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NREL study suggests cost gap for Western renewables could narrow by 2025

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A new Energy Department study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) indicates that by 2025 wind and solar power electricity generation could become cost-competitive without federal subsidies, if new renewable energy development occurs in the most productive locations. Geothermal Power Generation Solar Wind'

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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Direct air capture of carbon dioxide is a key technology that not only reduces the cost of algae biofuel production, but greatly increases the volume of algae biofuel that can be produced by enabling algae farms to be located anywhere.

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Road Test: 2023 Genesis GV60 EV

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The GV60 has limited wind and road noise partly due to the low 0.29 The GV60 is sold in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Utah and Washington states. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership. Advanced $60,385. Performance $69,385.

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

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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. Utah Department of Transportation.

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2022—The Year the Hydrogen Economy Launched?

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In the United States, sweeping legislation capped a series of moves by the country’s Department of Energy (DOE) over the past year to drive down the cost of low-carbon hydrogen and stimulate demand for the fuel. Costs of gray hydrogen vary but are roughly $2 a kg in the U.S. At the lowest emission rate—0.45

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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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High Performance, Low Cost Superconducting Wires and Coils. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. superconducting wire that can be used in future advanced wind turbine generators. used to make a wind turbine generator lighter, more powerful, and more efficient.

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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. cost associated with thermal management. Utah State University. Utah State University will develop electronic hardware and. project integrates a unique, low-cost membrane with a new. sources like solar and wind for small commercial and. Laboratory.