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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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A system of low-cost vibration sensors will monitor poles, conductors and equipment on the electricity distribution grid to predict where they may fail and ignite a wildfire. Hago Energetics, Inc aims to help farms become more profitable by converting farm waste to high-value products, such as hydrogen and valuable carbons.

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Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Associations Criticize DOE Program Cuts

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Hydrogen also advances the Obama Administration’s goals of greener power generation and a smarter power grid. Hydrogen production costs are already competitive with gasoline. Projected vehicle costs have been reduced by 75%. These are accomplishments of the Department’s own program in partnership with industry.

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Massive solar array to power airside electric ground service vehicles at JFK Airport’s New Terminal One

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MWh of battery energy storage to balance electrical demand and improve power quality. The system can operate independently from or while connected to the main power grid. Benefits of electric ground support vehicles The microgrid will supply the power to charge the many types of electric vehicles unique to airports.

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Calif. Energy Commission to award more than $44M for hydrogen refueling and alternative fuel vehicle projects

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Concurrent Technologies Corporation will receive $2 million to share costs in a US Department of Defense vehicle-to-grid demonstration project at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, in the western Mojave Desert region that includes parts of Kern, San Bernardino and Inyo counties. Garden City Sanitation, Inc.,

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SoCalGas & UC Irvine show power-to-gas technology able to boost use of intermittent renewable energy significantly

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—Jack Brouwer, associate professor of mechanical & aerospace engineering and civil & environmental engineering at UCI and associate director of the Advanced Power & Energy Program (APEP). The conversion of renewable electricity to hydrogen enables long-term storage of large amounts of carbon-free power.

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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

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This approach minimizes energy waste, effectively reducing energy costs on a day-to-day basis. Utilizing real-time energy readings, the system can measure the available energy supply and demand, making the necessary calculations to determine the optimal time to charge or discharge the system.

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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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wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. that substantially reduce costs of the motor. the cost of wind turbines and electric vehicles by developing a. potential to substantially reduce the costs of an electric. potential to efficiently power a next generation class of. power grid.

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