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MAY 12, 2023

Adolf Goetzberger Photovoltaics pioneer Life Fellow, 94; died 24 February Goetzberger was an early proponent of solar energy technologies. Today solar is the third largest renewable-electricity sector behind hydropower and wind. The research paved the way for more effective solar power generation. He retired in 2019.

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APRIL 14, 2012

Consortia researchers will leverage their expertise and resources in solar technology, advanced biofuels, and building efficiency. Details of the three winning consortia are as follows: Solar Energy : The consortium’s research will focus on sustainable photovoltaics, multiscale concentrated solar power, and solar energy integration.

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JUNE 29, 2015

around 17 million in the US—China became the top market in 2009), it only requires a 4 percent growth rate to reach that target in fifteen years. The first eye-opener for large scale solar was the Austin Energy PPA last year that was priced at 5 cents. They had better think seriously about financing solar and wind arrays.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Chevrolet’s energy investments to be implemented in the next three to five years may include projects such as: Providing energy efficient technology such as smart energy sensors and solar panels to schools and other community-based facilities in need of upgrades to decrease carbon dioxide emissions and reduce heating bills.

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MARCH 29, 2011

billion in investments in 2010 represents a 39% increase from 2009. billion in clean energy financing last year, improving its global standing to fourth, from eighth in 2009. Italy is the first country to achieve grid parity, or cost-competitiveness, for solar energy. Germany accounted for 45% of global solar investments.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Total has signed a research agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop new stationary batteries that are designed to enable the storage of solar power. The ARPA-E award is supported the development of the liquid metal grid-scale battery for low-cost, large scale storage of electrical energy.

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JULY 7, 2011

Liquid Metal Battery Corporation (LMBC), a Cambridge, Massachusetts company founded in 2010 to develop new forms of electric storage batteries that work in large, grid-scale applications, has secured the rights to key patent technology from MIT. —Luis Ortiz, LMBC’s President. —Philippe Boisseau, President Total Gas & Power.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 12, 2009

So buckle up and hang on while I take you for a little trip with the Greenius to the places I’ve been and the places I’m going… My First Solar PV Install. As regular Creative Greenius readers have learned, GRID Alternatives is a nonprofit organization that installs solar panels on low-income housing in California.

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MAY 10, 2011

Biomass and solar are shown as primary energy due to their multiple uses. For the lower values, the average yearly investments are smaller than the renewable power sector investments reported for 2009. Wind energy, including on- and offshore systems. Source: SRREN. Click to enlarge. They can produce electricity, heat and light.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Work on the standard began immediately following the Governor’s Renewable Electricity Standard Executive Order, signed on 15 September 2009. ARB oversight will ensure that the renewable standard delivers substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and achieves clean air goals by reducing smog-forming pollution.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The Open FOA is expected to support transformational and disruptive high-impact energy R&D projects related to renewable power, bioenergy, transportation, conventional generation, the electrical grid, and building efficiency, among other technology areas. Open Funding Opportunity. Building Efficiency.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Wind farms stand idle for days on end, a fire interrupts a vital cable from France, a combination of post-Covid economic recovery and Russia tightening supply means the gas price has shot through the roof – and so the market price of both home heating and electricity is rocketing. Energy Solutions.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

With completion scheduled for December 2009, the company is now looking for an end-use for the concentrated CO 2. KC Cottrell is currently in the construction phase of a pilot project that captures and purifies 1/2 tonne of CO 2 per day from an industrial power plant.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

After a decade in the solar power installation business, Bradley Bartz is tired of being Mr. Nice Guy. He’s filed suit against Torrance, the proud home of Exxon/Mobil’s refinery, for stopping him from installing solar panels in the Hillside Overlay district. “ Idiots ! “ Idiots !&#

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Progress continued in several key areas, including electrolysis, photoelectrochemical (PEC), biological, and solar-thermochemical hydrogen production. This result represents an important step toward demonstration of stabilized solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiencies >20% using PEC devices.

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APRIL 1, 2011

The new strategy promises to be applicable to both the electric-vehicle market and the problem of electrical energy storage for the grid. In 2009, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu named Dr. John B. —Lu et al. John Goodenough. ” Goodenough invented lithium cobalt oxide cathode materials while at Oxford University.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

Four key enablers for a shift to clean energy will be energy efficiency, smart grids, energy storage, and carbon capture and storage. They say that linking the economy and climate discussions in this way can create a “diplomatic opportunity” in 2009. Green Investing: Towards a Clean Energy Infrastructure

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AUGUST 6, 2013

Source: “Electric Vehicle Grid Integration”. The report identifies insights about the choice of charging infrastructure in each region that will both maximize benefits to consumers (thus helping to drive EV adoption) and maximize benefits to the grid from greater EV use. —“Electric Vehicle Grid Integration”.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The 43 winning proposals were submitted by transit agencies from across the country as part of a nationwide competition for the $100 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funds. Other criteria included readiness to implement, applicant capacity, degree of innovation and national applicability. Of that, $26.5

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JULY 20, 2010

In its December 2009 Global Gaps in Clean Energy RD&D report, IEA identified electric vehicles as the clean energy category for which the gap between innovation needs and public research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) investment is most severe. International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN).

