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GM makes its largest green energy purchase to date; 50 MW wind deal

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General Motors has made its largest renewable energy procurement to date, purchasing enough wind power to equal the electricity needs of 16 of its US facilities, including business offices in Fort Worth and Austin, Texas, a major assembly and stamping complex in Arlington, Texas, and 13 parts warehouses east of the Mississippi River.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Red Line Westlake Rail Wayside Energy Storage System: Install wayside energy storage substation (WESS) at Westlake passenger station is at-grade level on the high-speed heavy rail subway Red Line. The facility is a 70,000 square foot building located in an industrial zone in Lowell, Massachusetts.

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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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exceeding the magnetic properties of industrially important. contains no rare earths, in a prototype electric motor. Energy Laboratory, SuperPower, Tai-Yang. Research, TECO Westinghouse Motor. Motors Research and. Advanced Electric Vehicle Motors with Low or No Rare Earth. rare earth magnets. If successful.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Brilliance

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IEEE MEDAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES Sponsor: Toyota Motor Corp. MING-KAI TSAI MediaTek Hsinchu, Taiwan “For vision and leadership in the global semiconductor industry, democratizing technology access for billions of people.” IEEE FOUNDERS MEDAL Sponsor: Lockheed Martin Corp. IEEE DENNIS J. IEEE THEODORE W.

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