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DOE launches wave energy competition

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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., Van Buren Township, Michigan. Participants can register through June 15, 2015.

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USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

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Lextran will receive funds toward the design and construction of a covered storage area and the incremental cost of additional zero emission vehicles. Metro Transit will receive funds for the design and construction of indoor overhead quick chargers as well as a solar power supply and a battery storage system. City of Albuquerque.

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3 AutoNation USA retail outlets obvious up to now this while

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Past the Albuquerque, Austin and Colorado Springs places, AutoNation USA has shops in Phoenix and Avondale, Ariz. The walk used to be designed partially to aid AutoNation USA’s expansion and additional build relationships with shoppers all over automobile possession. Louis; Henderson, Nev.; Charlotte, N.C.; and Charleston, S.C.

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Junkyard Find: 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 4-Door Sedan

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As has been the case with so many model names , the Fairlane designation began life as a trim level title for the full-sized Ford line. I can't decipher the shadow of the long-departed dealership badge, but I'd wager it came from somewhere along the I-25 corridor between Albuquerque and Cheyenne.

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Engineers Are Working on a Solar Microgrid to Outlast Lunar Nights

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Sandia National Laboratories , a research and development lab that specializes in building microgrids for military bases, is teaming up with NASA to design one that will work on the moon. There are, of course, some differences between designing a microgrid for a moon base and designing a similar setup used on Earth.

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DOE Selects Laboratory-led Projects for up to $11M to Support Development of Advanced Water Power Technologies

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Awards were made in four topic areas—two for each respective technology, marine and hydrokinetics and conventional hydropower: In the first topic area, projects will produce new science and technology to support industry as it develops more efficient, less costly, and more robust marine and hydrokinetic designs.

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2024 Hyundai Santa Fe – Heading in a New Direction

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(Full disclosure: Hyundai flew me to Albuquerque and put me up in nice hotels both there and in Santa Fe. The company fed us as well.) If you think the new Santa Fe looks like a Land Rover Defender, take heart, I did too.

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