DOE announces $8M for projects to develop algae-based CO2 utilization
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) plans to make $8 million in Federal funding available for cost-shared research, development, and testing of technologies that can utilize carbon dioxide from power systems or other industrial sources for bio-mediated uptake by algal systems to create valuable products and services.
Funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002403, Engineering-Scale Testing and Validation of Algae-Based Technologies and Bioproducts, will support the goals of DOE’s Carbon Utilization Program. The primary objective of carbon utilization technology development is to lower the near-term cost of carbon capture through the creation of value-added products from the conversion of carbon dioxide.
Breaking live updates: Ex-Japan PM Shinzo Abe awarded Padma Vibhushan
Breaking live updates: Ex-Japan PM Shinzo Abe awarded Padma Vibhushan
India, China troops clashd at Naku La in north Sikkim three days ago. According to sources, the clash witnessed injuries on both sides. Stay here for all live updates
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Army s Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv makes crash-landing in J&K s Kathua district; 2 pilots injured, reports PTI quoting officials.
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Former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, former Principal Secretary to PM Nripendra Misra, former Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan (posthumous), former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi (posthumous) & religious leader Kalbe Sadiq (posthumous) are among 10 recipient of Padma Bhushan award.
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Tarak Shah is the first Indian-American to take over as the Chief of Staff in the Energy Department. Joe Biden appoints Indian Americans in Energy Department | Photo Credit: IANS
Washington DC: The Joe Biden administration has appointed several Indian-Americans at key posts in the Energy Department. Among those who have been given key positions, include Tarak Shah as the Chief of Staff of the Energy Department, which makes him the first Indian-American to serve in that position. Shuchi Talati will be taking over as the Chief of Staff in the Office of Fossil Energy. Tanya Das has been appointed as the Chief of Staff to the Office of Science even as Narayan Subramanian will take over the position of Legal Adviser in Office of General Counsel.
DOE to award $15M for direct air capture technologies
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has announced up to $15 million in federally funded financial assistance for cost-shared research and development projects under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002402, Carbon Capture R&D: Bench-Scale Testing of Direct Air Capture Components (TRL 3) and Initial Engineering Design for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Systems from Air (TRL 6).
Since 2001, DOE-FE’s Carbon Capture Program has been identifying and advancing technologies with the goal of removing CO
2 from point sources such as fossil fuel-based power plants and industrial processes or directly from the atmosphere. The technologies should incur minimum costs and minimum energy penalties.
In addition to the Biden-Harris appointees, David G Huizenga will serve as the Acting Secretary of Energy. He was most recently Associate Principal Deputy Administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration and has been a career employee at the department since 1987.