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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Because the charging stations will utilize Jacksonville Electric Authority's Solar Smart Power program, the buses will truly have zero emissions. This project is unique in that the buses will be charged during the day to take advantage of the renewable energy made available by the abundant solar and wind energy available on the island.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. Solar ADEPT: Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology ($14.7 Nebraska – Lincoln).

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Direct Solar Fuels (5 projects). These batteries, if successfully developed, could triple the energy density of existing electric vehicle batteries (target: 400 Wh/kg)) and rapidly hasten adoption of low cost plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles. DIRECT SOLAR FUELS. Earlier post.) Biomass Energy (5 projects).

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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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Element Hotel General Manager, D Dave Smith, plugs in the RAR'ster. Mr. Moore made available his Papillion home’s historic dryer outlet as a recharging site when the roadtrip reached the vicinity of Omaha, Nebraska. This converted Toyota Prius is another type of Plug-in --a PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle).

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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The EDISON (Electric Vehicles in a Distributed and Integrated Market using Sustainable Energy and Open Networks) research consortium will seek to match power generation from wind turbines on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, with the power consumption of charging plug-in electric cars.

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