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4 companies jointly propose $8B green energy initiative for LA area; Wyoming wind, Utah storage, transmission

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Four companies—Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy, Magnum Energy, Dresser-Rand and Duke-American Transmission—have proposed a first-in-the-US, $8-billion green energy initiative that would bring large amounts of clean electricity to the Los Angeles area by 2023.

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DOE awarding more than $50M to 15 projects to advance critical material innovations

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Phinix,LLC; Rare Earth Element Separation Using Gas-Assisted Micro-Flow Extraction with Task-Specific Ionic Liquids Partners: NICHE Industrial Chemicals, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University DOE share:$500,000; Cost share $225,000; Total costs: $725,000. Topic 2, Area of Interest 1: Rare Earth Element Separation.

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Pike Research forecasts US plug-in vehicle penetration rates to be highest in smaller states

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Hawaii, which typically has among the highest gas prices in the nation, will be the top state, with PEVs representing 6.3% Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA. Pacific Gas & Electric (California). penetration, respectively. of total light-duty vehicle sales in 2017. 4.6%), and Delaware (4.5%). FPL Group (Florida).

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DOE awards $34M to 19 projects to advance clean hydrogen

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The fixed bed chemical looping system has been designed to operate in three reaction modes that can occur simultaneously for continuous hydrogen production: natural gas utilization through the reduction of MMOC, steam oxidation and air regeneration.

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