Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The US Department of the Interior has approved the 1,000 MW Blythe Solar Power Project, the largest solar energy project yet to be built on US public lands. The Blythe Solar Power Project uses parabolic trough technology in which rows of parabolic mirrors focus solar energy on collector tubes.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has offered a conditional commitment to Abound Solar , a manufacturer of low-cost, cadmium telluride, thin-film photovoltaic solar modules, for a $400 million, seven-year loan guarantee to expand its solar module manufacturing capabilities. and begun commercial operations.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2012

The US Department of Defense (DoD) could generate 7000 megawatts (MW) of solar energy—roughly equivalent to the output of seven nuclear power plants—on four military bases located in the California desert, according to a study recently released by DoD’s Office of Installations and Environment.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2014

University of Hawaii of Honolulu, Hawaii will receive $3 million to develop photoelectrodes for direct solar water splitting. million to develop an innovative high-efficiency solar thermochemical reactor for solar hydrogen production. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of Richland, Washington will receive $2.2

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2010

a provider of home solar financing, announced a $100-million tax equity project financing agreement to fund SunRun’s installation of more than 3,500 new home solar installations across the nation. SunRun offers home solar power without high upfront costs through power purchase agreements (PPAs) and solar leases.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

Arcadia connects renters and homeowners across the US to wind and solar energy through utility data and billing technology. In select markets within Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island, Arcadia’s platform connects qualifying customers to community solar projects in their area.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The center, called the Sun-Climate Research Center (SCRC), will be directed by Robert Cahalan, Head of Goddard’s Climate and Radiation Branch, Douglas Rabin, Head of Goddard’s Solar Physics Laboratory, and Peter Pilewskie, a LASP research scientist and CU professor. —Peter Pilewskie.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will invest up to $7 million in total funding through DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to support the development and commercialization of emerging solar energy technologies. The Tier 2 project, subject to negotiation: Crystal Solar, Santa Clara, Calif., Stion, San Jose, Calif.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Cadmium Telluride Accelerator Consortium (CTAC) —a $20-million initiative designed to make cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells less expensive, more efficient and develop new markets for solar cell products. efficiency in converting sunlight into electricity. competitiveness.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2012

Consortia researchers will leverage their expertise and resources in solar technology, advanced biofuels, and building efficiency. Details of the three winning consortia are as follows: Solar Energy : The consortium’s research will focus on sustainable photovoltaics, multiscale concentrated solar power, and solar energy integration.

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Electrek

AUGUST 22, 2022

Denver-based Guzman Energy almost didn’t get approval for a solar farm it’s going to build in western Colorado, but when the wholesale power provider agreed to add irrigation to support 1,000 sheep and possibly host beehives, it then gained unanimous approval from Delta County, Colorado’s commissioners.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2018

Via Mobility Services, a local nonprofit social enterprise, operates Boulder’s HOP transit route, a high-frequency shuttle service serving Boulder hotspots like the University of Colorado campus and Downtown Boulder. The long-term plan is that we’ll be able to fuel the vehicles with the solar energy that’s collected at Via’s site.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2014

MyEnergi Lifestyle, a Ford Motor Company collaboration with Eaton, Infineon, SunPower and Whirlpool, retrofitted the homes of two families with energy-efficient appliances and solar panels, as well as providing the families with their own Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid vehicle.

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Cars That Think

MAY 9, 2024

Solar panels are built to last 25 years or more in all kinds of weather. But the sticky polymer is hard to separate from the silicon cells at the end of a solar panel’s life, making recycling the materials more difficult. National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) in Golden, Colorado say they’ve found a better way to seal solar modules.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2017

All are from NREL; Crisp also is affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines, and Pach and Marshall are affiliated with the University of Colorado, Boulder. We demonstrated that the same process that produces extra current in a solar cell can also be applied to produce extra chemical reactions or stored energy in chemical bonds.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2021

Starfire Energy, a Colorado-based developer of modular chemical plants for the carbon-free production of ammonia and hydrogen, has closed a major funding round. Unlike traditional Haber-Bosch designs the RapidRamp process can accommodate being directly powered by intermittent energy sources such as wind, solar and hydro.

