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OCTOBER 24, 2013

megawatt rooftop solar array at its Toledo Transmission plant in Ohio would be completed next month. Separately, GM was also recognized today by the Solar Energy Industries Association, or SEIA, as a “Solar Champion” at its annual awards luncheon at Solar Power International 2013 in Chicago.

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JANUARY 15, 2013

Nissan announced that US pricing for the updated 2013 Nissan LEAF electric vehicle ( earlier post ) will start at an MSRP of $28,800 for the newly-added entry-level S grade—an 18% reduction from the $35,200 MSRP of the 2012 LEAF entry model, the SV. MSRPs of 2012 LEAF and 2013 LEAF. MY 2013 MSRP. MY 2012 MSRP.

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JUNE 29, 2014

General Motors is increasing its renewable energy use with 3 acres of new solar arrays at two Michigan facilities. The company’s processing center in Swartz Creek and engine plant in Flint will feature 150 kW ground-mount solar arrays expected to generate a combined 400,000 kWh of renewable energy per year to the facilities’ grids.

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JANUARY 2, 2014

Ford’s C-MAX Solar Energi concept combines a rooftop solar panel with an off-board solar concentrator—essentially an inexpensive Fresnel lens canopy. The vehicle moves beneath the canopy during the day to maintain maximum concentrated solar irradiance. Ford C-MAX Solar Energi Concept. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 6, 2014

ABB and Solar Impulse have formed a technology alliance under which ABB will support Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg in their attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered airplane in 2015. The 12,000 solar cells built into the wing provide four 10 hp electric motors with renewable energy. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 20, 2015

The University of Michigan Solar Car squad took top spot in the inaugural Abu Dhabi Solar Challenge. Overall, Quantum—a legacy car (the current University of Michigan Solar Car is Generation 2013, Quantum’s successor)—finished roughly two-and-a-half minutes ahead of the second place team, Petroleum Institute.

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MAY 31, 2011

In partnership with Gestamp Solar , Renault is launching the world’s biggest solar energy project in the automotive industry by installing solar roof panels at its French plants. By using renewable solar energy, Renault will cut CO 2 emissions by 30,000 tonnes per year.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

The Solar Impulse 2 —the solar airplane that recently completed a round-the-world flight— used batteries from Kokam, based on that company’s advanced Ultra High Energy Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC) Oxide (Ultra High Energy NMC) technology. The Solar Impulse uses four 38.5 The Solar Impulse uses four 38.5

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

SolarCity and Honda have renewed their partnership with a new fund expected to finance $50 million in solar projects. The new commitment will make solar power more affordable and available to Honda and Acura customers and dealerships in the US. The $50-million fund is a follow-up to a $65-million fund the companies created in 2013.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

Researchers from the University of Houston (UH) have developed a cobalt(II) oxide (CoO) nanocrystalline catalyst that can carry out overall water splitting with a solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of around 5%. Different sources of light were used, ranging from a laser to white light simulating the solar spectrum. Nature Nanotechnology.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2012

has installed a 9 kW-capacity solar power generation system at the Adachi Odai location of the Honda Cars Tokyo Chuo dealer network. The installation is the kick-off of a project to install Honda Soltec solar power generation systems with a total capacity of 1 MW at Honda automobile dealership locations in Japan by 31 March 2014.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center’s Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group is offering research fellowships in geoengineering policy for 2012-2013. These fellowships are for postdoctoral scholars and Masters-level scholars with extensive experience.

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MAY 30, 2013

Naval Support Activity (NSA) Mid-South officially welcomed into service the US Navy’s first solar-powered electric car charging station. Construction began in March 2013, and was completed in late April. Since then, the carport has successfully generated enough electricity to power more than 60 typical homes for a day.

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JUNE 19, 2018

The arrival of cheap battery storage will mean that it becomes increasingly possible to finesse the delivery of electricity from wind and solar, so that these technologies can help meet demand even when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. trillion of that going to wind and solar and a further $1.5 NEO 2018 sees $11.5

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

General Motors’ Changwon (Korea) Assembly plant, home of the brand new Chevrolet Spark and Spark EV, has reached an agreement with renewable energy company KC Cottrell to build a three-megawatt solar installation on the plant’s rooftop. The array is expected to go into service in the third quarter of 2013.

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

As such, it can be distributed to CNG stations via the natural gas network and will power vehicles starting in 2013. This compact five-door car will arrive at dealerships in late 2013. e-gas production will begin in early 2013 and feeding into the public natural-gas network in summer 2013.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Tesla Motors announced record deliveries of 6,892 Model S vehicles worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2013, with 22,477 vehicles in the full year. GAAP net loss per share for the quarter ending 30 Sep 2013 was $(0.32), and for Q4 of 2012, $(0.79). In 2013, Tesla pulled in almost $2.5 Musk is also chairman of Solar City.).

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NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Think a solar roof is the ultimate electric-car accessory? How about a solar tonneau cover? The maker of plug-in utility vehicles backed by automotive luminary Bob Lutz unveiled exactly that at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

According to a new tracker report from Navigant Research, 38 new advanced energy storage projects were announced, deployed, or begun in the first 6 months of 2013. New technologies, including capacitor battery technology, lithium titanate oxide, nickel-iron, and solar thermal, are swelling the pipeline of advanced energy storage projects.

