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Tesla donates $3.1M of $6M grant to Jeff Dahn’s Dalhousie University battery team

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A team of battery researchers at Canada’s Dalhousie University are the recipients of a $6 million grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). Dahn and Tesla have worked together since 2016 when the two signed a five-year partnership to improve energy density and the life cycle of lithium-ion batteries.

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California cap-and-trade spending doubles to $1.4 billion in 2018; xEV rebates, affordable housing, wildfire prevention, public transit

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An annual ' tracking the progress of California Climate Investments, released by the California Air Resources Board and the California Department of Finance, finds that nearly $1.4 In 2016, Assembly Bill 1550 replaced and expanded those minimums to include low-income communities and low-income households. To date, $9.3 To date, $9.3

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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That incident—as well as Orajaka’s new fascination with renewable energy technologies, specifically solarchanged his career trajectory. He began researching how solar energy technology worked. They put together documentation on how the minigrid worked, created a budget, and applied for a grant from the IEEE Foundation. “I

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Researchers convert atmospheric CO2 to carbon nanofibers and nanotubes for use as anodes in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries

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The conversion process builds upon the solar thermal electro-chemical process (STEP) introduced by GWU Professor Stuart Licht and his colleagues in 2009. In short, STEP uses solar thermal energy to increase the system temperature to decrease electrolysis potentials. Earlier post.) 5b00400.

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Harvard “bionic leaf 2.0” exceeds efficiency of photosynthesis in nature; hydrogen and liquid fuels

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Dubbed “bionic leaf 2.0,” the new system builds on previous work by Nocera, Silver and others ( earlier post ), which—though it was capable of using solar energy to make isopropanol—faced a number of challenges. The Harvard University Climate Change Solutions Fund is supporting ongoing research into the "bionic leaf" platform.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

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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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California Legislature passes $1.5B California Clean Air Initiative to cut emissions; $895M for mobile sources

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million of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for various investments to fight climate change, mitigate the immediate impact on California, and begin the process of adapting to the long-term impacts of climate change. 10 million for the Transformative Climate Communities program. $26 It appropriates $621.7