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Nissan cuts CO2 emissions from global corporate activities by 2% in 2013; tracking to 20% by 2016 vs. 2005

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For example, in Mexico, Nissan is using wind turbines to help run its Aguascalientes plant. The clean electricity will be used in factories and in sales outlets'' quick chargers where customers can plug in Nissan LEAF vehicles to recharge their batteries.

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The ABCs of National Drive Electric Week

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and in Canada and Mexico as part of NDEW 2023. Kylie Borchardt led children in building KidWind model wind turbines. For today’s purposes, “The ABCs of NDEW” are referring to A nchorage, B loomington, and C omox. These are just three of the 219 amazing events that were hosted in 206 cities and towns across the U.S.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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Improved energy storage technologies will allow for expanded integration of renewable energy resources like wind and photovoltaic systems and will improve frequency regulation and peak energy management. Tehachapi Wind Energy Storage Project. Notrees Wind Storage. Wind Firming EnergyFarm. 29,561,142. 125,006,103.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Offshore Wind Turbine Digital Twin for the Prediction of Component Failures, $200,000. Assessment Robot for Resilient Optimized Wind Energy ARROW(e), $1,000,000. Development of Rechargeable Energy Dense Long Cycle-life Zinc/Copper Oxide Batteries, $250,000. Array Technologies (Albuquerque, New Mexico). IP Group, Inc.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. Distributed Solar and Wind with the PHEV. It is much more than that.

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How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain

Charged EVs

Robert Privette: Rechargeable batteries are among the building blocks for the green energy transition. This is the case at our gigafactory in Europe, which relies on wind energy, and it’s also what we plan for our soon-to-come plant in Canada. Charged spoke with Robert Privette, Umicore’s Business Development Manager for North America.

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How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain – Charged EVs

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Robert Privette: Rechargeable batteries are among the building blocks for the green energy transition. This is the case at our gigafactory in Europe, which relies on wind energy, and it’s also what we plan for our soon-to-come plant in Canada. Charged spoke with Robert Privette, Umicore’s Business Development Manager for North America.