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DOE launches wave energy competition

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Receive seed funding to build a 1/20th scale model WEC device for testing. The judging panel will include technical experts from: Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico; National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado; Naval Surface Warfare Center—Carderock Division, Bethesda, Maryland; and Ricardo, Inc.,

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DOE To Award $104.7M to Establish Research and Testing Facilities for Carbon Fiber Manufacturing, Advanced Batteries, and Net-Zero Energy Building Technology

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Specifically, the funding will go toward reducing the production cost of carbon fiber manufacturing, to help in reducing the weight of vehicles; improved efficiency and lower costs for car batteries; and net-zero energy building technologies. Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, NM) will receive $4.2

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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

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CSP plants can include low-cost energy storage, allowing them to provide electricity even when the sun is not shining. eSolar will design, build, and test a CSP power plant system with fundamentally new components. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne will build on and advance the current solar power tower plant design.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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The DOT is now soliciting nominations from State and local officials to assist in making designations for alternative fuel corridors. This commitment signifies the beginning of a collaboration between the government and industry to increase the deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

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Study Claims EVs Will Not Save the Environment, All Cars Are Bad

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& For those unfamiliar, Vision Zero is an initiative designed to change government policy around driving by reducing speeds and restricting automotive traffic — with an end goal of totally eliminating “traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all.” & Make no mistake.