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DOT to award $42M to New York, Wyoming and Tampa to pilot connected vehicle technologies

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New York City will received up to $20 million to install Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) technology in up to 10,000 city-owned vehicles including cars, buses, and limousines that frequently travel in Midtown Manhattan, as well as Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) technology throughout Midtown. —Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.

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Coulomb Technologies ships more than 2,400 public and commercial charging stations in ChargePoint America Program

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Coulomb Technologies has shipped more than 2,400 public and commercial charging stations for electric vehicles through its $37-million ChargePoint America program. Coulomb says it has seen strong demand in all 10 regions of the program and is finalizing the installation of charging stations within these regions.

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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

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Abengoa is currently the only company with a full-scale, operational power tower, and thus proving this technology could help it reach commercial maturity. There is currently no commercial storage mechanism that is compatible with CSP solar dishes, and thus this storage technology could be a breakthrough for the CSP solar dish industry.

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ChargePoint completes ARRA-funded ChargePoint America program; 4,600 charging ports

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has completed the ChargePoint America Program with more than 4600 shipments and installations of its home, public and commercial charging ports for electric vehicles (EVs). million in funding for the installation of residential and public electric vehicle charging infrastructure within California. ChargePoint, Inc.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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performance to the best commercial magnets and be significantly less expensive. properties on a prototype bulk magnet exceeding state-of-the-art commercial magnets. developed and deployed at commercial scale. Florida, Tampa). residential and commercial buildings, where there are. contain any rare earth elements.

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