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Xcel Energy launches EV smart charging pilot in Colorado; Transportation Electrification Plan for New Mexico approved

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Xcel Energy provides the energy that powers millions of homes and businesses across eight Western and Midwestern states: Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. These programs and offerings make up the company’s New Mexico Transportation Electrification Plan.

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Xcel Energy wants 1.5M EVs in its service areas by 2030; 30x increase from today

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Xcel services customers in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. If realized, EVs would make up 20% of all vehicles on the road in those areas—more than 30 times the number today.

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Heliostat Consortium announces 7 projects to receive combined $3.5M in funding; DOE launches Heliostat Prize

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Projects from this solicitation, which will be implemented over the next 1–3 years, will focus on lowering the cost of heliostats and heliostat technologies and creating new market opportunities for the heliostat industry. Low-cost heliostats offer significant renewable energy potential.

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Boeing truck-mounted laser demonstrator destroys targets through wind and fog; “photons on target”, only diesel required

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As proven at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in 2013 and at Eglin Air Force Base this spring, HEL MD is reliable and capable of consistently acquiring, tracking and engaging a variety of targets in different environments, demonstrating the potential military utility of directed energy systems.

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How Rural Towns Can Prepare for EV Charging And Why Do It

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How Rural Towns Can Benefit From EV Charging Installations The future of EV charging relies heavily on expanded access to charging stations. This means rural towns will have to start preparing to adopt EV technology and make plans to install EV charging stations.

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National Drive Electric Week extends EV access

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With gas prices going up and the cost of electric cars coming down, there are real economic benefits to driving electric,” said April Bolduc, EAA President. The result was a promise of two new Level 2 chargers to be installed in Trotwood over the next 24 months. Over 40 NDEW virtual events were hosted by EAA chapters and others.

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Departments of Energy and Interior award nearly $17M for advanced hydropower technologies

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This project will develop and test a new low-head modular hydropower technology in a canal in Oregon's North Unit Irrigation District to produce cost-competitive electricity. This project will develop, install and evaluate new low-head modular hydropower turbines at a constructed waterway in Austin, TX. Percheron Power.

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