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WHYY reports Philadelphia’s Proterra electric bus fleet sidelined due to cracked chassis and other defects

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But internal communications, obtained by WHYY’s PlanPhilly through a right-to-know request, reveal the incident shook SEPTA’s top executives and triggered a serious reevaluation of its plans to convert more of its fleet to electric power. Proponents, like engineering professor Jeremy J.

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Alliance AutoGas launches 5300-mile, 12-city Coast-to-Coast Clean Air Ride with converted F-150

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The converted F-150 will travel across the country from Kansas City to Seattle, WA, and back through the US, stopping along the way, to complete its journey in Jacksonville, FL, on 18 May, followed by a Homecoming event in Asheville, NC, on 23 May. Alliance’s new Engineered Conversion System, installed on a Bi-Fuel 2016 3.5-liter

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Audi takes one-two win at Le Mans with its diesel hybrids, Toyota third; 13th success for Audi in 16 runs

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For the first time, the engine’s turbocharger is linked to an electrical machine, which makes it possible to convert the thermal energy of the exhaust gas flow into electric energy—e.g., The second hybrid system is a motor on the front axle utilizing brake recuperation to convert kinetic energy into electric energy.

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DOE launches wave energy competition

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Marine and hydrokinetic energy technologies convert the energy of waves, tides, and river and ocean currents into electricity. DOE announced the Wave Energy Prize at the International Marine Renewable Energy Conference co-located at the National Hydropower Association Annual Conference. Van Buren Township, Michigan.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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High-Power Oak Ridge Converter (ORC) for Extreme Fast Charging (XFC) Applications, $750,000. Array Technologies (Albuquerque, New Mexico). Power Converters and Components for Resilient MVDC Microgrids, $299,754. Emera Technologies, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico). CSolPower, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico).

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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

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Higher temperature storage has a direct impact upon the amount of energy that can be extracted and converted into electricity, and is an essential component for CSP plants to become competitive with coal-burning plants. Albuquerque, NM – up to $4.3 SkyFuel, Inc.

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

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Leading the boom is the photovoltaic (PV) panel, which converts sunlight into electricity using semiconductors. Global solar energy supplies are growing rapidly, with nearly 10 times as much solar capacity installed today as there was a decade ago. The first utility-scale solar-thermal plants were built in the 1980s.