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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. University of Houston. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. vehicles (EVs) without draining the electric battery, in effect, extending the driving range of EVs per electric charge.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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He envisioned “hundreds of thousands” of charging spots, as well as a number of stations where drained batteries could be exchanged for fresh ones. February 17, 2009 7:03 am Link Smart Grid An Invaluable Idea Worldwide / Buildings could become the new power plants BRUSSELS ? “You guys own the cars.&#

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars. The big problems now is how to create a battery that can charge rapidly and infrastructure to charge them.

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