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UK CAER Receives $3 Million From DOE to Develop Carbon Capture Technology

May 16, 2019, 8:33 AM

The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) is one of eight entities to be selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive federal funds for research and development in "Novel and Enabling Carbon Capture Transformational Technologies" to address challenges and knowledge gaps associated with reducing the cost of carbon capture.

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Rare Earth Elements Support Renewable Energy Technologies

Jan 14, 2019, 8:36 AM

With funds from DOE, DOD and NSF, Jim Hower and Jack Groppo are locating and evaluating rare earth elements and processing coal-based materials, alongside industry and university partners.

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Can Peach Pits, Walnut Shells Power Your Cell Phone?

Aug 22, 2018, 9:19 AM

University of Kentucky researchers are working to determine how certain plant materials may help in the development of better batteries.

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Federal Funding to Expand UK CAER Carbon Capture Research

May 1, 2018, 8:25 AM

UK will receive over $940,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory to advance its world-renowned carbon dioxide capture research and development.

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Chad Risko Creates New Materials Using Computational Chemistry

Apr 11, 2018, 9:33 AM

UK computational chemist Chad Risko starts at the atomic level to design new materials for lithium ion batteries and electrical grid storage.

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UK CAER Outreach Nets Big Savings for Kentucky Communities

Apr 6, 2018, 9:31 AM

Greg Copley, UK CAER, serves as an outreach and technical coordinator for the Local Government Energy Retrofit Program, working with local and county government officials to implement performance savings conservation measures at public facilities across the Commonwealth.

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Risko Receives 2018 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award

Mar 7, 2018, 9:21 AM

Chad Risko, an assistant professor of chemistry in the UK College of Arts and Sciences and researcher at the Center for Applied Energy Research, is one of 31 academic scientists at 22 institutions to receive the honor this year.

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UK CAER Grant Seeks to Improve Industrial Water Treatment Technology

Feb 19, 2018, 8:31 AM

The $740,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory will help advance the UK Center for Applied Energy Research's impressive portfolio of water treatment research.

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UK Bootcamp Team Member Headed to Innovation Competition in Chicago

Jan 29, 2018, 8:55 AM

An innovative and promising student-led business from the University of Kentucky has been selected for a major research commercialization competition.

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UK CAER Receives DOE Grant to Modularize Gasification Technology, Create New Economic Opportunities

Jan 17, 2018, 9:44 AM

The project, funded by NETL, will develop and test a scaled-down version of an opposed, multi-burner (OMB) gasifier to standardize the gasification process in a manner that could significantly reduce the cost of the technology.

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