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Electrek

JUNE 23, 2023

billion to develop a vertically integrated solar manufacturing operation in the US, and it’s starting in Colorado. to build US solar factories appeared first on Electrek. New US-India joint venture VSK Energy has announced it will invest up to $1.5 more… The post A new US-India joint venture will spend $1.5B

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced the Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) in Golden, Colorado, as the latest Energy Department user facility and the only one in the nation focused on utility-scale clean energy grid integration.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2013

A new Energy Department study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) indicates that by 2025 wind and solar power electricity generation could become cost-competitive without federal subsidies, if new renewable energy development occurs in the most productive locations. Geothermal Power Generation Solar Wind'

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Electrek

MARCH 13, 2023

Thin-film solar panel maker Ascent Solar Technologies announced today that it’s going to repurpose its Thornton, Colorado, factory to accelerate industrial-scale commercialization of perovskite solar modules. more… The post This US solar company is about to ramp up flexible thin-film solar appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2015

At Consumer Electronics Show Asia, Ford launched a strategic collaboration with Haier (home appliance), Trina Solar (solar power) and Delta Electronics (power management) to introduce MyEnergi Lifestyle ( earlier post ) to China, a holistic approach for lowering the energy costs and carbon footprint of Chinese families.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2011

Daniel Nocera of MIT said that his team has developed a practical “artificial leaf”—a type of solar cell that shows promise as an inexpensive source of electricity for the poor in developing countries. Earlier post.). cobalt and nickel). —Daniel Nocera.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2012

Alison Diaz (with scissors) along with ECHS staff and supporters about to cut the ribbon in front of Environmental Charter High School's new solar-powered greenhouse. Plants in black tubes behind the ECHS Science teacher are being fed by aquaponic system in the new solar-powered greenhouse. photo by Glenn Marzano).

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Electrek

JULY 24, 2023

The Swiss solar maker is diverting production equipment from Germany to the US to build a new solar cell factory in Colorado instead. more… The post Meyer Burger abandons German solar cell factory plans to build a US factory instead appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2011

The most accurate value of total solar irradiance during the 2008 solar minimum period is 1360.8 ± 0.5 W m -2 according to measurements from the Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM) on NASA’s Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) and a series of new radiometric laboratory tests.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Colorado Energy. The project REFUEL COLORADO, A Roadmap to Increase Alternative Fuel. Use in Colorado will work to add alternative fuel vehicles to State. Carolina Solar Center. Natural Gas Credit Purchase system; deliver technical and safety workshops. Natural Gas Vehicle and Propane Partnerships. Delaware Valley.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

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 Abengoa Solar Inc.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. PV Solar Implementation at facilities: Install PV solar in a variety of facilities. Of that, $26.5 VIA Metropolitan Transit, Texas: $5,000,000.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2022

Toyota Motor North America is collaborating with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to build, install and evaluate a 1-megawatt (MW) proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell power generation system at NREL’s Flatirons Campus in Arvada, Colorado. This 3-year, $6.5-million

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The selected projects include the following: Colorado School of Mines.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2013

Many materials deemed critical by the DOE are used in modern clean energy technologies—such as wind turbines, solar panels, electric vehicles, and energy-efficient lighting. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Industry partners that have joined to help advance CMI developed technologies include General Electric; OLI Systems, Inc.;

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is a member of a team that was recently awarded a $7-million contract from the US Army Corps of Engineers to demonstrate integration of electric vehicles, generators and solar arrays to supply emergency power for Fort Carson, Colo. Carson, Colorado; and Camp. Demonstration for Energy.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Versa), a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) developer with research facilities in Littleton, Colorado, USA and Calgary, Canada. In that project, Versa’s specialized solid-state SOFC technology is paired with solar equipment to provide an on-board source of power for propulsion and communication equipment. FuelCell Energy, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2017

19 projects will leverage the HydroGEN Consortium to accelerate the development of advanced water-splitting materials for hydrogen production, with an initial focus on advanced electrolytic, photoelectrochemical, and solar thermochemical pathways. University of Colorado Boulder. Colorado School of Mines. GreenWay Energy, LLC.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

The vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging includes power factor correction, which is a growing concern at locations such as Fort Carson that are experiencing a growth in on-site solar power generation, resulting in utility rate penalties. Smith, Hawaii—SPIDERS is to enable those facilities to operate independent from the bulk power grid (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The energy storage facility also would reduce the need for LA-area utilities to build expensive backup power plants and power lines to serve customers on days when there''s no wind, at night when there''s no sunlight, and during other periods when traditional wind and solar farms are unable to produce electricity.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

IndianOil has been exploring commercial ventures in all form of alternate energy including, solar, wind and bio-fuels. The company has already completed an 850 ha jatropha plantation in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

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