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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Juneau, the Capital City of Alaska, has a clean, renewable source of energy, local hydropower. The funding is for the incremental cost of a battery electric bus over a CNG bus and leverages federal, state, local utilities and local match to purchase the battery electric buses for service expansion. Bi-State Development Agency (Metro).

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Who Pays for EV Charging Stations?

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There are many EV charging station infrastructure costs to consider, but the good news is that you may not have to bear the full brunt of all those expenses. Basic level-2 chargers range from $2,500 to $4,900 each, while DC fast chargers can cost anywhere from $20,000 to $150,000 depending on the speed and output power you require.

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How To Make Sure EV Infrastructure Is Energy Efficient

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What are the costs of all the raw materials required to produce the batteries used in these vehicles, both in terms of mining and production resources and in pollution from those processes? To curb these emissions even further, we need to build more power plants and facilities that create and use renewable energy rather than fossil fuels.

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ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

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measurement capabilities and lowering the cost of electric. Washington University in St. Louis will develop a predictive. project integrates a unique, low-cost membrane with a new. energy storage system for renewable energy generation. electrolyte materials composed of low cost iron. Oak Ridge National.

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ARPA-E awards $37M for IONICS projects; improving solid-state batteries and fuel cells

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By creating a pathway to replace expensive elements like platinum for more common metals to serve as catalysts, teams also hope to greatly reduce the cost of the fuel cell parts needed to generate electricity from chemical sources. Washington University in St. The Washington University in St. United Technologies Research Center.

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DOE reports progress on development of hydrogen storage technologies

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For the near-term, the focus is on improving performance and lowering the cost of high-pressure compressed hydrogen storage systems. Related to this, DOE seeks by 2020 to develop novel precursors and conversion processes capable of reducing the high-volume cost of high-strength carbon fiber by 25% from $13 per pound to ~$9 per pound.

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ARPA-E selects 33 projects for $66M in awards; advanced biocatalysts for gas-to-liquids and lightweight metals

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This program aims to lower the cost of GTL conversion while enabling the use of low-cost, low-carbon, domestically sourced natural gas. If successful, LBNL’s process will enable low-cost, energy-efficient fuel production from natural gas. process intensification approaches for biological methane conversion. Lead organization.

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