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Hillsboro, Oregon to Install 16 Coulomb Charging Stations

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Hillsboro is located 15 miles outside of Portland and is the home to more than 90,000 residents. Smart Grid integration for utility load management with future V2G capabilities. The charging stations will be installed in downtown Hillsboro, including at a new intermodal transit facility to be built in 2009.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. “DUSST”: NREL’s Low Maintenance Soiling Station, $50,000 Atonometrics Inc., Madison, Wis. Amesbury, Mass. Montgomery Center, Vt. Austin, Texas First Solar Inc.,

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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This is a unique approach that seeks to replace lower efficiency, high maintenance, long-stroke linear generator systems. Eliminating these subsystems reduces both capital and operations and maintenance costs and improves turbine reliability. The project will assess the cost of manufacturing these systems at various scales.

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Why NPR Hates Electric Cars - A Greenius Expose

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He didn’t subtract the maintenance costs you’ll no longer have, including things like smog checks too. Frank didn’t mention anything about the different cities like Portland and San Jose to name a couple who are building the first wave of plug in infrastructure. Maybe Frank is in the dark on those.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

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Kulongoski, Oregon as the electric-car manufacturer may be eyeing the “green” city of Portland. It is aggressively in talks with Portland General Electric Plug-In Charging Stations , ( POR ) and other states including Michigan, and California that are scrambling to offer incentives.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Not to be outdone, on Tuesday the Norwegian electric car startup, Think, was in Portland being wooed by the state as one of 8 potential places to site their first car manufacturing facility in the United States. April 10, 2009 11:51 am Link The electric car is only part of the story in Portland. — Larry 4. — Jeff U 6.

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