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Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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The technology could fundamentally transform the way electricity is stored on the grid, making power from renewable energy sources such as wind and sun far more economical and reliable. Solid-electrode batteries maintain discharge at peak power for far too short a time to fully regulate wind or solar power output.

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Honda targeting 100% BEV & FCEV sales in N America by 2040; new e:Architecture EVs coming in second half of this decade

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Honda has entered into long-term virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) for renewable wind and solar power that cover more than 60% of the electricity that Honda uses in North America. Honda further commits to supplying its operations with 100% renewable energy and has begun taking steps to achieving this goal.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. Connecticut Department of Transportation, Connecticut: $7,000,000. Of that, $26.5 The largest PV installation in Georgia.

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Argonne and University of Illinois to form Midwest Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Coalition

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The states account for 35% of US-installed wind capacity and while the region only produces about 4% of the nation’s solar energy, a number of pending large solar farms and community solar projects will greatly increase the region’s solar generating capacity.

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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Even ruling Hawaii out as an outlier, the cost of electricity in Connecticut was 17.79 in Connecticut. If we consider the leading sources of renewable energy; hydro, wood, biofuels, wind, biomass, geothermal and solar, four sources fall into the clean energy category of non-emissions-generating: hydro, wind, geothermal and solar.

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Sun Catalytix Signs $4M ARPA-E Contract and Forms Scientific Advisory Board; Affordable Catalysts for Water Splitting

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Immediately prior to Foley Hoag, Mark served as Counsel to the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund. Earlier post.). A graduate of Yale Law School, Mark has spent more than 15 years working in the energy and environmental technology sector in various capacities.

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Southern US states are set for the most EV range, data suggests

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That analysis involved not only temperature by month, but also winds, rolling resistance from snow, air density, and solar radiation, among other factors. Although Connecticut and Maine , a couple of the most challenging states according to the data, have delayed adopting the mandate. EV range based on climate in U.S.

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