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Hey Google! Lets Reinvent Detroit Together Using Our Creative Greenius Before The Opportunivors Scavenge It

Creative Greenius

No this is a job for the company I’ve long been a stockholder of – Google. Because Google is smart enough to not only see the opportunity and have the wherewithal to seize it, they also know what to do with it. Mitch is looking for the funding to super insulate the house and add a solar PV system on the roof.

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Google and IEEE launch $1M challenge for downsized inverters

Green Car Congress

Google and the IEEE have launched the Littlebox Challenge—an open competition to design and build a small kW-scale inverter with the highest power density (of at least 50 W/in 3 , or 3.05 Google and IEEE are emphasizing size reduction in their challenge, without targeting a specific application area such as automotive.

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Solar-powered off-grid EV charging stations offer surprisingly attractive cost advantages

Charged EVs

By cutting red tape and avoiding costs for construction and electrical work, combined with free solar energy, Beam Global says its EV ARC systems can offer customers a lower total cost of ownership compared to grid-tied charging stations. This may well be the case with the EV ARC, a solar-powered off-grid charging station made by Beam Global.

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See You On the EPN Solar Homes Tour

Creative Greenius

Dency charges his plug-in electric car using the clean, renewable energy he produces from the solar panels on the roof of his Hermosa Beach house. Dency’s house is just one of 7 houses you can tour on tomorrow’s EPN Solar Homes Tour which you can check out on the EPN’s fabulous new web site.

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How Field AI is Conquering Unstructured Autonomy

Cars That Think

One of the biggest challenges for robotics right now is practical autonomous operation in unstructured environments. The DARPA Subterranean Challenge ran from 2018 to 2021, putting mobile robots through a series of unstructured underground environments. But DARPA SubT demonstrated that similar environments can be found on Earth, too.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

Green Car Congress

Advanced Flow Meter for Extreme Environments (AFMEE), $100,000 MicroNuclear LLC, Franklin, Tenn. Austin, Texas First Solar Inc., Flexible perovskite-perovskite PV for mobile power applications, $745,500 Swift Solar, Redwood City, Calif. Solar Energy Industries Association, Washington, D.C. El Centro, Calif. Tempe, Ariz.

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The Solangelist Learns To Install Solar & Loves It

Creative Greenius

Our group was an interesting and friendly mix of unemployed construction workers looking for new careers; electricians, iron workers and other licensed contractors looking to expand into solar installation; and three or four guys who were there to learn how to do a self install of solar for their home, shop or cabin.

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