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LeMond Carbon obtains independent verification of its carbon fiber rapid oxidation technology

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My team and I are excited to bring our high-performance low-cost carbon fiber to the global market, and look forward to expanding into new markets where the current high cost of carbon fiber has been a significant barrier to adoption. Having our technology independently verified by BV validates the revolutionary nature of our technology.

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GM hires EV superstar Kurt Kelty as Vice President of Batteries – Charged EVs

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It’s plain to anyone who follows the auto industry that there are pro-EV and anti-EV factions at every legacy automaker. For the last three decades, the OEMs’ interest in EVs has flapped this way and that in the winds of quarterly earnings and political shifts. Not so fast,” say Car and Driver and NPR.)

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Tesla replays DOE loan nine years early

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The other 98% of the portfolio includes 19 new clean energy power plants that are adding enough solar, wind and geothermal capacity to power a million homes and displace 7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide every year—roughly equal to taking a million cars off the road.

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What is Decarbonization?

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The intent of decarbonization is to reduce the impact of human activity on our planet’s climate in order to slow global warming. The 2015 Paris Agreement set the goal of limiting global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels, by mid-century. Why is Decarbonization Critical?

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President Obama Asks Congress for Carbon Cap Legislation; to Spend $15B per Year on Energy Technologies

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And to support that innovation, we will invest fifteen billion dollars a year to develop technologies like wind power and solar power; advanced biofuels, clean coal, and more fuel-efficient cars and trucks built right here in America. But we are committed to the goal of a re-tooled, re-imagined auto industry that can compete and win.

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Pike Research forecasts worldwide grid energy storage spending to reach $22B by 2021, down from 2010 forecast of $35B

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In its new report Energy Storage on the Grid (ESG), Pike Research forecasts that global spending in the ESG market will reach a little over $22 billion over the next 10 years. “In the near-term, we expect to see some consolidation in the battery industry, with a few leaders taking the lead. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Google’s technology campaign for autonomous driving

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Search engine giant Google is looking for partners within in the auto industry to help launch one of the most significant applications of artificial technology over the next several years, the self-driving car. —Allen Taub, former GM VP, Global R&D. million people/year are killed in auto accidents globally.

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