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MARCH 20, 2009

Obama At A Town Hall Meeting in Los Angeles, California - March 19, 2009. “Even as our economy has been transformed by new forms of technology, our electric grid looks largely the same as it did half a century ago,&# Obama said. Photos: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times. billion grant program to aid electric cars.

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

It will boost its usage of renewable energy and in some cases will supply power to the grid from solar, wind, ocean, or geothermal sources generated by the base. The 2009 Naval Energy Forum was sponsored by the Office of Naval Research.

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APRIL 14, 2009

Areas of research that require immediate attention include, but are not limited to: energy efficiency; energy storage; established sustainable energy sources, such as wind, solar, hydro, and biomass; enhanced geothermal systems; cellulosic biofuel production; smart transmission grids; and ocean/kinetic power.

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MAY 25, 2014

2009, earlier post. Further key elements for bringing down production cost for methanol from CO 2 include the use of electricity from wind farms that cannot be evacuated to the grid or employing solar electricity generated in isolated, but sun-rich regions for hydrogen and methanol production. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 16, 2009

Hitachi intends for its restructuring to enable it to save ¥200 billion (US$2.037 billion) in fixed costs and ¥300 billion (US$3.055 billion) in materials costs in fiscal 2009 from the levels projected for the year through March 31. Hitachi will also establish Renewable Energy & Smart Grid Division in the Power Systems Group.

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JULY 8, 2015

Vulcanol is CRI’s brand name for renewable methanol, produced from CO 2 and hydrogen from renewable sources of electricity (hydro, geothermal, wind and solar). From 2009, led by the Ministry of Industry and Information, the pilot work of methanol gasoline implement is Shanxi province started.

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JUNE 25, 2013

The plan also calls for accelerating the permitting for renewable power generation on public lands and upgrading the grid. A proposal for existing plants is due in 2014, with targeted file rule in 2015. In terms of investment in innovation for cleaner energy, the plan calls for: Investment in advanced fossil energy projects.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles Written by Jerry James Stone Published on April 19th, 2009 34 Comments Posted in Electric Cars (EVs) , Plug-in hybrid EVs Just a few hours after General Motors called for a standardized EV plug , one has been created! Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

All comments are due by the end of 31 March 2009. Hydrogen produced by water electrolysis has the potential to be a useful means of storing excess electricity generated using wind, solar, and other intermittent renewable energy. Market development RFI. The RFI solicits any and all public comment on a number of specified topics.

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JULY 22, 2009

He identified three major themes in 2009 for renewable energy: “ Energy markets are undergoing their most fundamental changes since the 1930s; cap and trade is the most complex issue outside of health care; and schisms exist within the energy community that will grow stronger over time. Billion vs. $28.3 Billion in 2008).

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APRIL 1, 2009

power from renewable sources—wind, solar, geothermal, biomass or landfill gas, hydropower, and marine and hydrokinetic—for retail electricity suppliers beginning at 6% in 2012 and gradually rising to 25% in 2025 and continuing at that level through 2039. Smart Grid and Electricity Transmission. Partnering with the States.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Flow batteries are safe, stable, long-lasting, and easily refilled, qualities that suit them well for balancing the grid, providing uninterrupted power, and backing up sources of electricity. The design returned to life in the mid-20th century, was developed for possible use on a moon base, and was further improved for use in grid storage.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. Since its founding in 2009, ARPA-E has provided $2.93 Stanford University.

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JULY 3, 2015

For the study, the team reconstructed the vehicle technology portfolios from two national vehicle studies (the 2007 Environmental Assessment of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles by the Electric Power Research Institute and Natural Resources Defense Council; and the 2009 Multi-Path Transportation Futures study by Argonne National Laboratory).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

And for this ecosystem to be robust, there must be commonality, especially when owners are plugging into the electrical grid. Stumble | Digg | del.icio.us | Slashdot Posted By: Jamie Lendino Comments (2) Tell a friend about this post Post a Comment Posted by: Guy Ofir April 18, 2009 5:24 PM Easy Energy, Inc. Enter Yours Today!

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

In July, the DOE announced that ARPA-E had received approximately 3,500 submissions for the approximately $150 million available as part of the first Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0000065) released 27 April 2009. Direct Solar Fuels (5 projects). Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications.

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