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As states use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research.

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A 147.5 MW wind farm is breaking ground in Oklahoma – a first for Avangrid

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Orange, Connecticut-based clean energy giant Avangrid just made its first leap into Oklahoma with a new wind farm project.

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Poll Finds Majority Support for Offshore Wind in Southern New England

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If you read our blog on the High Cost of Saying NO to Offshore Wind , you know that offshore wind technology brings numerous benefits. Recent poll results from the Barr Foundation highlight consensus among Southern New England residents in favor of offshore wind initiatives.

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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The market would focus, consolidate and find some very innovative ways to produce low-cost clean energy. Another misconception is that the USA public will not tolerate a premium for clean electricity. Even ruling Hawaii out as an outlier, the cost of electricity in Connecticut was 17.79 in Connecticut.

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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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Connecticut Department of Transportation, Connecticut: $7,000,000. Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. The largest PV installation in Georgia.

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NEESC releases 2015 hydrogen & fuel cell development plans for eight Northeastern states; power generation and transportation

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The Northeast Electrochemical Energy Storage Cluster ( NEESC ), administered by Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Inc. Connecticut. NEESC is administered by the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc. Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc. million ZEVs between 2018 and 2025, 1.24 State plan.

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Sun Catalytix Signs $4M ARPA-E Contract and Forms Scientific Advisory Board; Affordable Catalysts for Water Splitting

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Immediately prior to Foley Hoag, Mark served as Counsel to the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund. Earlier post.). A graduate of Yale Law School, Mark has spent more than 15 years working in the energy and environmental technology sector in various capacities.

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