Sun.Feb 22, 2015

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Lux: carbon fiber to go mainstream in automobiles by 2025

Green Car Congress

'Driven by a faster-than-expected pace of technology development, carbon-fiber reinforced plastics (CFRPs) will be poised to gain widespread adoption for automotive lightweighting by 2025, according to a new report from Lux Research, “Scaling Up Carbon Fiber: Roadmap to Automotive Adoption.”. Advances already underway in fiber, resin and composite part production will lead to a $6 billion market for automotive CFRPs in 2020, more than double Lux’s earlier projection. ( Earlier post.

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Tesla's First Solar-Powered Supercharger-Store-Service Center Is Almost Ready

Green Car Reports

'Electric-car maker Tesla Motors has rapidly been opening Supercharger DC fast-charging stations throughout the U.S. and outside the country. But despite its goal of providing solar-generated electricity at those sites, Superchargers thus far have drawn on electricity from the conventional power grid. That''s about to change. DON''T MISS: Tesla To.

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DOE to issue funding opportunity for larger wind turbine blades

Green Car Congress

'The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the Wind and Water Power Technologies Office (WWPTO), a Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0001214) to support the development of innovative designs and processes for the manufacturing and assembly of wind turbine blades in order to facilitate deployment of the next generation of multi-megawatt wind turbines.

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