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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Montgomery Area Transit System, Alabama: $2,675,000. Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater). Includes replacement of lighting fixtures, control systems, and roof upgrades at selected facilities.

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Study IDs two compressed air energy storage methods, sites for the Northwest

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Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) have identified two compressed air energy storage methods for the temporary storage of the Northwest’s excess wind power and two eastern Washington locations to put them into practice.

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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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several genes that allow the plant to use light more efficiently, increase its carbon uptake, and divert more energy to the. light energy. uptake, and optimized light utilization. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. superconducting wind generators more practical for.

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Obama Administration Announces $8.33B in Loan Guarantees for New Nuclear Power Reactors in Georgia; First New US Nuclear Power Plant Project in Nearly 3 Decades

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It is considered a Generation III Advanced Light Water Reactor.) and Alabama Power’s Plant Farley nuclear facility near Dothan, Ala. The AP1000 is a 1,117 to 1,154 MWe pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear power plant that is an extension of the older AP600 design. (It

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Road Test: 2024 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid SE Nightshade

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If interested in towing a light trailer, the maximum weight is 1,500 pounds. A more rounded crossover There is a choice of six solid colors: Jet Black, Wind Chill Pearl ($425 extra cost), Barcelona Red Metallic, Celeste, Blue Crush Metallic and Sonic Silver. The SE is also the base for the Nightshade trim we tested.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid

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If interested in towing a light trailer, the maximum weight is 1,500 pounds. There is a choice of eight colors—Jet Black Mica, Cypress, Celestite, Wind Chill Pearl (with a $425 added cost) and Sonic Silver Metallic, Barcelona Red Metallic, Blue Crush Metallic and Acidic Blast. The last four have a contrasting black roof.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Genesis GV70 EV AWD

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A major step to becoming a leader offering luxury EVs, Genesis started production in February 2023 of the Electrified GV70 in Montgomery, Alabama. Wind and road noise were reduced partly due to acoustic laminated glass and sound-deadening insulation. The rear continues the two-line LED tail light design that wraps the lift gate.