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Renewable hydrogen fuel being studied for the Port of Seattle

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Two studies—led by a team from Seattle City Light, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and Sandia National Laboratories—are exploring the potential of shifting from fossil fuel to clean hydrogen as fuel to power medium-and heavy-duty vehicles. million DOE award, $150,000 City Light = $1.5 million project total).

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Study IDs two compressed air energy storage methods, sites for the Northwest

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Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) have identified two compressed air energy storage methods for the temporary storage of the Northwest’s excess wind power and two eastern Washington locations to put them into practice.

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Opinion: Why Buffett Bet A Billion On Solar: Miles Per Acre Per Year

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Hydropower in Seattle will push you around for the same price. They had better think seriously about financing solar and wind arrays. During the midday hours, many grids will experience negative pricing as solar PV floods the market to the extent that the power cannot be stored.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Energy Storing Efficient HVAC, $595,558. Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000. Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000. Seattle, Washington). Cyrqenergy (Seattle, Washington).

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A January 2007 Pacific National Laboratory study shows that if we woke up tomorrow and all our vehicles could plug in, todays grid could support more than three-quarters of them charging at night without building a single power plant. But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid.

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