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Finland’s Kempower just opened a DC fast charger factory in North Carolina

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Photo: Kempower Finnish EV charger manufacturer Kempower officially opened its first US DC fast charger factory in Durham, North Carolina. Kempower already has three DC fast charger factories in Lahti, Finland, and the new factory in North Carolina, a leased 14,000-square-meter (154,000-square-foot) space, is its fourth.

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HCL CleanTech to Establish Pilot Plant in North Carolina for Converting Woody Biomass to Sugars and Fuels

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HCL CleanTech, a US-Israeli biofuels technology development company focused on full process technology for conversion of woody biomass to fermentable sugars and advanced biofuels, has selected North Carolina as the site for its administrative headquarters and pilot plant. North Carolina, with 17.6

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3 Duke Energy subsidiaries plead guilty to 9 criminal violations of Clean Water Act; $102M settlement

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Four of the charges are the direct result of the massive coal ash spill from the Dan River steam station into the Dan River near Eden, North Carolina, in February 2014. As part of their plea agreements, Duke Energy Business Services LLC, Duke Energy Carolinas LLC and Duke Energy Progress Inc.

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Bridgestone Turanza EV grand touring tire for EVs makes world debut

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Bridgestone Turanza EV tires extend energy efficient performance with low rolling resistance made possible by Bridgestone’s ENLITEN tire technology. Bridgestone Turanza EV tires are manufactured using synthetic rubber associated with recycled plastic, helping keep more used plastics out of landfills and the environment.

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Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up

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Wearable devices, like nearly every other piece of tech, need energy. Fortunately, though, at wearables’ modest power budgets, energy is effectively everywhere. And today, technology is maturing to the point that meaningful amounts of these energy giveaways can be harvested to liberate wearables from ever needing a battery.

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USDA approves $99M, 80% loan guarantee to Chemtex to support development of cellulosic ethanol from energy grasses

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to construct a 20 million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol refinery in Sampson County in eastern North Carolina. Chemtex is working with local farmers and producer organizations to begin growing energy grasses for the facility. Earlier post. About 30,000 acres will be required to supply the facility with sufficient feedstock.

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UNL-led team greatly increases hydrogen production by T maritima; breaking the theoretical limit

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Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), with colleagues from North Carolina State University and the University of Connecticut, have engineered the hyperthermophilic anaerobe Thermotoga maritima to produce 46% more hydrogen per cell than the wild type. The researchers received support from the US Department of Energy.

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