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Virginia could make almost $5B from this 3.5 GW offshore wind farm

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It will be capable of generating enough renewable power for more than 1 million homes and businesses annually and reduce emissions by more than 1.5 Kitty Hawk Wind’s power grid interconnection would bring in $275 million in cumulative property tax revenue for its host, the City of Virginia Beach.

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Thomas Built Buses achieves zero-waste-to-landfill

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This Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Field project will produce 389 kW of renewable energy for the Duke Energy Power Grid—enough electricity to power approximately 41 homes. A second North Carolina DTNA facility is bringing on an additional 1,560 panels later this year.

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

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DME as a Renewable Hydrogen Carrier: Innovative Approach to Renewable Hydrogen Production, $1,500,000. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000. Novozymes North America (Franklinton, North Carolina).

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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The winds had barely died down when electric-power specialists and others began calling for a radical overhaul of Puerto Rico’s electricity networks, one that would emphasize renewable energy, distributed generation, and, critically, microgrids. A microgrid is like a miniaturized, tightly controlled version of a power grid.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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North Carolina State. Jet Fuel From Camelina Sativa : A Systems Approach North Carolina State University will engineer the oilseed crop. National Renewable. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. resulting in reduced cost for renewable solar electricity.

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Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean

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One of the biggest challenges to the nations power grid "is going to be the introduction of electric vehicles," said Dana Christiansen, associate director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which has partnered with Nissan, TVA and the state of Tennessee to help develop the charging infrastructure to support the vehicles.