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DOE awarding up to $12M for projects to advance wave energy

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Portland State University of Portland, Oregon, will develop a multistage, magnetically geared generator with airtight casing to improve the cost, reliability, and efficiency of MHK devices. In the Wave Energy prize, CWPT’s device demonstrated more than a three-fold improvement in energy capture per unit structural cost.

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I-5 electric truck charging sites mapped out by electric utilities; West Coast Clean Transit Corridor

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Sponsors of the study are Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP), Northern California Power Agency (NCPA), Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Pacific Power, Portland General Electric (PGE), Puget Sound Energy (PSE), Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), Seattle City Light (SCL) and Southern California (..)

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Electrify America releases $300M Cycle 2 national ZEV investment plan; metro charging, autonomous charging, renewable generation

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Electrify America also will continue to invest in these Cycle 1 metros: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle and Washington, DC.

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Tesla Model S Road Trip: 1,200 West Coast Electric-Car Miles

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Once Tesla Motors built out its Supercharger network of quick-charging stations along Interstate 5, my wife and I decided to drive from our home in Sacramento to Portland in our new 2013 Tesla Model S.

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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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Four of the top 15 markets are in California: San Francisco (1), Los Angeles (2), San Diego (7) and Sacramento (8). Another three are on the West Coast and in Hawaii: Seattle (4), Portland (5), and Honolulu (6). —Erik Gottfried, Nissan director of EV Sales and Marketing. Oregon has a Chief EV Officer to promote EV use.

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Electrify America to install 2,800 charging stations at workplaces and multi-unit dwellings across US

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Workplace and multi-unit dwelling charging stations will be installed in six California metropolitan areas—Fresno, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose—as well as in Boston, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Raleigh, Seattle and Washington, DC.

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Nissan Announces Dates for US LEAF EV Tour

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Sacramento: Dec. Portland, Ore.: San Diego: Nov. Northern California. Berkeley/Walnut Creek: Nov. San Francisco: Nov. Santa Rosa: Dec. San Jose: Dec. Pacific Northwest. Seattle: Dec. Vancouver, Canada: Dec. Phoenix/Tucson: Dec. Las Vegas: Jan. Midwest/East Coast. Detroit: Jan.