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Argonne and University of Illinois to form Midwest Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Coalition

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The states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas are home to a quarter of the US population and consume 30% of electric power generated in the US. As a consequence, the Midwestern states have some of the highest levels of renewable energy on their grids.

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BMW, GM sites in top 5 US generators of onsite green power

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BMW Manufacturing earned a 2003 Green Power Leadership Award for using landfill gas to generate a portion of the power needed to operate its Spartanburg, South Carolina manufacturing facility. At the head of EPA’s Top 30 list is Walmart, with 158,732,026 kWh of green power usage (8% of total), from solar and wind.

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Benchmark: global battery industry needs to invest $514B to meet demand in 2030; $920B by 2035

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This includes spending on renewables such as wind and solar as well as grid and other infrastructure. Its equivalently sized facility in South Carolina is projected to cost $1.3 Global investment in technologies to help the energy transition reached a record $1.3 trillion in 2022, IRENA said.

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SAE World Congress panel highlights progress on H2 infrastructure and fuel cell vehicle commercialization

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Linde currently is operating hydrogen stations also for fuel cell forklifts, notably for the BMW South Carolina plant, where they are dispensing hydrogen—around the clock—at the rate of 700kg/day. Linde currently has two fueling stations open in California, with 5 more opening this year and the next. Earlier post.).

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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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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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Electrofuels approaches will use organisms able to extract energy from other sources, such as solar-derived electricity or hydrogen or earth-abundant metal ions. Medical University of South Carolina. of South Carolina). from solar PV) to convert carbon dioxide into liquid alcohol fuels. Electrofuels.

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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. Sometimes, the cost is even negative: When there is too much power available from wind or solar plants, grid operators effectively pay utilities to consume the excess.