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Tesla’s solar neighborhood in Austin could help TX learn if renewables are viable

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Last week, Elon Musk announced Tesla’s first involvement in a major housing development project in Austin, Texas. Easton Park is a 2,400-acre community southwest of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, as per the Austin Business Journal. Tesla Energy takes a stand against coal and gas generators in Australia.

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

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Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Enhancement of PyARC for Westinghouse Electric Company’s Lead Fast Reactor design and modeling, $450,000. Westinghouse Electric Company (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania).

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ExxonMobil and Princeton select five energy research projects; including batteries and solar

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It will explore low-energy plasmas’ effectiveness in enhancing or controlling energy-related chemical processes, such as converting natural gas to larger molecules for producing liquid fuels or chemical feedstocks. Plasma Physics: The project will take advantage of Princeton’s world-leading facilities for studying plasma physics.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations. ’s power generation, he said. ’s power generation, he said.

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