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Maxwell supplying ultracaps to ABB for hybrid version of Philadelphia rail energy recuperation system

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ABB will install a hybrid version of its high-efficiency ENVILINE wayside energy recovery and storage system for the Southeast Pennsylvania Transit Authority’s (SEPTA) light rail system serving the greater Philadelphia area. —Jacques Poulin, ABB’s product manager for energy storage and rail.

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ARPA-E announces $98M in funding for 40 OPEN projects; two opposed-piston engines projects receive $10M total

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If successful, the proposed technology will offer light- and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturers a cost-effective solution to improve vehicle fuel efficiency and reduce transportation carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions. Low-Cost, Easy-to-integrate, and Reliable Grid Energy Storage System with 2nd Life Lithium Batteries – $1,894,705.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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The need for large-scale electrochemical energy storage as a grid-stabilizing source of demand disappeared. When utilities considered storage technology at all in the succeeding decades, it was generally in the form of pumped-storage hydropower, an expensive piece of infrastructure that could be built only in hilly terrain.

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. Harvesting Infrared Light to Improve Photosynthetic Biomass Production - $1,347,122.

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Greenlots to collaborate with Volvo Trucks on electric truck charging infrastructure for fleets in Southern California; SAE J3068

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million to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) for Volvo’s Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions (LIGHTS) project. This new standard was designed to offer a single vehicle charging coupler solution for three-phase and single-phase AC and DC charging for a class of vehicles. CARB awarded $44.8

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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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several genes that allow the plant to use light more efficiently, increase its carbon uptake, and divert more energy to the. light energy. wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. uptake, and optimized light utilization. Electric Vehicles, University of Delaware). field trials.

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