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Are EVs Charged Mostly By Coal Power in the US?

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And the reality is that the grid in many parts of the country will get greener at a faster rate than the EV sales share. And of those states, only two states — the aforementioned Colorado — and Illinois have more than 30% of their electricity from coal. On the flip side, 14 states with the highest EV sales accounted for 81.1%

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000. BioBlend Renewable Resources (Elk Grove Village, Illinois).

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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University of Illinois. with Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency into the Saccharinae The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign team will. that produces large quantities of sugar and requires less water. used without a grid infrastructure for applications such as. heating and water purification. power grid.

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