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DOE to award up to $184M for advanced vehicle research and development in 8 areas of interest

Green Car Congress

approximately 45% peak thermal efficiency for light duty and greater-than 50% peak thermal efficiency for heavy duty). AOI 3: Demonstration Project for a Multi-Material Light-Weight Prototype Vehicle as part of the Clean Energy Dialogue with Canada. Subtopic 6A: Solid State Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Devices.

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The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

Cars That Think

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. As in Palo Alto, it will likely be blown transformers or constantly flickering lights that signal there is an EV charging-load issue.

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

Green Car Congress

These projects put more than 9,000 alternative fuel and energy-efficient light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on the road, and establish 542 refueling locations across the country. Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles.

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Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Is the Place to Go for Inventive Pastries and Fresh Bread

Baua Electric

Everything within — furniture, lighting, art and even the pantry provisions — is available for purchase. We’ll be able to sit down with people and play,” Ozemba says of the space’s potential to spur conversation and inspire new projects. Retail shouldn’t be so serious. Take off your shoes and have a glass of wine.”

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

Green Car Congress

The overarching question was not whether the light-duty transportation sector would electrify to a significant degree, but when. The nightmare scenario Darbee has is that on a very hot day, after businesses have been running operations, lights and air conditioning all day, people go home, turn the AC on or up, and plug their car in.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

The Torrance Hillside Overlay district , covers most of the historic Hollywood Riviera neighborhood where the Creative Greenius lives and I can tell you that it’s a zoning law that is pure politics. The second copy set you gave us is a little light. People will turn their lights and quit bleeping reading! Food’s expensive.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

Green Car Congress

Water (1 project). Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood. RTI International will work with ADM, Albemarle and ConocoPhillips to develop a novel single-step catalytic biomass pyrolysis process with high carbon conversion efficiency to produce stable bio-crude oil with low oxygen content.

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