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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

A new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) finds that about 12.0% In Q1, all categories of electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) grew. A map of the United States showing Vermont with the most EV charging stations per 100,000 people, at 105, followed by California at 64, Washington, D.C. Hawaii at 47.7,

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JULY 9, 2014

Three Washington state utilities have been awarded $14.3 Washington Gov. PNNL developed the battery technology with six years of funding from DOE’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. The total cost for the three smart grid demonstration projects is $35.3 was awarded $3.2 Its project includes installing a 1.0

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APRIL 13, 2021

ABB has secured a contract with Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondán to supply the all-electric power solution for fast 40-meter urban passenger ferries transporting up to 540 passengers each across Lisbon’s Tagus river. The 10 new ferries will be operated by the public ferry company Transtejo, S.A.

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JULY 14, 2022

Demand for lithium—a critical material used in batteries for electric vehicles, grid-scale electricity storage, phones, and laptops—has grown rapidly in recent years, with global demand expected to increase 500% by 2050. Each team will receive $280,000 and will compete in the third and final phase of the competition.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The deficit is driving up electricity prices, reducing grid reliability, and hobbling renewable energy deployment. The rules that orchestrate the movement of electricity through this network determine who generates power, and how much. The goal is to keep the lights on at a low cost by utilizing an efficient mix of power plants.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

As part of the partnership, Hyundai will provide the DOE with five NEXO fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) for use in various regions of the country including Washington, DC, to help advance research and development of fuel cell technologies. Hyundai provided its first NEXO SUV to the DOE in 2019.

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JULY 14, 2022

Electric and other categories each register less than 1%. About 32% of all electric trucks nationwide are in California, where for every electric truck there are about 300 diesel trucks (all years, Classes 3-8). Nationwide, for every electric commercial truck in operation, there are 995 trucks powered by diesel.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2013

A new Energy Department study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) indicates that by 2025 wind and solar power electricity generation could become cost-competitive without federal subsidies, if new renewable energy development occurs in the most productive locations. Source: Hurlbut et al.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2013

The University of Washington is taking the lead and focusing on genetically modifying the microbes. The University of Washington team is led by Dr. Mary Lidstrom, Vice Provost for Research and Professor in Chemical Engineering and Microbiology. —Phil Pienkos, NREL’s principle investigator on the liquid to diesel project.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2020

The corresponding electric fleet sizes for the WECC footprint are 9 million LDVs, 70,000 MDVs and 94 HDV charging stations. although there are some available power plants in the WECC the electric power could not be delivered to the load centers because of transmission limitations.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The initiative—which represents companies invested in all links of the hydrogen value chain from source to service —will showcase hydrogen’s unique value proposition among Washington, D.C. policymakers and other stakeholders to accelerate adoption of hydrogen solutions and related infrastructure build-out across the nation.

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JANUARY 31, 2009

Washington Governor Chris Gregoire and legislative leaders have introduced a Green Jobs and Climate Action legislative package that proposes investments totaling $455 million in the next biennium for energy-reducing transportation projects, energy efficiency projects, green buildings and clean-energy technology.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Hydrokinetic energy is an abundant renewable resource that can boost grid resiliency and reduce infrastructure vulnerability, but it is currently a cost prohibitive option compared to other energy generating sources. The 11 SHARKS projects are: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. University of Washington.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2011

At the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit, Michigan, US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, David Sandalow, announced the official launch of the EcoCAR 2 : Plugging into the Future competition and the sixteen university teams selected to participate. EcoCar 2 Malibu. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has established the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Advisory Committee (ERAC). ERAC is a federal advisory committee whose members will report directly to the Secretary of Energy with advice on the portfolio of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Lonnie Edelheit.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Researchers at Washington University in St. A team of biologists and engineers modified Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1 (TIE-1) so that it can produce a biofuel using only three renewable and naturally abundant source ingredients: carbon dioxide, solar panel-generated electricity and light.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Lithium, a critical material used in high-charge-density batteries for electric vehicles and grid-scale electricity storage, is a crucial element in the clean energy supply chain. George Washington University – Ellexco. Nearly all of the US lithium stock is imported. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Lithium from Home.

