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Crypto’s Slow Motion Gold Rush

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But that's easier said than done, says Dave Perrill, CEO of Compute North , which builds specialized data centers where miners rent space for their chips. We've seen newer miners that haven't done this before thinking you can buy 10,000 machines and just find a spot to plug them in," he says. "It The math is real easy—zero revenue.

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

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The Hyundai Motor Group has made a $10 billion investment to build and sell electric vehicles in North America; the first is the 2023 Electrified GV70 built at the new manufacturing facility in Montgomery, Alabama. The current line-up, a combination of gasoline-powered and battery electric sedans and SUVs, will be all-electric in 2030.

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

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The Accelerating Alternatives for Minnesota Drivers project will provide safety and technical assistance and training related to Plug-in Vehicle (PEV) and natural gas fueling infrastructure; establish the Minnesota Natural Gas. recommendations for uniform fire and building codes for alternative. American Lung. Association in.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Eligible projects included those that replace, rehabilitate, lease, and purchase buses and related equipment as well as projects to purchase, rehabilitate, construct or lease bus-related facilities, such as buildings for bus storage and maintenance. City of Lincoln, Nebraska. FY2017 Low-No projects. City of Las Cruces. 1,450,000. .

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Building Efficiency (3 projects). These batteries, if successfully developed, could triple the energy density of existing electric vehicle batteries (target: 400 Wh/kg)) and rapidly hasten adoption of low cost plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles. Earlier post.) Biomass Energy (5 projects). Carbon Capture (5 projects).

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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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Nebraska – Lincoln). the electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. residential and commercial buildings, where there are. production units, storage units, and consumers (homes, buildings, microgrids, utility systems). This “plug-n-use” technology will enable reliable. Northeastern University.

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China and the Electric Car | Autos | Smart Spending | Mainstreet

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Last fall, Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy Holdings unit of Berkshire Hathaway (Stock Quote: BRK.A ) paid $230 million for a 10% stake in BYD Auto (short for “build your dreams”), based in Shenzhen, China. market in 2011, along with a plug-in hybrid model, the F6DM.

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