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Xcel Energy launches EV smart charging pilot in Colorado; Transportation Electrification Plan for New Mexico approved

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Xcel Energy will use this pilot to evaluate and learn about smart charging technology and program design before launching a full program where many more EV customers will be eligible to participate. These programs and offerings make up the company’s New Mexico Transportation Electrification Plan.

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TeraWatt and New Mexico DOT secure $64-million grant to deploy heavy-duty EV charging along I-10 corridor – Charged EVs

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TeraWatt Infrastructure , in partnership with the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT), has been selected to receive $63.8 As the selected contractor for the project, TeraWatt will construct two EV charging centers for medium- and heavy-duty commercial EVs in Lordsburg and Vado, New Mexico.

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U.S. Universities Are Building a New Semiconductor Workforce

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Memory and storage chipmaker Micron announced as much as $100 billion for a new plant in upstate New York. TSMC), which was already building a $12 billion fab in Arizona , upped the investment to $40 billion with a second plant. SkyWater, a Minnesota-based foundry, is building a fab near the university.

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DOT and DOE announce nearly $5B over 5 years for new national EV charging network; $615M in FY2022

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The US Departments of Transportation and Energy announced nearly $5 billion that will be made available under the new National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program to build out a national electric vehicle charging network. These corridors will be the backbone of the new national EV charging network. New Jersey.

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Heliostat Consortium announces 7 projects to receive combined $3.5M in funding; DOE launches Heliostat Prize

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million in funding are: SunRing: Advanced Manufacturing and Field Deployment: This project by Solar Dynamics LLC and partners will develop processes to maximize cost-competitiveness, performance, and reliability of Solar Dynamics’ existing SunRing heliostat design. DOE launches new prize to advance heliostat technologies.

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Joule Unlimited awards EPCM contract to Fluor for solar fuels demo plant

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to design and build a biofuels demonstration facility in New Mexico. Fluor Corporation was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by Joule Unlimited, Inc., Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in the fourth quarter of 2011.

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2024 Hyundai Santa Fe -- Open for More

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Didn't this author travel to New Mexico a few months back to see it up close? But we also didn't know all the details at the time -- especially since Hyundai builds different versions for different global markets. And, well, there's more. Wait, you ask, didn't we already cover the Santa Fe ? Yes, we/I did. Or camping.

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