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

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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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EPA researchers suggest US electricity consumers should be willing to pay 2-4x for emission-free alternatives to fossil fuel electricity due to health impacts

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kWh in Maryland. For coal, oil, and natural gas, respectively, associated economic values of health impacts are $0.19–$0.45/kWh, For coal, oil, and natural gas, respectively, associated economic values of health impacts are $0.19–$0.45/kWh, kWh, $0.08–$0.19/kWh, kWh, and $0.01–$0.02/kWh. kWh, $0.08–$0.19/kWh,

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CCAT receives $100K USDA grant to determine feasibility of alt fuel plants in Connecticut

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CCAT is currently leading several significant alternative fuel efforts—a $20-million, five-year coal/biomass to fuel program that tests technologies critical to creating alternative fuels from biomass and fossil sources for the U.S. Solena, a sustainable energy firm headquartered in Washington, D.C.,

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ARPA-E awards $42M to 12 projects for advanced EV batteries; EVs4ALL program

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory will assess data and parameters representing the risks of next generation cells. University of Maryland will increase the charge/discharge-rate capability, energy density, and operating temperature window of solid-state lithium metal batteries. Award amount: $2,120,120). Award amount: $2,823,199).

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

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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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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

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In addition to program in support of the coal and electric power industries, the center has expanded over time to address issues in carbon capture and management, electrochemical energy storage, biomass energy and biofuels, and other renewable energy systems such as photovoltaic and thermoelectric power. Fort Lauderdale-Davis, Fla.)

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A solar farm comes online on a coal ash landfill site in West Virginia

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megawatt (MW) solar farm just came online in Rivesville, West Virginia, on a brownfield site near a shuttered coal-burning power station. The new Rivesville solar farm sits on around 27 acres of FirstEnergy-owned coal ash disposal landfill along Morgan Ridge Road. Photo: FirstEnergy A 5.5-megawatt MW), and Weirton, Hancock County (8.4