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DOE launches wave energy competition

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DOE announced the Wave Energy Prize at the International Marine Renewable Energy Conference co-located at the National Hydropower Association Annual Conference. Contribute to the development of innovative clean energy technologies that boost US energy security. Van Buren Township, Michigan.

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

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Or, solar thermal can directly provide heat for industrial processes to make steel, cement, and chemicals—all energy-intensive sectors that are difficult to clean up. The first utility-scale solar-thermal plants were built in the 1980s. Parabolic Dish Concentrator Solarflux Focus : 10-kW prototype dish.

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

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Or, solar thermal can directly provide heat for industrial processes to make steel, cement, and chemicals—all energy-intensive sectors that are difficult to clean up. The first utility-scale solar-thermal plants were built in the 1980s. Parabolic Dish Concentrator Solarflux Focus : 10-kW prototype dish.

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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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a standard for high performance green buildings that in 2018 will become the basis for the International Green Construction Code. Clean Future, Inc. Southwest Clean Air Agency. The 35 new partners include: Bates College. Berkshire Hathaway Energy. CenterPoint Energy, Inc. City of Seattle. Confluence Environmental Center.

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HEI ACES study of lifetime animal exposure to New Technology Diesel Engine exhaust finds no lung cancer

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The ACES results are expected to play an important role in future risk reviews of diesel engines by international and US agencies. The core study was led by Dr. Jacob McDonald, of Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (LRRI) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where the exposures were carried out.

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