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JULY 7, 2021

The Group is considering various ways to procure renewable energy such as self-production through solar panels, power purchase agreements (PPA) with wind and solar energy producers, as well as purchase through Korea Electric Power Corporation’s (KEPCO) ‘Green Premium’ program.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Air Products has been awarded a contract with India’s University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) to build the country’s first solar-powered renewable hydrogen fueling station. Once complete, the UPES project will mark the third Air Products hydrogen fueling station operating in India.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Electro-catalytic water splitting to produce hydrogen and oxygen is a key element of solar-fuels devices; identifying efficient catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is critical to their realization. Click to enlarge. A paper on their work is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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JUNE 4, 2013

Belcher, who heads up the Biomolecular Materials Group at MIT, combines organic and inorganic materials to create novel electronic materials for a variety of applications, such as solar cells, fuel, environmentally friendly batteries and medical diagnostics. Earlier post.).

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MAY 27, 2015

At Consumer Electronics Show Asia, Ford launched a strategic collaboration with Haier (home appliance), Trina Solar (solar power) and Delta Electronics (power management) to introduce MyEnergi Lifestyle ( earlier post ) to China, a holistic approach for lowering the energy costs and carbon footprint of Chinese families.

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JUNE 23, 2014

reported reducing CO2 emissions from global corporate activities in fiscal year 2013 while increasing vehicle production by 5.1%. Energy procurement is being shifted toward more sustainable sources, like biomass and solar power. Nissan Motor Co.,

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JUNE 1, 2010

An alliance of industry, academic and government organizations has formed to commercialize technologies that will utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO 2 into synthetic fuels. Sandia began working on research, development and demonstration of solar reforming technologies more than 20 years ago. Source: Sandia.

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OCTOBER 25, 2013

Water oxidation (2H 2 O → O 2 + 4 e- + 4H + ) is a key step for converting solar energy into chemical fuels. Wiley (2013) “Optically transparent water oxidation catalyst made from copper nanowires,” Angewandte Chemie International Edition doi: 10.1002/anie.201306585. Catalysts Hydrogen Hydrogen Production Solar fuels'

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JULY 23, 2013

Researchers in South Korea have developed a simple, low-cost and eco-friendly method of creating nitrogen-doped graphene nanoplatelets (NGnPs) with excellent catalytic performance in both dye-sensitized solar cells and fuel cells to replace conventional platinum (Pt)-based catalysts for energy conversion. —Jeon et al. 1116897109.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Solar photoelectrosynthesis of methanol was driven on hybrid CuO–Cu 2 O semiconductor nanorod arrays for the first time at potentials 800 mV below the thermodynamic threshold value and at Faradaic efficiencies up to 95%. That’s the value-added option. —Krishnan Rajeshwar. Ghazaleh Ghadimkhani, Norma R.

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APRIL 25, 2021

Debra and I finally got our first electric car, A 2012 Toyota RAV4 EV, a joint production with Tesla, in January of 2013. Debra Bushweit Galliani in 2013 with our first electric car. Learning to install solar with GRID Alternatives in 2009. Learning to install solar with GRID Alternatives in 2009. Installing the 5.2

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JUNE 22, 2018

Tesla's recent layoffs have hit Solar City installers. Chevrolet issues a recall for the 2013 Volt. EPA staff levels are below legal levels. And an energy industry poll says Americans aren't fond of the electric-car tax credit. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. Last week, Tesla said it would lay off 9 percent of its workforce.

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JULY 1, 2023

Discovered in 2013 and sanctioned in 2019, the MJ field is located in water depths of up to 1,200 meters about 30 kilometers from the existing onshore terminal at Gadimoga on the east coast of India. This is expected to account for around one-third of India’s current domestic gas production and meet approximately 15% of India’s demand.

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AUGUST 14, 2019

Emissions from transportation sources were relatively constant from 2002 through 2007, declined through 2013, then increased by 9.0 MMTCO 2 e (6%) from 2013 to 2017. In-State Hydro, Solar, and Wind Electricity Generation. It does not include emissions from petroleum refineries and oil production. Source: ARB.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The autonomous plasmonic solar water splitter, which was operated with 1 M potassium borate electrolyte (pH 9.6) Structure and mechanism of operation of the autonomous plasmonic solar water splitter. (a) and 100 mW cm -2 ), with unprecedented long-term operational stability. CB, conduction band; VB, valence band; EF, Fermi energy.

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MARCH 10, 2015

Now, it''s time for solar power to be tested in this way. MORE: Next Kind Of Electric Transport: Solar Electric Aircraft? Mar 2013) On Monday morning, a solar-powered electric airplane called Solar Impulse 2 took off from Abu Dhabi. Green aircraft solar'

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

MW solar park at Chattanooga is owned and operated by Silicon Ranch; VW has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement. Volkswagen Chattanooga has received a 2013 Green Power Leadership Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—the only automaker to be so recognized. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Toshiba Corporation and Kawasaki City will conduct a cooperative demonstration experiment of an independent energy supply system utilizing solar power and hydrogen. Kawasaki City and Toshiba entered into agreements on collaboration and cooperation in October 2013, to work toward the achievement of a “Smart Community”.

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