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New Porsche Berlin-Adlershof center with 25m solar pylon and 800V 350 kW fast charging

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The new site features a 25-meter-high solar pylon that generates up to 30,000 kWh of electricity annually and covers the entire annual demand of the new Porsche Center. The pylon weighs 37 tonnes and comprises 7,776 solar cells, representing a total surface area of approximately 270 m 2. Porsche solar pylon. Click to enlarge.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. “DUSST”: NREL’s Low Maintenance Soiling Station, $50,000 Atonometrics Inc., Austin, Texas First Solar Inc., The Solar Foundation, Washington, D.C.

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

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The City of Tucson will receive funds to purchase electric buses with dedicated charging stations and provide maintenance and first responder training for the new technology. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. City of Tucson. Southern California Association of Governments. Metro Transit. Port Authority of Allegheny County.

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What Are Zero Emission Day and National Drive Electric Week?

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If an EV is charged with electricity that is generated from renewable sources (such as solar, wind, geothermal, or hydroelectric), then there are no fossil fuel emissions associated with that charging or driving process. EVs require less maintenance and therefore have lower maintenance costs. per eGallon (US Average).

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Australias Algae.Tec lists on the ASX

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The McConchie-Stroud System uses low-maintenance technologies and an efficient solar system to produce algae in one-tenth of the land surface as compared to the current pond method for producing algae, the company says. Algae.Tec was founded in 2008 with offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Perth, Western Australia.

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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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The winning project proposals (by award amount) are: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Georgia: $10,800,000. Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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responder and vehicle maintenance technician training; develop. Carolina Solar Center. The California Fleets and Workplace Alternative Fuels Project is a statewide. effort to develop templates and best practices for permitting AFV refueling. petroleum reduction strategies. Center for. Transportation and. the Environment. 500,000.

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