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US DOE Awards More than $47M in Recovery Act Funding to Advance Smart Grid Development; New Smart Grid Report and Smart Grid Clearinghouse

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The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) was selected as the winner of the $1.3 The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) was selected as the winner of the $1.3 University of Hawaii at Manoa-Hawaii Natural Energy Institute. University of Nevada – Las Vegas.

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Coulomb Racks Up Series of Charging Infrastructure Wins

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KHLim’s CO 2 neutral area produces its own green energy through wind, heat and solar. As part of the project, KHLim will acquire several electrical vehicles, such as bikes, scooters, motorbikes and cars, which will be rented to the general public at the University campus.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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The projects are based in 24 states, with approximately 47% of the projects led by universities; 29% by small businesses; 15% by large businesses; 7.5% University. Researchers from Colorado State University will develop a system. Researchers from Colorado State University will develop a system. University.

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

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In the background, are various EVs from the Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association, along with the "Spirit" hanging out in the shade and away from the sunny background. chillin' in the Las Vegas warmth of 110-degrees day, 27 July 2009. Element Hotel General Manager, D Dave Smith, plugs in the RAR'ster.

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The Coming Boom in Rare Earths

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Perhaps most importantly, though, they’re essential components of the permanent magnets used in the motors of most electric vehicles and many appliances, and also in the generators in most wind turbines. Department of State, is also a professor of practice at the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University.

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Building a Zero Trust Security Model for Autonomous Systems

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This was how hackers managed to burrow into thousands of government, banking, and enterprise systems as part of last year’s Solar Winds breach. One of the most promising approaches is CHERI (Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions), which is being explored by DARPA, Google, SRI International, and the University of Cambridge.

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