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NREL study suggests cost gap for Western renewables could narrow by 2025

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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. mmBtu and $8.43/mmBtu. mmBtu and $8.43/mmBtu.

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DOE awarding more than $50M to 15 projects to advance critical material innovations

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Critical materials are used in many products important to the US economy and energy technologies, such as rare-earth elements used to manufacture high-strength magnets for offshore wind-turbine generators and lithium and cobalt in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Next-Generation Extraction, Separation, and Processing Technologies.

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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

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The goal is to keep the lights on at a low cost by utilizing an efficient mix of power plants. For instance, four proposed high-voltage lines totaling 600 kilometers along the seam of regional networks in the upper Midwest could connect at least 28 gigawatts of wind and solar. The cost of the project, estimated at US $1.9

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DOE to leverage fossil energy expertise to develop and explore geothermal energy resources

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The overall focus is to reduce the upfront costs of geothermal development as well as improve its effectiveness. Leveraging existing oil and gas infrastructure reduces the upfront costs of geothermal development. RMOTC is located within NPR-3, 35 miles north of Casper, Wyoming. million homes a year from these resources by 2020.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV

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The introduction this week of the 2023 Ioniq 6 begins a new chapter for Hyundai as they now have an electric sedan that will be compared with electric sedans costing twice as much. Wind and road noise were reduced partly due to acoustic laminated glass and sound deadening insulation. Photos by John Faulkner and Hyundai. [

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