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PG&E launches new $130M program to accelerate EV adoption in Northern and Central California; 7,500 chargers

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One in five electric vehicles in the United States plug into PG&E’s clean energy grid. —Geisha Williams, CEO and President of PG&E Corporation. PG&E’s EV Charge Network program will pay for and build the infrastructure from the electric grid to the charger.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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infiniRel Corporation is developing a health diagnostics and control system for solar plants, improving efficiency and profitability, and reducing operational risks by optimizing maintenance, improving output, and extending the life of critical assets with patented, predictive diagnostics. Leap Photovoltaics Inc.

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Microsoft Predicts Weather for Individual Farms

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In the study, the researchers examined how radiation predictions made with DeepMC can be used to predict energy generation on a commercial solar farm, but Kumar says he can also imagine the model being used more generally by energy grids to predict how much energy people will use. Of course, weather affects everyone.

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