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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. Marine and hydrokinetic energy technologies convert the energy of waves, tides, and river and ocean currents into electricity. Van Buren Township, Michigan.

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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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First results from HEI/ACES murine study find few biologic effects from exposure to exhaust from new technology diesel engines

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These results are expected to play an important role in upcoming risk reviews by international and US agencies of older and new technology diesel engines, including a review of the carcinogenicity of diesel exhaust in June, 2012 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France.

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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 multi-partner team, led by PNNL as part of the Battery500 research consortium, will receive an award of up to $10 million per year for five years to drive progress on DOE’s goal of reducing the cost of vehicle battery technologies.

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