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Coal-state Kentucky just broke ground on its largest solar farm

Electrek

DECEMBER 18, 2023

National Grid Renewables has broken ground on what will be the largest solar farm in Kentucky once it comes online in 2024. more… The post Coal-state Kentucky just broke ground on its largest solar farm appeared first on Electrek.

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Kentucky Coal Solar Grid

Rivian to turn coal mine to solar energy center in Kentucky

Teslarati

JULY 26, 2023

Rivian plans to convert the Starfire Mine in Kentucky to a solar energy center. The Starfire Mine, Kentucky, was once one of the largest coal mines in the United States. It will be one of Kentucky’s largest renewable power projects once converted. The conversion is estimated to be a $1 billion solar project.

Kentucky

Kentucky Coal Solar Energy

DOE Lab, partners find high concentrations of rare earth elements in American coal basins

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has found high rare earth element (REE) concentrations in coal samples taken from the Illinois, Northern Appalachian, Central Appalachian, Rocky Mountain Coal Basins, and the Pennsylvania Anthracite region.

Coal

Coal Kentucky Pennsylvania West Virginia

Rivian And Partners To Turn Former Coal Mine Into 800 MW Solar Farm

InsideEVs

JULY 27, 2023

It’s the largest renewable power project in Kentucky and one of the largest in the United States.

Kentucky

Kentucky Coal United States Solar

OnStar and Google demonstrate concept service for managing charging Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2012

Concept of the service and mobile app for renewable charging. OnStar and Google are working together to demonstrate a new OnStar service for managing the charging of Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy, using the 17 Chevrolet Volts in Google’s “Gfleet” based at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Click to enlarge.

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Volt Google Renewable Chevrolet

DOE Selects 8 Projects to Advance Technologies for the Co-Production of Power and Hydrogen, Fuels or Chemicals from Coal-Biomass Feedstocks

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 8 research projects for funding that will focus on gasification of coal/biomass to produce synthetic gas (syngas) as a pathway to producing power, hydrogen, fuel or chemicals. CoalTek, teaming with the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research in Lexington, Ky.,

Coal

Coal Hydrogen Fuel Power

DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. In prior work with DOE, MTR has advanced membrane CO 2 capture technology for coal power plants through small engineering scale testing and studies.

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Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Gas

NIST Awards $123M in 12 Recovery Act Grants for New Research Facilities; Univ. of Ky CAER to Expand Capacitor and Battery Manufacturing Research with its $11.8M Award

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2010

As one of the grantees, the University of Kentucky will use its $11.8M Established 30 years ago, the CAER is a multidisciplinary research center focusing on energy related industries particularly important to the state of Kentucky although the research has broad application. The CAER project is expected to be completed in summer 2011.

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Grant Kentucky Manufacturer Universal

CMU study finds controlled EV charging can reduce generation cost, but at greater health and environmental costs depending upon the generation mix

Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2015

Results from the study also suggest that with sufficient coal plant retirement and sufficient wind power, controlled charging could result in positive net benefits instead of negative. A paper describing the work is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. other parts of the US and the world could be different.

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Charging Coal Grid District of Columbia

ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. U of Kentucky). Zero-Carbon Coal: Innovative Materials & Processes for Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies (IMPACCT).

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Carbon Battery Batteries Li-ion

Green Star to Demonstrate Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

The demonstration will take place in Corbin, Kentucky, where the vehicle will be test driven and evaluated by industry representatives. Earlier this month, Green Star Products along with its International Consortium partner Global Green Cars had publicly tested its full electric vehicle version at tracks in Utah and Kentucky.

Plug-in

Plug-in Green Plug Electric Vehicles

The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

Cars That Think

JANUARY 17, 2023

Knowing how many net jobs the transition to EVs and related renewable energy will create, change or eliminate—and over what time period—is critical to determining the impacts of governmental policies and whether they need revision. Each mine and factory will need hundreds of workers to operate them. The insatiable need for talent.

Market

Market Auto Industry Auto Michigan

Frankly, I’d Rather Be Getting Arrested with Bill McKibben Today

Creative Greenius

MARCH 2, 2009

org He’s in Washington DC with thousands, protesting the coal-fired Capitol Power plant–a dirty symbol of our dirty energy history. Subject : Stand with me to take down dirty coal. In that one plant — owned and operated by our senators and representatives — you can see all the filth that comes with coal.

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Al Gore Coal Climate Change Gore

EV Driven

Coal-state Kentucky just broke ground on its largest solar farm

Rivian to turn coal mine to solar energy center in Kentucky

DOE Lab, partners find high concentrations of rare earth elements in American coal basins

Rivian And Partners To Turn Former Coal Mine Into 800 MW Solar Farm

OnStar and Google demonstrate concept service for managing charging Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy

DOE Selects 8 Projects to Advance Technologies for the Co-Production of Power and Hydrogen, Fuels or Chemicals from Coal-Biomass Feedstocks

DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

NIST Awards $123M in 12 Recovery Act Grants for New Research Facilities; Univ. of Ky CAER to Expand Capacitor and Battery Manufacturing Research with its $11.8M Award

CMU study finds controlled EV charging can reduce generation cost, but at greater health and environmental costs depending upon the generation mix

ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

Green Star to Demonstrate Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

Frankly, I’d Rather Be Getting Arrested with Bill McKibben Today

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