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MassCEC Approves $5M Forgivable Loan for A123 Systems; Targeted at Expansion for Grid Storage Systems

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The expansion was supported by a $249 million federal stimulus US Department of Energy grant designed to accelerate the manufacturing and deployment of the next generation of batteries for plug-in hybrid and all-electric automobiles.

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Worldwatch Institute report finds global energy intensity increased in 2010 for second year in a row

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Our research has shown that 50 percent or more of global electricity demands can be delivered by renewable energy if—but only if—renewable energy is implemented in tandem with energy efficiency. From 2001 to 2010, the rate dropped to 0.03%. —Alexander Ochs, director of Worldwatch’s Climate & Energy program.

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GM: Let's Hash Out Open Plug-In Car Standards

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We noted in December that the Society of Automotive Engineers, or SAE, was working to update standards for the interface between plug-in electric cars and the grid, and planned to agree on a set within months. And for this ecosystem to be robust, there must be commonality, especially when owners are plugging into the electrical grid.

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EP29LPSP: Applications in Plasma Physics, Astronomy, and Highway Engineering

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Optically clear EP29LPSP has superior physical strength, electrical insulation, and chemical resistance properties. It also meets NASA low outgassing requirements and exhibits a low exotherm during cure. This low viscosity compound is easy to apply and bonds well to metals, glass, ceramics, and many different plastics. 2 Lee, David, et al.

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The Most Powerful Greenius In America

Creative Greenius

We’ve since ratcheted down the electric use here at my home and in my office and studio watt by watt until we hit our new all time low just last month as we used just 357 kWh which cost us $46.24. Our daily use of electricity during this two year period has gone from 22.55 And two years ago we used 654 kWh which cost us $117.89.

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