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  • Energy Dept Awards PARC New Metal Sorting Tech Development Funds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Energy Dept Awards PARC New Metal Sorting Tech Development Funds

    Xerox subsidiary PARC has secured additional funds from the U.S. Energy Department to further develop a technology for processing and recycling scrap aluminum materials. PARC is developing an aluminum alloy detection system through the Modern Electro/Thermochemical Advancements for Light-metal Systems Program, run by DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Xerox said Monday. “Our technology could change […] More

  • Microsoft Starts New Research Project on Fuel Cells With $5M Govt Grant; Sean James Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Starts New Research Project on Fuel Cells With $5M Govt Grant; Sean James Comments

    Microsoft will collaborate with Redox Power Systems, Trans-Tech and the University of Maryland to carry out a $5 million government-funded research project on fuel cells as power source for data centers, Data Center Knowledge reported Tuesday. Yevgeniy Sverdlik writes the project will use methane-powered fuel cells installed in data center IT racks to differentiate from an earlier research […] More

  • Battelle, GE Develop Battery Mgmt Systems Under DOE-Backed Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle, GE Develop Battery Mgmt Systems Under DOE-Backed Program

    The Energy Department has offered grants to help several technology organizations develop software products, sensors and predictive algorithms for managing the performance of lithium-ion batteries, Gigacom reported Wednesday. Katie Fehrenbacher writes Battelle designed an optical sensor that aims to detect internal battery faults, while General Electric built a miniaturized system to monitor battery pressure and […] More