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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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The preparations for exclusively green electricity for a climate-friendly production in Europe are already well advanced. Thereby, we completely forego coal-based electricity and obtain our electrical energy from only renewable sources. This ensures a reliable power supply even in fluctuating grids.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Vehicle Technologies (5 projects). Renewable Power (4 projects). Waste Heat Capture (2 projects). ENERGY STORAGE. Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood. Energy Efficient Capture of CO 2 from Coal Flue Gas. Biomass Energy (5 projects). Water (1 project).

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

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Thesen said that a factory in Turkey was being refurbished to be able to produce 100,000 electric vehicles a year. But a large-scale system of electric cars and smart grids is unlikely to be ready soon. Electric cars in the garages would double as battery packs for when energy supplies are scarce.

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