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Eos Energy launches $500M Project AMAZE with $398.6M conditional loan guarantee from DOE; long-term zinc-based storage

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The issuance of conditional commitment by the DOE was preceded by legal, technical and commercial due diligence by the LPO to evaluate the loan and the project’s potential to meet market demand and commercial and environmental benchmarks.

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Germany putting another €300M into EV charging infrastructure

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Up to 80% of the investment costs are covered and approved in a first-come-first-served procedure. A support program with €350 million for commercial charging for fleet applications and for employees is planned for the summer. kW to 22 kW ) with up to 80% of the total costs, max. 100,000 funding per location. .

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Understanding Demand Charges

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While a five-lane beltway may be nearly empty at four in the morning, all of those lanes are definitely being used during rush hour. A flatter load curve means that less money needs to be spent on capital costs to build and maintain infrastructure for peak use. Transmission operators and distribution utilities do the same thing.

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More details about California’s proposal requiring bidirectional charging capabilities for all EVs

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In recent testimony, Nuvve CEO Gregory Poilasne told the lawmakers that bidirectional charging can reduce the total cost of EV ownership, and that it’s essential for integrating more renewable energy into the grid. In just a few years, every new EV, on both the consumer and commercial sides, is likely to be bi. That’s one way.

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BNEF forecasts global energy storage market to grow 15-fold by 2030 to 411 GW/1194 GWh

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On top of pandemic-related supply chain issues, inflation, high transport costs and raw material prices have made battery cells more expensive over the last year. Customer-sited batteries—both residential, and commercial and industrial—are also expected to grow at a steady pace. It excludes pumped hydro storage.

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DOE awarding $12.9M to 6 pilot- and demonstration-scale projects for manufacturing biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected six projects—entitled, “Project Definition for Pilot- and Demonstration-Scale Manufacturing of Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biopower”—-for up to $12.9 The biogas produced by the system will be used to offset power needs elsewhere in the plant or will be sold to the grid.

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Sandia Labs and NREL leading new DOE hydrogen infrastructure project; H2FIRST

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H 2 FIRST’s technical goal is to develop and apply physical testing, numerical simulation and technology validation to help create low-cost, high-performance materials, components and station architectures. With H 2 FIRST, we’re definitely on the road to making that happen more quickly.

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