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The unique role some Tribal nations are taking in the EV transition

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Tribal innovation is also coming from the electrical grid. As an example, Northern Arapaho member Patrick Lawson has been leading an effort to install EV chargers at the Wind River Reservation and other areas of Wyoming with his Wild West EV company.

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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

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The station, called Fengning and located about 200 kilometers north of Beijing, will store up to 40 gigawatt-hours of energy, and help keep the grid on clean energy when the wind isn’t blowing or the sun’s not shining. United States’ Wind on the Wire The largest renewable-energy infrastructure project in U.S.

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Green Motorsports: Subaru Hits the Track To Improve the Breed

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Since the launch of the Nitro RallyCross racing series in 2018, Subaru Motorsports USA has been the only auto manufacturer continuously sponsoring a race team. For Subaru, its presence in dirt track motorsports has the effect of cementing its branding as a manufacturer of safe and capable vehicles. EVs To Be Added for 2022 Series.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $30 million in federal funding, matched by more than $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies—ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. 3,123,750.

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ARPA-E announces $27M for transformational power electronics technologies

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On a large scale, high-power electronics are used to connect solar panels and wind turbines to the grid, to operate industrial equipment such as elevators and HV/AC systems, and to run electric and hybrid-electric vehicles. Fairfield Crystal Technology. High Quality, Low-Cost GaN Single Crystal Substrates for High Power Devices.

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Sandia FAST method for synthesizing iron-nitride magnetic material could lead to smaller, better-performing high-frequency transformers

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Sandia manufactures iron nitride (γ’-Fe 4 N) powders by ball-milling iron powders in liquid nitrogen and then ammonia. Iron nitride also could serve as a more robust, high-performance transformer core material across the nation’s electrical grid. —Stan Atcitty.