Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2023

These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. Rank State Proportional amount of emissions relative to 100% hydro 1 West Virginia 163.9 Nuclear 0 0 Wind 2.5 Natural gas 87.9 Geothermal 16.5

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Electrek

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Spain-headquartered renewables giant Siemens Gamesa announced today that it will build a new offshore wind turbine blade factory in Virginia. more… The post The US is getting its first offshore wind blade factory appeared first on Electrek. The $200 million factory will be the first of its kind in the US.

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Electrek

JUNE 1, 2021

Richmond, Virginia-headquartered Dominion Energy is building the Charybdis , the first Jones Act-qualified offshore wind turbine installation vessel in the US. more… The post The US gets a game-changing offshore wind farm installation vessel appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Richmond, Virginia — A new NRDC analysis shows that the Build Back Better Act, as it currently stands, has the potential to significantly accelerate clean energy investment, economic activity, and job growth in Virginia.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2014

The Energy Department selected three offshore wind demonstrations to receive up to $47 million each over the next four years to deploy innovative, grid-connected systems in federal and state waters by 2017. The projects are located off the coasts of New Jersey, Oregon, and Virginia.

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Electrek

MARCH 22, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): New York State approves a power cable for Deepwater Wind South Fork offshore wind farm. Virginia nonprofit Give Solar works with Habitat for Humanity to provide solar for Habitat homeowners. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Teslarati

JUNE 17, 2022

Rivian R1 vehicles coming from the company’s Normal, Il plant will soon be delivered to customers with a battery fully charged from wind energy. This is due to the company’s plans to build a large-scale wind turbine at its Normal site. “To us, our job isn’t done when our vehicles come off the line.

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Wind Re-Charge Charging Vehicles 95

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. West Virginia. West Virginia. West Virginia. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro. Energy source.

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Electrek

APRIL 23, 2021

West Virginia’s electric car drivers made a film about why they chose to embrace electric. 1 wind state Texas to add record solar by end of 2022 appeared first on Electrek. In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Texas is expected to add record utility-scale solar in the next two years. more… The post EGEB: No.

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Texas West Virginia Wind Solar 129

Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

Other: West Virginia University Research Corporation aims to focus on the expansion and transformation of the use of coal and coal-based resources, including waste streams, to produce products of high value to the 21st century energy and manufacturing ecosystem. DOE Funding: $1,204,129. DOE Funding: $1,500,000. DOE Funding: $1,500,000.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2014

The US Department of the Interior (DOI) will offer nearly 80,000 acres offshore Maryland for commercial wind energy development in a 19 August 2014 competitive lease sale. BOEM expects to hold additional competitive auctions for Wind Energy Areas offshore Massachusetts and New Jersey in the coming year. Bluewater Wind Maryland, LLC.

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Maryland Wind Rhode Island Energy 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2009

It is a non-starter, and puts the entire state of West Virginia and the coal industry in a terrible light. ’ West Virginia would be much smarter to stay at the table.” West Virginia Chamber of Commerce President Steve Roberts immediately expressed disappointment with Byrd’s essay.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Unveiling a coordinated strategic plan to accelerate the development of offshore wind energy, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced steps forward in support of offshore wind energy in the United States, including new funding opportunities for up to $50.5 Next-Generation Drivetrain (up to $7.5

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 3, 2022

Fossil fuel-producing states and coal companies, led by West Virginia, argued that the EPA does not have the authority to shift electricity generation from coal to renewable sources like wind and solar, according.

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Coal West Virginia EPA Emissions 120

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Boeing and NASA researchers are testing a 13-foot-wingspan, 6% scale Blended Wing Body (BWB) model at a subsonic wind tunnel at the NASA Langley Research Center in Virginia. Boeing is readying the BWB for the next step in maturing the concept—a manned demonstrator. Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

MARCH 29, 2024

It will be integral in supporting reliability daily during peak hours and acting as storage for the wind power now being built off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard and in the Gulf of Maine. There’s almost 33 GW of wind, solar, and storage planned for New England. That will make New Hampshire the 16th coal-free state.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2021

Critical materials are used in many products important to the US economy and energy technologies, such as rare-earth elements used to manufacture high-strength magnets for offshore wind-turbine generators and lithium and cobalt in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Topic 2, Area of Interest 1: Rare Earth Element Separation.

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Li-ion Wyoming Lithium Ion Corporation 321

Electric Auto Association

JULY 7, 2022

July 4th thoughts on EVs BY Robert FernatT, Member of West Virginia Electric Auto Association. This article was first posted on the West Virginia Electric Auto Association (WVEAA) site. That is true whether the electricity is produced from solar, wind, hydroelectric, nuclear, natural gas, or coal—it's all local.

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West Virginia Virginia Energy Oil Prices 52

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

The proposed cable technology can also be used in other applications requiring high cable power density with a relatively small footprint including electric ships, submarines, and offshore wind turbine platforms. Virginia Tech. Illinois Institute of Technology. High Power Density Cost-Effective MV DC Aircraft Cable- $1,171,829.

