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Tesla Model Y-backed ride service start operations in Downtown Tampa

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The service is now available for customers in Downtown Tampa. The Tesla-powered ride service makes transit in Downtown Tamp affordable and convenient. Tampa Downtown Partnership told Teslarati that the DASH ride service started operations on October 12. The Tesla Model Y is the face of the DASH ride service.

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SpaceX Cargo Dragon returns from International Space Station after 36-day stay

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After 36 days docked to the International Space Station, a SpaceX Cargo Dragon successfully splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida. In all, the Cargo Dragon, C209, spent 39 days in space after launching from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on March 21st.

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A Florida utility ditches coal, doubles its solar, and leaves out a big part of its story

Electrek

Florida utility Tampa Electric Co. That’s good news, but in an interview published last week, its CEO doesn’t mention the fact that the vast majority of its power comes from natural gas or whether it plans to transition away from the methane-producing fossil fuel.

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NREL researchers point toward building energy efficiency instead of long-term storage

Green Car Congress

Incorporating energy efficiency measures can reduce the amount of storage needed to power the nation’s buildings entirely with renewable energy, according to analysis conducted by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). —William Livingood, co-author.

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DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

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The US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected 12 projects to receive funding through its Crosscutting Research Program’s Transitional Technology Development to Enable Highly Efficient Power Systems with Carbon Management initiative. Alstom Power Inc. Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.

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NDEW wrap-up (Part II)

Electric Auto Association

And to the south… The better-than-ever attendance at the Tampa Bay EVA NDEW event , coming on the heels of one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever hit the west coast of Florida, was indicative of the very high interest in EVs in the area. Check out more photos from Tampa here. Check out the local TV news report.

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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

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The US Department of Energy has selected 13 projects for investment of up to $62 million over five years to research, develop, and demonstrate Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems capable of providing low-cost electrical power. eSolar will design, build, and test a CSP power plant system with fundamentally new components.

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