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Coulomb Technologies ships more than 2,400 public and commercial charging stations in ChargePoint America Program

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Coulomb Technologies has shipped more than 2,400 public and commercial charging stations for electric vehicles through its $37-million ChargePoint America program. San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area, Redmond/Bellevue, Wash., Washington DC/Baltimore, Southern Michigan (including Grand Rapids, Lansing, Ann Arbor and Detroit).

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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

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Abengoa is currently the only company with a full-scale, operational power tower, and thus proving this technology could help it reach commercial maturity. There is currently no commercial storage mechanism that is compatible with CSP solar dishes, and thus this storage technology could be a breakthrough for the CSP solar dish industry.

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AMPLY Power: Top 25 US cities could save avg. 37% on fuel costs by switching to electric vehicles and buses; up to 60% with managed charging

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The cost-savings for commercial electrification are real and tangible. For commercial / industrial users, the three basic components of an electric bill are: energy charges, demand charges, and fixed charges. San Francisco, conversely, has extreme time-variable rates. At about $0.19/kWh

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ChargePoint completes ARRA-funded ChargePoint America program; 4,600 charging ports

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has completed the ChargePoint America Program with more than 4600 shipments and installations of its home, public and commercial charging ports for electric vehicles (EVs). In all, 4,600 charging ports were installed in single-family homes, multi-family housing, commercial and public locations to support more than 2,000 program vehicles.

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