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NREL researchers point toward building energy efficiency instead of long-term storage

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Data from the US Energy Information Administration informed the scientists about the existing building stock characteristics and energy load used by the buildings. Further, the researchers separated the country into five climate zones, ranging from the hot and humid (Tampa, Florida) to the very cold (International Falls, Minnesota).

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

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CSP technologies concentrate the sun’s energy and capture that energy as heat, which then drives an engine or turbine to produce electrical power. CSP plants can include low-cost energy storage, allowing them to provide electricity even when the sun is not shining. eSolar, Inc. Pasadena, CA – up to $10.8

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BoostEV is an on-demand mobile EV charging network, like UberEats for hungry EVs

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The company’s modular, portable system—called the Roadie—is designed to make DC fast charging mobile. So, right now, if you said, “Well, Josh, how quickly can you expand to the Tampa/St Pete, Florida area?” Now Tampa Bay EV owners can start getting range delivered. And we can be in any city that a business wants to operate in.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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to produce useful, high-energy fuel molecules directly within. Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. plants so that they use energy more efficiently. The pine tree developed for this project is designed both to. increase the turpentine storage capacity of the wood and to.

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