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How Are EVs Part of Environmental Justice?

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For starters, those with the least income are unlikely to be able to afford to purchase a new car, let alone a Tesla. A January 2023 study from the University of Michigan found that “more than half of the lowest-income U.S. households (an estimated 8.3 Meanwhile, the cost of EVs continues to go down.

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USDA providing $9.6M to create 9,000 acres of BCAP project areas for non-food energy crop production

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million for the creation of two new Biomass Crop Assistance Program ( BCAP ) project areas in New York and North Carolina, and the expansion of an already established BCAP project area in Arkansas. targeted for the heart of North Carolina, where it will grow more than 4,000 acres of Freedom Giant Miscanthus and switch grass.

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Is This Hybrid Tech Power Electronics' Future?

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And if you’ve purchased a wall charger lately for your smartphone or laptop, chances are good that it uses gallium nitride. That’s the question that drove a team of 16 researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and three other institutions in China. It has a lot of merit and promise.”

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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Natural Gas Credit Purchase system; deliver technical and safety workshops. Purchasing Agreements; train and deploy Energy Coaches who will work. North Carolina State. University, North. Carolina Solar Center. The Alternative Fuel Implementation Team (AFIT) for North Carolina project.

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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

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regulation, purchasing incentives), local policy (e.g., There are substantial purchase incentives in California, Colorado, Connecticut, North Carolina, and Washington. The leading electric vehicle markets identified here are a collection of larger high-technology cities, as well as smaller university towns.

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DOE awarding $6M to 11 projects to accelerate alternative fuel vehicle market growth

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Through these demonstrations, fleets will gain operational experience and the project can collect data to provide validation for AFV purchases. Through these demonstrations, fleets will gain operational experience and the project can collect data to provide validation for AFV purchases. West Virginia University Research Corporation.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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The businesses thus purchase electricity that is generated locally. Another component we’re working on with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are controls that will allow a microgrid that is operating in islanded mode to extend its reach and pick up additional loads and generation that are outside the microgrid’s boundaries.