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Natural EV capitalism

Electric Auto Association

Over three decades later, Martinson reinvented himself, earning an Executive Master of Sustainability Leadership (EMSL) from the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. We had a conversation about EVs, and I asked him if the grid would ever be ready for all the EVs that would eventually be on the roads,” Martinson remembered.

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DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

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Success will lead to increased operational reliability of the chemical looping technology with impacts for CO2 capture from solid and gaseous fuel conversion. Arizona State University. DOE: $750,000 Non-DOE: $187,500 Total: $937,500 (20% cost share). DOE: $750,000 Non-DOE: $705,000 Total: $1,455,000 (49% cost share).

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio). $20. Use fundamental knowledge about the interactions between catalysts and plant cell walls to design improved processes for the conversion of biomass to energy, fuels, or chemicals. Solar Energy Conversion in Complex Materials (SECCM). Purdue University.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

THE HOLY GRAIL OF SOLAR: $3 A WATT, CHEAPER THAN COAL. I know these them, I lived in Japan I know these people, I’ve sat and had conversations with them. And at sub $3 you’re cheaper than coal. And people have no idea what’s coming with coal and what that’s going to cost them in electric bills. I know these folks.

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

Cars That Think

economy away from dependence on fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. When there is conversation, it is frequently combative , with local, state and federal officials fighting among themselves over who has the final say on what is going to be done, where and when.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc., RTI International will work with ADM, Albemarle and ConocoPhillips to develop a novel single-step catalytic biomass pyrolysis process with high carbon conversion efficiency to produce stable bio-crude oil with low oxygen content. DOE grant:$5,349,932). CARBON CAPTURE.

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