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SDG&E to Test Mobile Smart Charging Device for Plug-ins

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San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) will test and evaluate a mobile smart charging device for plug-in electric vehicles developed by Juice Technologies LLC. SDG&E and Juice Technologies presented a prototype of the Juice Technologies Plug Smart intelligent charging device at the Plug-In 2009 Conference in Long Beach, CA.

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Chromatin announces dual-purpose hybrid sorghum for sugar and bioenergy production

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Chromatin’s SweetFuel hybrids are designed to capture the value of sugars produced in sorghum juice as well as the additional value of the energy stored in biomass or bagasse. Chromatin Inc. announced its dual-purpose SweetFuel sorghum hybrids, which combine high yields of both fermentable sugar and biomass per acre.

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NREL and Ecopetrol in $2.3M CRADA agreement to optimize conversion of waste biomass to ethanol

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But the bagasse can be stacked and stored for a long time after the juice is removed and washed out of the green grass stalk. It’s more challenging to break down the cellulose in the bagasse than the sugar-rich juice, but if the conversion process is successful, the bagasse can be processed into a biofuel.

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Put an Old-School BBS on Meshtastic Radio

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On the other hand TC2-BBS does have some features from the more advanced bulletin-board systems of yore, such as the ability to store-and-forward email among other BBSs, similar to the FidoNet network , which flourished in the early 1990s until it was supplanted by the Internet.

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UCL, UI researchers devise method to optimize magnesium chromium oxide cathode materials; disordered materials

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University College London and University of Illinois at Chicago researchers report a new, scalable method for making a material that can reversibly store magnesium ions at high-voltage. The study is published RSC journal Nanoscale. Linhua Hu, Ian D. Johnson, Soojeong Kim, Gene M. Nolis, John W. Freeland, Hyun Deog Yoo, Timothy T.

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Test Drive a New Chevy Equinox EV in Los Angeles and Get a Free Erewhon Smoothie

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Social media is packed with people showing off their luxurious lives in coastal California, and the ridiculously overpriced Erewhon grocery store chain has become a darling of people with cash to burn. area stores. Erewhon created a “limited-edition wellness beverage” called Equinox EV Electric Juice for the promotion.

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Jeep Announces New Cherokee

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Details are scanty but Jeep promises a hybrid powertrain of some sort, likely of the mild (not plug-in) variety and juiced by a four-cylinder engine. This new one is planned to hit stores before the end of this year. This being Jeep, all-wheel drive is obviously part of the deal. Images: Jeep] Become aTTAC insider.

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