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PG&E, Calif. