’s student Union and Memorial College Center that…

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