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DOE awards up to $47M each to 3 offshore wind projects

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The Energy Department selected three offshore wind demonstrations to receive up to $47 million each over the next four years to deploy innovative, grid-connected systems in federal and state waters by 2017. The projects are located off the coasts of New Jersey, Oregon, and Virginia.

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DOE awarding $35M to 11 projects for hydrokinetic turbine development; ARPA-E SHARKS

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They will incorporate experts in hydrodynamics, structural dynamics, control systems, power electronics, grid connections, and performance optimization. The bottom, sides, and surface of rivers and tidal channels confine water flow, which significantly alters the operation of river and tidal turbines. University of Virginia.

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kWh Billing and New EV Charging Tax Policies: What You Need to Know

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These broad definitions are written to include all utilities but may inavertently include businesses that install EV charging stations for public use. or geothermal resources for sale for heat, light or power, or for the furnishing of telephone service, sewerage facilities or water. kWh tax begins on July 1, 2025.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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The 27 projects range from concept studies and component design research to prototype development and in-water device testing. Boston, Massachusetts) will develop a cost-effective, high efficiency, power take-off system for a wave energy converter, a mechanism to convert water’s mechanical energy into usable electricity.

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The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

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The city has provided incentives for the purchase of both EVs and charging ports, the installation of heat-pump water heaters , and the installation of solar and battery-storage systems. There are, however, a few potholes that need to be filled to meet the city’s 2030 emission objectives. Peak loading is the primary concern.

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

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James Weldon Johnson ’s hymn “ Lift Every Voice and Sing , ” adopted by African Americans as the unofficial “Negro National Anthem,” includes the line, “We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,” which sums up how Black Americans have found ways to thrive under conditions they weren’t meant to survive.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). The project will deploy 554 alternative fuel and hybrid electric vehicles and install 153 alternative fueling and electric vehicle charging stations throughout the Chicago region. Total DOE award: $15,000,000.