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Octillion Power Systems moves US headquarters to Richmond, Calif.; Li-ion packs for transportation and stationary storage

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Wyoming-based Orison uses Octillion batteries to store energy for its home-battery system. Whether it is for clean transportation or clean energy, we offer customized, mass-produced solutions. Octillion is a turnkey battery supplier for the transportation market providing its customers with a bridge from design to manufacturing.

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4 companies jointly propose $8B green energy initiative for LA area; Wyoming wind, Utah storage, transmission

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The project would require construction of one of America’s largest wind farms in Wyoming, one of the world’s biggest energy storage facilities (compressed air energy storage, CAES) in Utah, and a 525-mile electric transmission line connecting the two sites. Electric transmission line: Duke-American Transmission proposes to build the $2.6-billion,

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EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

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In terms of per capita emissions, the top emitter was Wyoming (118.5 Examining 2010 energy-related CO 2 emissions from the transportation sector, the report found California was the top transportation emitter (214.0 2010 state energy-related CO 2 emissions for transportation sector. tonnes/person) and Alaska (54.6

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Grocery giant Loblaw doubles electric semi fleet, has 25 Tesla Semis on order

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Those Teslas, along with future eCascadia orders, will help the grocer reach its stated goal of transitioning to a fully zero-emission transport fleet by 2030. Simply put, they are going to be highly visible throughout Western Canada – a region that’s as easily associated with oil , tar sands, and pickup trucks as South Dakota or Wyoming.

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DOE awards $24.9M to 6 projects to advance hydrogen technologies for electricity generation

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The captured CO 2 (~600,000 tonnes/year) will be transported and stored at Painter Reservoir Gas Complex in Evanston, Wyoming, and the hydrogen product will be converted to ammonia for rail export to California.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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In order for low-cost electricity from coal-fired power plants to remain available, the DOE said, economical methods for capturing and storing the greenhouse gas emissions from these plants must be developed. Account for the entire quantity of CO 2 that has been transported to geologic storage sites.

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The Case for EV Charging in Every City - Big or Small

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is going to make electric vehicles the predominant form of transportation, it cannot do it without all of our cities and communities. And big box stores like Walmart aren’t the only business that can benefit from this type of forward-thinking. If the U.S. These efforts are crucial for these small towns and the businesses they support.