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Highview Power and Encore Renewable Energy to co-develop the first long-duration, liquid-air energy storage system in US

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Highview Power Storage, Inc., a provider of long duration energy storage solutions, and Encore Renewable Energy, a developer of renewable energy generation and storage projects, jointly announced plans to develop the United States’ first long-duration, liquid-air energy storage system.

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California Energy Commission awards $1.1M to 12 small-scale projects to study transportation, natural gas and electricity technologies

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Chan Park of University of California, Riverside will receive $94,407 to develop a fuel sensing technology for natural gas vehicles.The technology has the potential to help the state attain its clean air standards and increase adoption of natural gas vehicles in California through the development of new sources of renewable natural gas.

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

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Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The project will be implemented by a unique Texas not-for-profit corporation created to research, develop and implement smart grid clean energy systems. Notrees Wind Storage. Deploy a wind energy storage demonstration project at the Notrees Windpower Project in western Texas.

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Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

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billion, the largest single renewable energy asset finance deal ever, outside large hydro—that of the 600MW Gemini project in Dutch waters. Europe was the first mover in clean energy, but it is still in a process of restructuring those early support mechanisms. Biomass Fuels Power Generation Solar Wind'

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

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and tap clean, renewable energy sources. February 17, 2009 10:39 am Link I think within a very short time the need for electricity will stabilize because of all the changes by conservation, minimal population growth in the industrialized countries, and better transmission from power sources. Powered by Blogrunner Latest From Green Inc.

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