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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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They will create an EV climate loan and lending platform that saves most drivers more than $200 per month on an electric car loan by incorporating thousands of dollars in EV rebates and incentives into the upfront financing of each car. Leap Photovoltaics Inc.

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

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Public Utility Commissions (PUCs)] and many state and federal agencies,” states a report by the non-profit group Americans for a Clean Energy Grid. Affordability is expected to be just one highly contentious issue: Who, exactly, is going to pay for grid upgrades? Vinsel further notes, “Successful regulation is fragile.”

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Microsoft Predicts Weather for Individual Farms

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In the study, the researchers examined how radiation predictions made with DeepMC can be used to predict energy generation on a commercial solar farm, but Kumar says he can also imagine the model being used more generally by energy grids to predict how much energy people will use. Of course, weather affects everyone.

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