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Energy Secretary Chu says US faces a new Sputnik Moment in Chinas clean energy successes

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Some short distance plane routes have already been cancelled, and train travel from Beijing to Shanghai (roughly equivalent to New York to Chicago) has been cut from 11 hours to 4 hours. Advanced Coal Technologies. Solar fuels.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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Design, build, test, commission, and operate a utility-scale 20 MW flywheel energy storage frequency regulation plant in Chicago, Illinois, and provide frequency regulation services to the grid operator, the PJM Interconnection. Beacon Power 20MW Flywheel Frequency Regulation Plant. 24,063,978. 48,127,957. 16,080,554. 12,392,120.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

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“A car must be able to be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France,&# she was quoted saying in an edition of Die Welt to appear Monday. » See also: 9 Electric Cars 100 Years Old or More » Get Gas 2.0 by RSS or sign up by email. Sorry for any confusion. More on Electric Cars: It’s On!

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Honda Sees PHEVs as having "unnecessary fuel engine and fuel tank;" promises all-electrics "assuming we can come up with a really high-performing battery that we are working on currently." Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors. See Chevy Volt for latest.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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A key thing, he said, will be to recharge the batteries at an acceptable time for the electricity grid — to “make sure people aren’t charging at the very peak, peak time,” like late afternoon when the electricity grid is already weighted down by demands like air conditioning. Are electric cars really green than combustion engine cars?

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Why pay $40K for a GM volt… which will look nothing more than a Malibu anyway and only get 40 miles before the gasoline engine kicks in. The fuel engine on the Volt is used to run the generator to recharge the battery when a trip exceeds 40 miles, and it’s rage on a full tank is around 400 miles. — Goodbye 2.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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April 10, 2009 2:28 pm Link Nothing pollutes more than the tailpipe of a internal combustion engine car. Even if you charge your EV with electricity made from coal fired generators you reduce your car’s pollution by half. Read more in this blog post: [link] — Gregory Hancock 5. If you charge with solar, is way less.

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