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

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These improvements will all be made in the hopes of driving down the cost of solar energy. Awards under this category focus on research and development of concepts and components that could be part of a CSP baseload system. Albuquerque, NM – up to $4.3 A more efficient power cycle will help produce more electricity.

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

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states and countries adopting measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions, now "might be the right time for CSP to become more broadly applicable," said Margaret Gordon , the CSP program manager at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M. In recent years, however, CSP development stalled amid the rapidly falling cost of solar PV.

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

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states and countries adopting measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions, now "might be the right time for CSP to become more broadly applicable," said Margaret Gordon , the CSP program manager at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M. In recent years, however, CSP development stalled amid the rapidly falling cost of solar PV.

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Junkyard Find: 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais with Manual Transmission

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Here's one of those cars, found in a self-service boneyard in Albuquerque, New Mexico last week. However, that savings was eaten up by the cost of the optional air conditioning, which was $805 ($1,887 now). The General's Oldsmobile Division reached a high-water mark of sorts for the 1991 model year, with 11 distinct models available.

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

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Concepts like ultra-low emission zones (ULEZ) and levering connected vehicle technologies to police driving from an environmental and social standpoint are rooted in the key principles of Vision Zero. .& Many of the promoted solutions exist to inconvenience motorists in a bid to discourage them from driving entirely.