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Heat Pumps Take on Cold Climates

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Those figures are based on heat pumps that draw heat from an air source (rather than ground or water) and includes both homes that pull heat through ductwork, and homes that are ductless. It’s like electric vehicle range anxiety: Homeowners are concerned about getting stuck in a cold house. In the U.S., Europe is making a similar push.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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A differential absorption light detection and ranging (lidar) instrument will be built to scan across a field test area to determine possible CO 2 leakage to the atmosphere. Advanced Resources International , Arlington, Va. DOE share: $2,000,000; recipient share: $500,175; duration: 24 months).

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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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Arlington Transit – ART, Virginia: $1,500,000. Solar PV system installations range from 5kW to 20kW. Solar Thermal System: A solar thermal system on the building roof will provide hot water for the operations building and the maintenance building. as well as administrative and dispatch services. Minneapolis-St.

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GE Receives $1.4B Contract to Supply Turbines for Largest Wind Farm Yet Built in the US

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Stretching across 30 square miles of Gilliam and Morrow Counties in north-central Oregon, near the town of Arlington, the 845-megawatt Shepherds Flat project marks the US debut and largest single global order of GE’s 2.5xl wind turbines, which has been proven in Europe and Asia. Steve Bolze, president & CEO of GE Power & Water.

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UTA researchers demonstrate one-step solar process to convert CO2 and H2O directly into renewable liquid hydrocarbon fuels

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Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington have demonstrated a new solar process for the one-step, gas-phase conversion of CO 2 and H 2 O to C 5+ liquid hydrocarbons and O 2 by operating the photocatalytic reaction at elevated temperatures and pressures. The process uses cheap and earth-abundant catalytic 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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range of cultivation. that produces large quantities of sugar and requires less water. Arlington). vehicles (EVs) without draining the electric battery, in effect, extending the driving range of EVs per electric charge. heating and water purification. This would extend the driving range of. University.

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