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Saft launches industrial production at Jacksonville Li-ion battery plant

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Saft inaugurated an advanced automated lithium-ion battery factory in Jacksonville, Florida. This high-volume production facility will build advanced lithium-ion cells and batteries for energy storage for renewable energy, smart grid support, broadband back-up power, transportation and defense.

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INEOS Bio JV Closes $75M in private financing under USDA loan guarantee program for advanced BioEnergy Center in Florida

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INEOS Bio announced that its joint-venture project, INEOS New Planet BioEnergy (INPB), has finalized $75 million in private financing utilizing the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) loan guarantee program for its new Indian River BioEnergy Center located in Florida. million dollar cost matching grant from the State of Florida.

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US DOE announces 3 consortia for $125M US-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center; solar, second-generation biofuels and buildings

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These consortia—led in theUS by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the University of Florida, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)—will bring together experts from national laboratories, universities, and industry in both the US and India. MEMC Corporation; and Solarmer Energy Inc. Thermax Ltd.;

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Heat Pumps—The Well-Tempered Future of A/Cs

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Within the HVAC world, innovations tend to be small and progressive: there’s not some silver bullet,” says Wade Conlan , an engineer in Maitland, Florida, and vice president of ASHRAE , a heating and air-conditioning standards-setting organization. If, like 60 percent of the U.S. What are the pros and cons of a heat pump?

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AutoGrid announces compatibility with FLO | AddEnergie; flexible utility management of EV charging endpoints

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More utilities are recognizing and acting on the necessity of including EV charger data within the calculus of real-time load management and leveraging AI-enabled tools to enhance grid flexibility while enabling the influx of EVs onto the grid. million by the office’s Green Electricity Network Integration (GENI) program in 2012.

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What Does Battery Storage Mean for EV Drivers?

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In 2030, McKinsey estimates that there may be as many as 48 million EVs plugging into the US power grid, which means that utility providers are already preparing for the increased load. This helps offset the cost of demand fees. For example: Let’s consider a site host that has a DCFC that is connected directly to the electricity grid.

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Driving Fairness Among EV Charging

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In order to keep EVs on the road, public charging stations will need to be economical, equitably distributed, appealing to use, and wired to a robust power grid. While well-intentioned, some amendments to the bill would not allow cities and towns to build for-pay charging stations in municipal parking garages or along commercial strips.