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DOE awarding $35M to 11 projects for hydrokinetic turbine development; ARPA-E SHARKS

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These methodologies will significantly decrease the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of the final HKT design. They will incorporate experts in hydrodynamics, structural dynamics, control systems, power electronics, grid connections, and performance optimization. It has a low maintenance cost, resulting in a lower cost of energy.

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SpaceX to launch quartet of mini geostationary satellites in 2023

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While it’s not clear that Astranis is actually selling its MicroGEOs for “1/20th the cost of traditional GEO communications satellites,” as they claim, the startup has found plenty of customers. link] — John Gedmark (@Gedmark) April 5, 2022.

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InDEED, a success

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The Central Jersey Electric Auto Association hosted Rise of the Gen Z Electric Driver , a virtual presentation focused on three students who share the cost of an EV. We connected with a lot of people.” DEED road rally in Juneau, Alaska. The drawings were then submitted to competition judges.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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The DMP design would be a fully submerged wave energy converter resting on the ocean floor, converting the oscillatory nature of a wave’s pressure fluctuations into alternating compression and expansion cycles of flexible air-filled chambers that are connected to a bi-directional air turbine and an electrical generator.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities will receive funding to purchase battery electric buses, associated charging infrastructure and a back-up generator to maintain bus service in a disaster situation. Description. City of Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Your Guide to Electric-Vehicle Charging-Station Tax Credits

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Tax credits for installing EV charging stations are available in a variety of forms, and many of them apply toward the cost of equipment and installation. Washington state offers tax credits for up to 50% of the costs of equipment and related costs. They include incentives for installing EV charging stations.

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Perspective: Ending Oils Monopolya Blueprint for Mobility Choice

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From these principles we derive a ten-point plan which would yield results, unlike much of our current pork-barrel transportation policy (some may remember the emblematic example of such spending, Alaska’s costly “bridge to nowhere” debated in the last federal transportation bill).

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