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APRIL 5, 2023

Group14 Technologies, a global manufacturer and supplier of advanced silicon battery technology, has begun construction of a second commercial-scale US Battery Active Materials (BAM-2) factory in Moses Lake, WA, in support of domestic efforts to advance the electric vehicle (EV) market.

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MARCH 21, 2012

Volkswagen of America will begin a pilot scheme to test 20 prototype E-Golf Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) over a nine-month period in select locations in the US. The E-Golf pilot program will take place in the Detroit Metro, San Francisco, and Washington DC markets, beginning in April. E-Golf test.

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

From Plug In America: Last year, Plug In America, along with electric vehicle and EV infrastructure manufacturers from coast to coast, worked with members of the House and Senate to get a critical plug-in vehicle infrastructure tax credit into the stimulus bill. And then you helped us get it passed!

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. Thousands of Washington insiders and climate activists have had a hand in these legislative breakthroughs. and “Is your electricity bill reasonably affordable?” In the past two years, the U.S. C in this century.

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APRIL 1, 2022

The technologies will initially support transitioning of existing fossil assets to low carbon energy systems, with the long-term potential to support a fully decarbonized electricity grid by 2035. Gaston Electric Generating Plant in Wilsonville, Alabama. DOE Funding: $800,000; Non-DOE Funding: $331,971; Total Value: $1,131,971.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has joined DOE and research partners in launching the Advanced Management and Protection of Energy Storage Devices (AMPED) program ( earlier post ). Battery Management System Design - Washington University ($2 million).

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JUNE 1, 2022

Researchers from Washington State University (WSU) and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have devised an artificial enzyme that digests lignin, which has stubbornly resisted previous attempts to develop it into an economically useful energy source.

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JULY 23, 2018

Spending on electricity distribution systems by major US electric utilities—representing about 70% of total US electric load—has risen 54% over the past two decades, from $31 billion to $51 billion annually, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2015

A new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and E4tech finds that the targets adopted or proposed by British Columbia, California, Oregon, and Washington to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels can be met with a range of low-carbon fuel options. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2019

Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. Groundwork Renewables Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Eleven states currently assess fees on electric vehicle owners in lieu of traditional fuel taxes, according to the US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Georgia has the highest annual fee of the states that have currently enacted fees for electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

A new study by researchers at MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL), concludes that electric commercial vehicles can cost 9 to 12% less to operate than trucks powered by diesel engines when used to make deliveries on an everyday basis in big cities and when V2G (vehicle-to-grid) revenue is incorporated. kilowatt-hours per mile.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

a bioenergy and biofuels company based in Washington DC, has signed a letter of intent with Rentech, Inc. The facility will also export more than 20 megawatts of baseload renewable power to the grid after powering the entire facility with clean electricity. The Solena Group, Inc., Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. Seattle; and Washington, D.C. Seattle; and Washington, D.C. Portland, Ore.;

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OCTOBER 2, 2009

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) will work closely with Nissan and ECOtality as a member of The Electric Vehicle (EV) Project in western Washington state. Earlier post.).

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JULY 11, 2017

Fluence’s global headquarters will be located in the Washington, DC area with additional offices located in Erlangen, Germany and select cities worldwide. Siemens and AES will have joint control of the company with each holding a 50% stake. million households. Both companies have worked with LG Chem.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2019

C2CNT was founded by Dr. Stuart Licht, a Professor at George Washington University, a former Program Director in Chemistry at the National Science Foundation and a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society. The process is self-heating and the carbonate electrolyte is continuously renewed by the addition of carbon dioxide.

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MAY 20, 2013

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) have identified two compressed air energy storage methods for the temporary storage of the Northwest’s excess wind power and two eastern Washington locations to put them into practice.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Volkswagen of America will invest $10 million by 2016 to support the build-out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the US, said Jörg Sommer, vice president, product marketing and strategy. Volkswagen of America teamed with 3Degrees, a renewable energy and carbon offset services provider. Earlier post.) —Jörg Sommer.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

The announcement provides the opportunity to expand the use of non-food, energy crops for liquid biofuels and to help meet state mandated Renewal Portfolio Standards (RPS). REPREVE Renewables, based in Georgia, also is the sponsor of the project’s accompanying environmental assessment. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers BCAP.

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