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California Energy Commission awards $1.1M to 12 small-scale projects to study transportation, natural gas and electricity technologies

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The California Energy Commission (CEC) is awarding $1,135,862 to 12 small-scale projects to research that will reduce the cost of producing electricity, save energy and improve the environment. The project has the potential to increase solar power storage capacity and reduce electricity costs. Lee Huang of Eneron Inc.

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Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

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Wind, solar, biomass and waste-to-power, geothermal, small hydro and marine power contributed an estimated 9.1% billion, a 10-year low; biomass and waste-to-energy dropping 10% to $8.4 Biomass Fuels Power Generation Solar Wind' Additional to China, Brazil ($7.6 billion), India ($7.4 billion) and South Africa ($5.5

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

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Renewable Power (4 projects). Waste Heat Capture (2 projects). Water (1 project). ENERGY STORAGE. Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Such cities would become self-contained units, their buildings gleaning energy from the powerful weather systems sweeping across their roofs and feeding it down to homes below and vehicles in the streets. Every scrap of waste food, garden trimmings and even sewage would be used to ferment gas.

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