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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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That incident—as well as Orajaka’s new fascination with renewable energy technologies, specifically solar—changed his career trajectory. Today GVE is one of Nigeria’s leading renewable energy companies. Having these [stations] in place will help fight climate change.”

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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Chevron Natural Gas Carbon Capture Technology Testing Project. Chevron USA. Field testing will be conducted at a renewable power generation site in California to capture operational data on the novel process and material combination under real conditions. DOE Funding: $1,499,954; Non-DOE Funding: $375,000; Total: $1,874,954.

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

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None of the new electric cars are planning to use old-tech lead acid batteries. Chevron owns the NiMH patents and have not allowed EV size batts to be built. Galbraith joined The New York Times in June 2008 to write about renewable energy. Current batteries in new Toyota hybridsare ~$3000 if they need to be replaced.

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