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Carbon emissions from generating electricity for electric vehicles vary greatly across the individual US states

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These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. 51 Vermont 2.5 Energy source Electricity generation fuel shares (%) West Virginia Vermont Coal 90.8 Nuclear 0 0 Wind 2.5 Natural gas 87.9

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Highview Power and Encore Renewable Energy to co-develop the first long-duration, liquid-air energy storage system in US

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This facility will be a minimum of 50MW, provide in excess of eight hours of storage (400MWh) and will be located in northern Vermont. The US energy storage market is expected to surge over 700% to nearly $5.4 Highview Power Storage, Inc.,

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DOE Announces More than $5M to Support Wind Energy Development

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The US Department of Energy is awarding more than $5 million to support US wind energy development. million to boost the speed and scale of midsize wind turbine technology development and deployment. million to boost the speed and scale of midsize wind turbine technology development and deployment.

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Why Wall Street is throwing billions at the Permian

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The rash of deals exemplify the latest trend as the oil markets slowly move towards balance and oil prices continue to languish below $50 per barrel. Some see the flood of cash into the Permian as a sign that the oil market is rebounding strongly. “It Nick Cunningham is a Vermont-based writer on energy and environmental issues.

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12 Exciting Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2022

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Green hydrogen is hydrogen produced in sustainable ways, using solar or wind-powered electrolyzers to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. The green hydrogen market is predicted to generate a revenue of nearly $10 billion by 2028 , according to a November 2021 report by Research Dive. EDP’s roughly US $7.9

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First Drive: 2016 Hyundai Sonata PHEV and HEV

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Hyundai began the US rollout of the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) and its conventional hybrid sibling (HEV) with a series of media drives in California—one of the main markets for the PHEV, which offers some 24 miles (38.6 km) of all electric range and a 9.8 Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

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Spiking demand for electric heat collided with supply problems created by frozen natural-gas equipment and below-average wind-power production. Instead of drastically scaling up power-grid infrastructure, our work at the University of Vermont has focused on how to coordinate demand in real time to match the increasingly variable supply.