Remove Carbon Remove Gas-Electric Remove Los Angeles Remove Solar
article thumbnail

CleanSpark, Inc. and ReJoule awarded $2.9M second-life EV battery grant with support from Ford

Green Car Congress

The California Energy Commission Grant proposal was for the solicitation (GFO-19-310) Validating Capability of Second-life Batteries to Cost-Effectively Integrate Solar Power for Small-Medium Commercial Building Applications. The underlying goal is to deploy second life batteries from electric vehicles for use in a microgrid application.

Grant 221
article thumbnail

US DOE offers conditional loan guarantee commitments to support nearly $4.5B in Loans for 3 California Cd-Te photovoltaic solar power plants

Green Car Congress

billion to support three alternating current Cadmium Telluride (Cd-Te) thin film photovoltaic (PV) solar generation facilities: DOE is offering a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee to AV Solar Ranch 1, LLC to support the Antelope Valley Solar Ranch 1 project. The Topaz Solar project will use more than 8.5

Solar 170
article thumbnail

California Energy Commission approves more than $5M for 475 more EV chargers; slate of other projects

Green Car Congress

The Energy Commission approved 15 grants totaling more than $5 million to install 475 electric vehicle chargers in communities throughout California, including the cities of San Francisco, Burbank, Torrance and San Diego and the counties of Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Orange, Riverside and Los Angeles.

article thumbnail

ARPA-E Selects 6 Projects for $9.6M in Funding, Including Improving Efficiency and Power Density of Electric Machines

Green Car Congress

The latest funding is going to projects that could improve energy efficiency in buildings by reducing loads on air conditioners; reduce costs associated with generating electricity from solar power; and improve efficiency and power density of electric machines. Sustainable Energy Solutions (Provo, UT): Cryogenic Carbon Capture.

article thumbnail

Four Startups Aim to Change the Climate Tech Game

Cars That Think

Breakthroughs in battery technology, carbon sequestration, and other energy technologies that result in a five-fold improvement over current technology could literally change the world. Starting a company to develop an energy technology that fights climate change is hard—a lot harder than starting a software company. There are 2.6

Climate 98
article thumbnail

Greenius Goes All AB 811 Over Green Task Force

Creative Greenius

With energy efficiency mandates now a major part of California state law and goals of weatherizing millions of older homes around the state and cutting each building’s carbon footprint these ESCs will become valuable go-to centers for homeowners and businesses. County Solar Map. What a brilliant job he has done -.

Green 170
article thumbnail

CPV, GE, DGC secure largest US thermal power project financing in 2011 for 800 MW gas-fired power plant; 23 banks to provide nearly $800M in credit facilities

Green Car Congress

Complementing GE Energy Financial Services’ backing of the plant, GE Energy signed an agreement to supply eight gas-fired LMS100 turbine-generators capable of reaching full load in 10 minutes. With all permits finalized and the debt financing in place, Gemma Power Systems California, Inc.

Financing 199