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DOE awards more than $145M for advanced solar technologies under SunShot Initiative

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Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems: Advanced Concepts: Eight projects to receive $25.9 These projects will develop electronics and build smarter, more interactive systems and components so that solar energy can be integrated into the electric power distribution and transmission grid at higher levels.

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ARPA-E awarding $30M to 12 hybrid solar projects; conversion and storage

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This grid-scale energy storage system could be coupled to a hybrid solar converter to deliver solar electricity on demand. The University of Tulsa. The carbon dioxide expands to low pressure and extremely cold temperatures to generate electricity from stored electrical and heat energy. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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

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Nu:Ionic (Tulsa, Oklahoma). Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000. Hydrogen Based Power Grid Support Using ElectrolyzeRs with Value Stacking (HYPER-V), $250,000. Electric Grid OT Cybersecurity Dashboard for Control Room Environments, $600,000.

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Hell froze over in Texas – it’ll connect to the US grid for the first time via a fed grant

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for four transmission projects – including connecting the Texas grid to the rest of the US for the first time ever. The projects, spanning multiple states, will add nearly 1,000 miles of new transmission lines and increase grid capacity by 7,100 megawatts (MW). Padriñán on Pexels.com The US Department of Energy (DOE) announces $1.5B

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Solar farms generating 724 MW in Oklahoma will power Google AI

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Leeward Renewable Energy announced that the solar farms are strategically sited to support Googles operations and bolster Oklahomas grid. Construction has begun on the 372-MW Mayes County Solar Portfolio, located within a mile of Googles data center in Pryor, Oklahoma, northeast of Tulsa. Together with the 152.5