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Sunday, 05/06/2018 12:29:56 PM

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U.S. Department of Energy invests $7Million to develop additive manufacturing and energy efficiency

U.S. Department of Energy invests $7Million to develop additive manufacturing and energy efficiency

The first piece of news is The Department of Energy (DoE) of United States of America has awarded a total of $7 million to projects intended to develop

“advanced, highly efficient, turbine-based technologies for coal-derived synthesis gas, coal-derived hydrogen, and natural gas.”

These projects include several featuring additive manufacturing.

Resultado de imagem para sandia national labsThe second piece of news, 3D printing is used by Sandia National Labs, but in this case to advance the production of energy from sustainable sources.

$7M in funding will be shared by 14 research projects intended to make more efficient use of fossil fuel resources. 3D Printing features in a project looking at advanced combustion turbines. In one award, GE will receive DoE funding of $499,690 to investigate

“High-Temperature Additive Architectures for 65 Percent Efficiency.”


The project aims to develop advanced turbines with greater efficiency, enabled by additive manufacturing technology.











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