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CODA abandoning plan to build Li-ion battery factory in Columbus, Ohio

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The Columbus Dispatch reported that Coda Automotive is abandoning plans to build a Li-ion battery factory in Columbus. Since Coda applied for the loan, the Department of Energy has come under fire for its loan to Solyndra, a maker of solar panels that later went bankrupt, and for aid to other electric car companies.

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Columbus, Ohio wins $40M DOT Smart City Challenge; $10M more from Vulcan, $90M from private partners

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US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced that Columbus, OH has been selected as the winner of the US Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge. As winner of the Challenge, Columbus will receive up to $40 million from US DOT and up to $10 million from Paul G. Earlier post.) Allen’s Vulcan Inc. Allen’s Vulcan Inc.

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Ford Testing Intelligent System for Plug-in Vehicle to Grid Communication to Manage Charging

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The first of the specially equipped plug-in hybrids has been delivered to American Electric Power of Columbus, Ohio. when electricity rates are cheaper, or when the grid is using only renewable energy such as wind or solar power. American Electric Power of Columbus, Ohio. US Department of Energy. Southern California Edison.

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Sapphire Energy and Phillips 66 parter on co-processing of algae crude oil with conventional crude

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The company’s biofuels platform is one piece of a technology strategy that also includes research and development of fuel cells and solar cells. Sapphire Energy is now producing crude oil daily from algae biomass cultivated and harvested at the company’s Green Crude Farm, located in Columbus, New Mexico.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio). This project will install 20 CES units, 25kW/2hr each, into a system that includes a 1 MW storage device integrated into a solar system. Pecan Street Project (TX). 24,063,978.

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Ohio’s largest solar farm just came online

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Photo: EDF Renewables North America The largest solar farm in Ohio, Fox Squirrel Solar, is now fully online and delivering clean electricity to the PJM grid. Developed by EDF Renewables andowned in partnership with Canadian energy company Enbridge, the 577-megawatt (MW) Fox Squirrel Solar is in Madison County, west of Columbus.

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Ohio’s largest solar farm just came online

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The largest solar farm in Ohio’s first phase is now fully online and delivering clean electricity to the grid. The 577-megawatt (MW) Fox Squirrel Solar is in Madison County, west of Columbus. The Solar Energy Industries Association ( SEIA ) anticipates a lot of growth in the Buckeye State – it’s currently No.

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