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Thomas Built Buses achieves zero-waste-to-landfill

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This Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Field project will produce 389 kW of renewable energy for the Duke Energy Power Grid—enough electricity to power approximately 41 homes. A second North Carolina DTNA facility is bringing on an additional 1,560 panels later this year.

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

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High Efficiency Power-to-Gas in a Modular Hybrid Electrobioreactor, $1,000,000. Field Testing and Validation of Hybrid Optimization and Performance Platform (HOPP) , $500,000. Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000. Electrochaea GmbH (Munich, Germany).

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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North Carolina State. Jet Fuel From Camelina Sativa : A Systems Approach North Carolina State University will engineer the oilseed crop. Thermal Fuel: HybriSol Hybrid nanostructures for high-energy-density solar thermal fuels Using innovative nanomaterials, MIT will develop a thermal. power grid.

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Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean

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One of the biggest challenges to the nations power grid "is going to be the introduction of electric vehicles," said Dana Christiansen, associate director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which has partnered with Nissan, TVA and the state of Tennessee to help develop the charging infrastructure to support the vehicles.