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DOE awarding $73.9M to 10 battery recycling projects

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Advanced batteries are vital to the entire clean energy economy, but the US currently does not produce enough of the critical minerals and battery materials needed to power clean energy technologies. UC San Diego. Leveraged with recipient cost share, this funding will help to provide more than $126 million. 10,000,000.

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California ARB awards $24M to 3 school districts to promote zero-emission vehicles, clean transportation options

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San Diego Unified School District — $9.75 Large-scale initiatives in the planning stage include developing innovative vehicle-to-grid charging infrastructure and pathways to zero-net energy school districts. Grant winners for the new two-year Clean Mobility in Schools Pilot Project are: El Monte Union High School District — $9.8

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Volvo LIGHTS team helps facilitate authorization for public MDHD EV charging stations in California

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San Diego Gas & Electric’s Electric Rule 18 already provided a clear exemption and did not require modification. The decision also applies to charging service providers for off-road EVs or off-road electric equipment. The Volvo LIGHTS project was made possible by an award to South Coast AQMD of $44.8

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New UMTRI paper reviews major advantages and disadvantages of battery-electric and fuel-cell vehicles

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For example, in the San Diego, California territory of SDG&E, optimal time of use residential EV charging rates range from $0.19/kWh For example, in North County San Diego, a non-member charging at a Blink Level 2 station will pay $0.59/kWh—almost residential, commercial, office). kWh to $0.46/kWh

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Singapore considers Model S EV a high carbon emission vehicle based on fuel consumption and upstream power generation

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Singapore applies a grid emission factor of 0.5 The LTA spokesperson said that the Tesla was not the first fully electric car where grid emission factor was applied. The result was that the electric energy consumption of was 444 Wh/km. This figure is approaching twice that of the US EPA’s estimate of 235.6

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BP to acquire majority control of Brazilian ethanol and sugar producer for $680M

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This strategic acquisition underlines BP’s commitment to building material businesses in growing economies and continued expansion in Brazil through exploration and production, as well as biofuels investments. Each mill will also have the capacity to supply approximately 340GWh of electricity per year to the grid.

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California Governor announces $120M settlement with NRG will fund electric car charging stations across California; new Executive Order to accelerate commercialization of ZEVs

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The fee-based network of charging stations funded by the settlement and to be built by NRG will be installed in the San Francisco Bay Area, the San Joaquin Valley, the Los Angeles Basin and San Diego County. Benchmarks ordered for 2025 include: More than 1.5 Benchmarks ordered for 2025 include: More than 1.5