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El Paso Electric files transportation electrification plan with the New Mexico PRC

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El Paso Electric (EPE) has filed its Transportation Electrification Plan (TEP) with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission ( NMPRC ) for approval. An Electrification Grid Impact Study to help guide EPE’s system planning efforts based on a projected increase of EV adoption and electricity consumption.

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Microchip to invest $880M to expand its SiC and Si capacity in Colorado

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One significant phase of the expansion is to develop and upgrade its 50-acre, 580,000-square-foot Colorado Springs campus for increased SiC manufacturing for use in automotive/E-Mobility, grid infrastructure, green energy, and aerospace and defense applications.

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NREL researchers point toward building energy efficiency instead of long-term storage

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An open-access paper on the work, “Optimal Strategies for a Cost-Effective and Reliable 100% Renewable Electrical Grid,” appears in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. The other zones encompassed the cities of New York, El Paso, and Denver. —Sammy Houssainy, co-author.

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EVA election results are in!

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Angelina Rodriguez is a Project Manager of Transportation Electrification at El Paso Electric Company in TX. Jonathan Macias is a Grant Manager for County Government and CEO and the Founder of Sky Island, LLC.

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Texas plans for massive $408m EV charging infrastructure expansion

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“The density, distribution, and power of the EV network outlined in this plan is targeted to support 1 million electric vehicles when built out,” the report states. “DC Fast charging stations will be 50 miles apart on the Electric Alternative Fuel Corridors and usually 70 miles apart anywhere else in the state. .”

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TeraWatt has designs on offering juice EV vans want

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You wish to have to be spaced out plethora the place if anyone in point of fact needs to journey from Lengthy Seaside to El Paso, they may be able to do this with the era to be had. So we’re indubitably taking a look at other such things as sun, batteries or a mixture of the 2 to complement what we get from the grid.

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NSF awards $55.5M to support 3 new Engineering Research Centers; one focused on power electronics

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The two other new ERCs are: Off-grid drinking water. NEWT will be led by Rice University in partnership with Arizona State University, the University of Texas at El Paso and Yale University. Nature-inspired soil engineering.

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