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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Companies and universities in Michigan are receiving more than $1 billion of the grants. Holland, MI Lebanon, OR (Entek). West Virginia University (NAFTC). Purdue University. Colorado State University. $5. DOE Award ($mil.). Project locations. Technology. Johnson Controls. A123 Systems, Inc. DOE Award ($mil.).

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Solar-Powered Tech Transforms Remote Learning

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When Marc Alan Sperber, of Arizona State Universitys Education for Humanity initiative arrived at a refugee camp along the Thai - Myanmar border, the scene was typical of many crisis zones: no internet, unreliable power, and few resources.

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This Solar Engineer Is Patching Lebanon’s Power Grid

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In Mira Daher s home country of Lebanon, the national grid provides power for only a few hours a day. The countrys state-owned energy provider, Electricity of Lebanon (EDL), has long struggled to meet demand, and a crippling economic crisis that began in 2019 has worsened the situation. Daher led the U.N.-funded

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Ace This Tricky Interview Question

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ICYMI: This Solar Engineer is Patching Lebanons Power Grid In Mira Dahers home country of Lebanon, the national grid provides power for only a few hours a day. A professor of computer science at Rice University discusses the contentious state of H-1B visas and what the program reveals about the U.S. Read more here.

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