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Article: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER TO RECEIVE RECOVERY ACT FUNDING TO DEVELOP NEW CARBON CAPTURE SYSTEM FOR POWER PLANTS, FACTORIES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- October 28, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Conn. (1st CD), issued the following news release:
Today, U.S. Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) announced that the United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) of East Hartford will receive $2,251,183 in Recovery Act funding to develop a new and more affordable system to capture carbon dioxide from power plants and factories. The funding was awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy(ARPA-E).
UTRC will create a new carbon capture system, using a synthetic form of the carbonic anhydrase enzyme, which could drastically reduce the cost of carbon capture systems and protect our nation's environment from ...