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NREL study suggests cost gap for Western renewables could narrow by 2025

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A new Energy Department study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) indicates that by 2025 wind and solar power electricity generation could become cost-competitive without federal subsidies, if new renewable energy development occurs in the most productive locations. Source: Hurlbut et al.

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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Earth Energy Renewables, LLC. Oregon State University. Montana State University. Scalable CO 2 electrocatalysis technologies. Project title. Federal share. Topic 1:Scale-Up of Bench Applications. University of Alabama. 3,053,043. . Scale-up and Qualification of Net-Zero Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Wet Waste. 1,999,051.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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The legislation would also provide new incentives for domestic oil and gas drilling, nuclear power plant construction, carbon capture and storage, and renewable energy sources like wind and solar. a third-party vendor has successfully run auctions on behalf of federal or state agencies at low cost. Gases: CO 2 emissions.

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