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DOE to Award Up to $300M in Stimulus Bill Funding for Projects to Expand Use of Alt-Fuel and Advanced Technology Vehicles

Green Car Congress

The FOA modifies a much smaller and earlier-issued FOA by incorporating a supplemental $300 million appropriated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 (the stimulus bill) for the Energy Policy Act (EPACT) of 2005 Section 721 to fund a competitive grant pilot program to be administered through the Clean Cities Program.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

The stimulus package is designed to address the recession and in the short term people were anxiously awaiting two key components of the plan: clarification on the details behind “ grants in lieu of tax credits ” and awards of loan guarantees by the DOE from section 1705. Modification of EPACT 2005 Title XVII to create Section 1705.

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Restoring Hearing With Beams of Light

Cars That Think

The idea for a better way began back in 2005, when I started hearing about a new technique being pioneered in neuroscience called. We next trained the gerbils to respond to an auditory stimulus, teaching them to avoid a certain area when they heard a tone. How optogenetics works. optogenetics.

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The Long Road to Today’s Cochlear Implant

Cars That Think

In designing his multichannel cochlear implant, Graeme Clark drew inspiration from a seashell and a blade of grass. To test whether Saunders could sense different tones and stimulus rates, the team played “God Save the Queen.” Clark’s team incorporated this crucial finding into a new design that was set for clinical trial.

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The Most Powerful Greenius In America

Creative Greenius

But those of us who know better, also know that from 1976 to 2005 Californians’ electric use stayed flat while the rest of the United States electricity consumption per capita grew by 60%. That’s a phenomenal accomplishment considering how much our electronic footprint grew in that time period. How powerful will that make you?

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The Solangelist’s Vision Shines Brighter

Creative Greenius

That’s why my Raise the Roof plan is designed to rapidly accelerate the installation of residential roof top solar by emulating the barn raisings of our ancestors, with neighbors helping neighbors get the jobs done, community by community. Seems like a perfect use for some stimulus money, don’t it?

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Bob Lutz’s Latest Volt Test Drive Sprinting for Green Stimulus Dollars New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You G.M. Take for instance the grossly-oversized wheels: a more aerodynamic design would use smaller ones, to minimize turbulence around the opening. It’s called aerodynamics.

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