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INCITE supercomputing grants awarded to 56 projects; sustainable energy to next-gen materials

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The INCITE program issued its first awards in 2004, when three projects received an aggregate five million core hours. Gregory Voth, University of Chicago, received 100 million core hours to investigate charge transport in thin-film ionomers. Today’s collective allocation of 5.8

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New mixed-oxide catalysts shown as viable substitute for platinum catalysts for diesel exhaust aftertreatment

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NO conversion versus ramp-up and ramp-down temperatures for MnCe-7:1 (?), The new material is active at temperatures as low as 120 °C with conversion maxima of ~45% higher than that achieved with Pt. Nanostellar was founded in California in 2004 by scientists from Stanford University and NASA Ames Research Center.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

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He has a 34-year career as a journalist, advertiser, marketer, publicist, event planner, teacher, and fundraiser for-profit and not-for-profit organizations including Motorola, Business Marketing Association, and Michigan State University. He has served on boards, consulted with associations, and written business plans.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At that point, we expect the aftermarket companies prices to have come down sufficiently so that their conversions will be attractive to owners of hundreds of thousands of hybrids already on the road. So far, most start as hybrids.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

He has a 34-year career as a journalist, advertiser, marketer, publicist, event planner, teacher, and fundraiser for-profit and not-for-profit organizations including Motorola, Business Marketing Association, and Michigan State University. He has served on boards, consulted with associations, and written business plans.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

California Air Resources Board studies show that battery electric vehicles emit at least 67% lower greenhouse gases than gasoline cars -- even more assuming renewables. A PHEV with only a 20-mile all-electric range is 62% lower (see printed page 95 in the 2004 study ). The GREET 1.6 See What Carmakers Say about PHEVs for the latest.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Dr. Don Paul is the Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and a former vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron. billion in 2004 to $117 billion 2007 with the first three quarters of 2008 averaging 29% higher than 2007. Energy Markets in a State of Change.

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