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Department of Homeland Security orders $4.8 million worth of Beam Global off-grid EV charging systems – Charged EVs

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Government agencies and municipalities are lining up to buy Beam Global’s EV ARC solar-powered off-grid EV charging systems, which not only come in handy in a disaster-recovery scenario, but also offer a quick and simple way to deploy EV charging. Disaster preparedness and energy resiliency are imperative for national security.

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Siemens Energy teams up with Duke Energy, Clemson University to study hydrogen use

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Siemens Energy, Duke Energy and Clemson University have teamed up to study the use of hydrogen for energy storage and as a low- or no-carbon fuel source to produce energy at Duke Energy’s combined heat and power plant located at Clemson University in South Carolina.

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Argonne and University of Illinois to form Midwest Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Coalition

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As a consequence, the Midwestern states have some of the highest levels of renewable energy on their grids. Coalitions are working toward similar goals in states including California, Connecticut, Ohio and South Carolina.

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Benchmark: global battery industry needs to invest $514B to meet demand in 2030; $920B by 2035

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This includes spending on renewables such as wind and solar as well as grid and other infrastructure. Its equivalently sized facility in South Carolina is projected to cost $1.3 Global investment in technologies to help the energy transition reached a record $1.3 trillion in 2022, IRENA said.

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South Carolina to deploy 160 Proterra Powered electric school buses from Thomas Built Buses over the next year

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The South Carolina Department of Education will deploy 160 Thomas Built Buses (TBB) electric school buses in school districts across the state over the next year, under a new procurement finalized this month between the Department of Education and Thomas Built Buses dealer Interstate Transportation.

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DOE to provide up to half the cost of NuScale small modular reactor project

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The project will be based in Oregon and will support additional suppliers and operations in California, Idaho, Washington, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, Kansas, Texas and Maryland. The Energy Department’s cooperative agreements require that the reactors be built domestically.

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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

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According to an analysis from Environmental Defense Fund, states like Tennessee, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Kansas, and North and South Carolina are big winners in manufacturing investment. EVs are Better for the Grid Electric vehicles are essentially mobile power storage that can get us where we need to go.