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PHEV Energy Bill

Plug In Partners

Authorizes $5 million per year 2009-2018 Stationary Energy Storage Demonstrations Directs DOE to carry out program of advanced energy storage demonstrations of integration with “self-healing grid , integration with renewable energy sources , optimization of transmission and distribution, peak load management, feasibility of microgrids or islanding.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

As part of the culling, GM has the option to re-badge vehicles from the non-core brands, such as the Pontiac G8, Opel Insignia and Saturn Vue. A pure HCCI mode, during light to medium loads, when no spark event is required for combustion. diesel engine for light trucks due to fuel prices and capital constraints ( earlier post ).

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