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BP selects Tesla batteries for pilot storage project at US wind farm

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The project also supports BP’s broader strategy to invest half a billion dollars annually into low-carbon technologies, including projects within its established renewables portfolio as well as in new low-carbon businesses. Renewables are the fastest growing form of energy and account for around 4% of global energy demand today.

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Wegmans’ Warehouse Operations Launches 50 Fuel-Cell Powered Pallet Trucks

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The warehouse installation is the first commercial site in Pennsylvania to move consumer goods using hydrogen-powered material handling equipment. Not so when battery power is used, performance diminishes as the battery discharges. hydrogen fuel cell powered forklifts at Nestlé Waters North America in Dallas, Tex.;

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ARPA-E awarding $36M to 22 projects in RANGE program for transformative EV storage

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Structural Battery Power Panels. Pennsylvania State University (PSU) will use a new fabrication process to build load-bearing lithium-ion batteries that could be used as structural components of electric vehicles. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Renewable Organics for Flow Battery.

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2010 Prius Plug-in Hybrid Makes North American Debut at Los Angeles Auto Show; First Li-ion Battery Traction Battery Developed by Toyota and PEVE

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This ability to utilize all-electric power for short trips or hybrid power for longer drives alleviates the issue of limited cruising range encountered with pure electric vehicles. In early November, PEVE began producing the first of more than 500 lithium batteries on a dedicated assembly line at its Teiho production facility in Japan.

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CMU study finds controlled EV charging can reduce generation cost, but at greater health and environmental costs depending upon the generation mix

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Although electric vehicles have lower tailpipe emissions than gasoline powered vehicles, the changes in emissions associated with vehicle electrification on a life cycle basis will depend on the emissions associated with the operations of the power plants used to charge the battery.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Combined with AC Transit’s already-installed solar capacity, this solar installation will produce the renewable electricity equivalent to what will be required to produce 180 kg/day of green hydrogen. Red Rose Transit Authority – RRTA, Pennsylvania: $2,450,000. VIA Metropolitan Transit, Texas: $5,000,000.

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Friday, 4 Dec 09. And the "Spirit" is on Target for Florence, Pinal Cty, , then on-ward to Parker, La Paz Cty and to Yuma, Yuma Cty Thereafter

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Ten PHVs will be placed with Boulder residents who will participate in an interdisciplinary research project coordinated by the University of Colorado at Boulder Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), a new joint venture between the U.S. New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania. Additional partners will be announced soon.