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This Engineer’s Job Is to Keep Arkansas Nuclear One Safe

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The IEEE member is an electrical design engineer at Arkansas Nuclear One , in Russellville. The pressurized-water plant provides electricity to the majority of the state’s businesses and residents and to customers beyond Arkansas. student at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, when she interned at Arkansas Nuclear One.

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Brookhaven, U Arkansas team develop new core-shell catalyst for ethanol fuel cells

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Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Arkansas have developed a highly efficient catalyst for extracting electrical energy from ethanol. —Jia Wang, the Brookhaven Lab chemist who led the work.

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One Atmospheric Nuclear Explosion Could Take Out the Power Grid

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Military and non-proliferation experts are worried about the growing temptation by nuclear-armed countries to engage in a first-strike EMP attack using nuclear weapons that, while avoiding direct casualties, could prove devastating to electric grids and electronic devices from smartwatches to supercomputers. See the illustration, below.).

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EV News for a hot EV summer

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EV trucks Walmart rides Canoo The retail giant has ordered 4,500 trucks from Arkansas-based Canoo. EVs and national security Duty calls EVs are increasingly seen as integral to the security of the national energy grid. Amazon Rivian delivery truck. Energy security and EVs go hand in hand. EV outreach event.

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US DOE Selects 43 Projects for $92M in ARPA-E Funding; 3 on Automotive Power Electronics

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The awards in this tranche focus on power electronics, grid-scale energy storage, and building efficiency; of the 43, three are categorized specifically for the automotive market—power electronics projects led by HRL Laboratories, LLC; Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc.; and Case Western Reserve University.

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Protecting a divine planet

Electric Auto Association

How great would it be if each of those churches offered a way to tap into that hope just as an EV can tap into the grid. Two of the most recent charger installations were at the East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Second Presbyterian Church of Little Rock, Arkansas. What a boon!".

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Select the Right EV Charging Management Partner for your NEVI Program Project

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Charging-Network-to-Grid Communication. Powered by Driivz for rapid expansion, Francis Energy has successfully secured NEVI grants to build charging stations along highway corridors in Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, Missouri, Arkansas, Ohio, and Alabama. Charging-Network-to-Charging-Network Communication.