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Fully Electric Electric Electrical DC 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2019

Solar Sister (Great Falls, Virginia) invests in women’s enterprises in off-grid communities in Africa. CalCEF/Nexus (Oakland, California) is forming a Qualified Clean Energy Opportunity Zone Fund to deploy solar, wind, energy storage and other clean economy assets. Clean Energy Works (Washington, D.C.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2014

solar, photovoltaic, wind, and electric vehicle battery technologies). Virginia Clean Cities at James Madison University of Harrisonburg, Virginia, will receive $450,000 to develop a nationwide Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Opportunity Center consisting of an innovative internet-based resource to grow the domestic fuel cell and hydrogen industry.

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Hydrogen Manufacturer Supplies Fuel 225

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

He will coordinate a team of chemists, material scientists, physicists, and engineers from the University of Delaware; University of Nebraska; Northeastern University; Virginia Commonwealth University; the US Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University, in Ames, Iowa; and the Electron Energy Corporation in Landisville, Pa.

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Delaware Wind Motor Motors 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2014

Aspects of weather, including wind speed, wind direction, precipitation and temperature, also affect the size of dead zones. The models also account for the influence of variable weather and oceanographic conditions, and predict that these can affect the dead zone area by as much as 38%.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2016

NASA is testing the propulsor, designed by United Technologies Research Center with research conducted by Virginia Polytechnic and State University, in its 8' x 6' Wind Tunnel at NASA Glenn in Cleveland, Ohio. The highly experimental tests have required years of preparation.

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Engine Fuel Cleveland Wind 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2012

Wind accounted for 2.3%. PJM data shows that peak time for renewable energy generation from wind is generally between 10 p.m. According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), US electricity generation in 2010 was 70% fossil fuels (coal 44.9%, natural gas 23.8%); 20% nuclear; and 10% renewable, of which 6.2%

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2015

Results from the study also suggest that with sufficient coal plant retirement and sufficient wind power, controlled charging could result in positive net benefits instead of negative. High Wind Future: In this scenario, they modified the future case to add wind plants sufficient to produce 20% of generation.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The company is moving to extend licenses for its zero-carbon nuclear generation fleet, promoting customer energy efficiency programs, and investing in wind and solar power, lower-carbon natural gas, and carbon-beneficial RNG. Reducing emissions as fast as possible and achieving net zero emissions requires immediate and direct action.

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Emissions Gas Energy Power 207

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2015

A team of scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University has synthesized a powerful new magnetic material that could reduce the dependence of the United States and other nations on rare earth elements produced by China. The team’s findings will appear in an open-access paper in Applied Physics Letters.

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Automobile Industry Virginia Energy Storage United States 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Historically, prevailing wind shear patterns prohibit cyclones in the Arabian Sea from becoming major storms. The Nature paper suggests that weakening winds have enabled the formation of stronger cyclones in recent years—including storms in 2007 and 2010 that were the first recorded storms to enter the Gulf of Oman.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2016

The vehicle will be capable of being stowed, launched and recovered by multiple host platforms, including littoral combat ships, Virginia-class submarines and Ohio-class guided-missile submarines. Fuel cell vehicles can operate on renewable hydrogen from sources such as wind and biomass stored for later use.

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GM Fuel Vehicles Power 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

AES also announced the signing of a letter of intent with CIC to raise an additional $571 million of equity for an approximate 35% interest in its wind generation business. AES, with headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, owns and operates a diverse portfolio of power generation and distribution businesses in 29 countries.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

cents/kWh in West Virginia—a 23.59 Even with the implementation of the smart grid it seems unlikely that we will all be able to buy our power from West Virginia. in West Virginia to $6.12 Two are geographically constrained (hydro and geothermal), placing wind and solar as the front running mass renewable energy choices.

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Renewable West Virginia Energy USA 220

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

The Pickens Plan proposes to generate up to 22% of the nation's electricity from wind and supports development of an extra-high voltage transmission system to facilitate that expanded use of renewable electricity generation.

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Cars That Think

MAY 5, 2022

Rahman is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech. You cannot make wind and solar energy useful throughout the day unless you can store it. Renewables such as solar, wind, and hydroelectricity. The IEEE Life Fellow is also founder and chairman of BEM Controls , a software company in McLean, Va.,

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Climate Change Climate Coal Solar 82

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

Preliminary testing at the Virginia Tech Wind Tunnel showed that the smoother curves of the new design can help offset the drag associated with requirements such as bumpers and mirrors. Click to enlarge. Edison2 says that its envisioned new shape of the next generation VLC is an aerodynamic improvement over the angular XPRIZE design.

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Light Cars Virginia Fuel Economy 236

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2016

The work will be conducted under a task order against the Basic and Applied Aerospace Research and Technology (BAART) contract at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Performance of this preliminary design also must undergo analytical and wind tunnel validation.

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Design Concept Building Wind 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory will expand its open-source Wind Energy with Integrated Servo- control (WEIS) toolbox to include control co-design capabilities of tidal and riverine hydrokinetic turbines. University of Virginia. The 11 SHARKS projects are: National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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