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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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Jenkins has also helped push Congress to think more seriously about the power grid, releasing a report last year that showed that much of the 43 percent emissions reduction expected by 2030 would be squandered if the United States doesn’t double the pace of transmission upgrades. power-grid transmission.

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$50M Battery500 consortium targeting battery pack with specific energy of 500 Wh/kg

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University of Texas at Austin. Though the immediate goal is to make effective, affordable batteries for EVs, consortium director and PNNL materials scientist Jun Liu expects the consortium’s work could also advance stationary grid energy storage. Idaho National Laboratory. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

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Texas Rep. asks Elon Musk to work with gov’t to improve the US’ power grid

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Representative for Fort Bend County, Texas, wrote a letter asking Tesla CEO Elon Musk to work with government officials to strengthen the United States’ power grids and ensure their long-term resiliency and affordability. “The continued success of the people of Texas and Tesla Inc. The post Texas Rep.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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The TCF was created by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to help catalyze the agency’s research, development, demonstration, and deployment efforts into affordable, market-ready energy solutions, by strengthening partnerships between DOE’s National Labs and American entrepreneurs. Westinghouse Electric Company (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania).

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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GENI: Green Electricity Network Integration ($36.4 Solar ADEPT: Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology ($14.7 Texas Agrilife Research. Terpenoid Pathways Texas A&M University will address a major inefficiency of. contains no rare earths, in a prototype electric motor. Lead organization.

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Will We Achieve Net-Zero Emissions By 2035? A National Clean Electricity Standard Could Be Key

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Ironically, Governor Abbott targeted renewable energy just as The New York Times was writing that Texasgrid trouble is a sign of disruption to come as climate change induces more and more extreme weather events. Frozen natural gas pipes in Texas. Credit: The Texas Tribune. Clean electricity standards are not new.

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