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California Energy Commission Approves $800K in four regional grants to prepare for electric vehicles

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The California Energy Commission’s (CEC) Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) approved four regional planning grants to prepare for electric vehicles. Cities taking part include San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, and Berkeley, along with Marin County.

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National Drive Electric Week 2021

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National Drive Electric Week – San Jose, CA. Webinar: How to Receive a Grant for Free EV Charging Stations for your Multi-Family Property. This is a competitive and time-sensitive EV charging grant opportunity, so tune in to our webinar to learn all about it. When: September 25th – October 3rd, 2021.

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U-Michigan, IBM collaborate on data-centric high performance computing system

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The University of Michigan is collaborating with IBM to develop and deliver “ data-centric ” supercomputing systems designed to increase the pace of scientific discovery in fields as diverse as aircraft and rocket engine design, cardiovascular disease treatment, materials physics, climate modeling and cosmology.

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California Energy Commission awards $9.6M to 8 projects on electric vehicles, natural gas and biofuels

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The California Energy Commission has approved eight grants that leverage more than $9.6 1 million to TransPower, a clean energy company headquartered in Escondido to study the feasibility of manufacturing large electric-drive trucks in or near San Pedro by 2013. Project partners will provide $1,000,000 to match the state grant.

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Is aviation the best application yet for hydrogen fuel cells?

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million) grant from the UK government, and $21.4 If you look at the climate impact of aviation, less than half of that is CO 2 , the rest of it is stuff like nitrogen oxide. Charged : In a recent interview with Aviation Week, you mentioned that getting rid of heat during takeoff in hot climates is proving to be a hard problem.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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San Jose, Calif., Later, with Mazor and Faggin he filed for and was granted a patent for a “memory system for a multi-chip digital computer.”) In 1990, after numerous appeals and extensions, Hyatt was granted that patent and began collecting royalties from many microprocessor manufacturers.

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