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Duke Energy partnering with Ford in V2G pilot

Green Car Congress

As part of the pilot program, Duke Energy will enroll up to 100 customers who lease electric vehicles including the Ford F-150 Lightning. Stored energy drawn from the electric vehicles’ batteries will help balance the power grid during periods of highest energy demand. Duke Energy Carolinas serves about 2.1

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Construction begins on DOE-sponsored carbon-capture project at Kentucky Power Plant

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million carbon-capture pilot, funded in part by the US Department of Energy (DOE), at Kentucky Utilities’ E.W. The project is part of DOE’s Carbon Capture Program, which is developing technologies for both pre- and post-combustion carbon capture. Construction began on an innovative $19.5-million

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‘The Plane Is Fine’: An Airline Course Looks to Overcome Fear in the Skies

Baua Electric

Images of catastrophic scenarios — birds, engine failure, parts falling off, total systemic breakdown — pinballed through the passengers’ imaginations as the plane seemed to struggle to find its equilibrium. The plane has sufficient stores of fuel and will not suddenly run out of gas. Is this part of the course?” What was it?

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Green Friday | Black Friday

My Energi

We would like to do our part in encouraging people to consider supporting local in the lead up to Christmas and beyond. The part a florist plays at times of grief & joy. Gallagher’s Music – Grimsby and Cleethorpes only music store. myenergi’s Green Friday. Gift voucher this Green Friday.

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Road Test: 2022 Chrysler Pacifica Limited Plug-in Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

Charlotte to Orlando? Second row passengers get individual, multimedia 10-inch horizontal, high-definition seat back video screens with HDMI ports as part of the Family Group. Those third row seats quickly and easily flip forward and down, as part of the Stow ’n Go system, hiding under the floor. San Diego to San Francisco?

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The 43 winning proposals were submitted by transit agencies from across the country as part of a nationwide competition for the $100 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funds. City of Charlotte/Charlotte Area Transit System, North Carolina: $3,000,000. as well as administrative and dispatch services.

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Road Test: 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

Charlotte to Orlando? And those third row seats quickly and easily flip forward and down, as part of the Stow ’n Go system, hiding under the floor. As long as the Pacifica Hybrid is plugged-in each night (just as you do your mobile phone), you are ready again for another fun day of sports practice and grocery store runs.