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Ener1 Partners With Russias Federal Grid Company to Develop Grid Energy Storage Opportunities

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FGC operates power grid equipment in 73 regions of the Russian Federation, with 118,045 km (73,350 miles) of electricity transmission lines and 758 sub-stations with a total installed transformer capacity of more than 286,000 MVA, with voltage ranging from 35-1150 kV.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington). Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000.

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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These new GaN power devices will enable the next generation of low-cost, fast, small, and reliable power electronics, which are key for efficient power conversion in data centers, solar farms, power grids, and electric vehicles. University of Washington. Stanford University. UC Berkeley.

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GE Aviation signs 10-year supply agreement for biomass FT jet fuel for engine testing; baseline of 500,000 gallons per year

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GE Aviation, which consumes more than 10 million gallons of jet fuel annually at its engine testing centers, has signed an agreement to purchase cellulosic synthetic biofuel from The D’Arcinoff Group (DG), based in Washington, DC, to be used for production and development testing of GE jet engines, starting in 2016. The D’Arcinoff Group, Inc.

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ARPA-E awards $37M for IONICS projects; improving solid-state batteries and fuel cells

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Their “hybrid polymer” membrane uses large heteropoly acid molecules, linked to a commercially produced synthetic elastomer, to offer a highly selective, robust solution for the production of flow batteries at a price point that allows their affordable integration into the power grid. grid, transforming domestic energy production.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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The utility.will get a Ford plug-in hybrid vehicle by the end of this year and as many as 20 by some time in 2009 to test their durability, range and impact on the power grid, said Susan M. Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By By partnering with these two industries.

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

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Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. The other byproduct of such conversion is HEAT ( see below for more discussion, as well as other factors that affect energy conversion efficiency), usually dissipated into the environment.

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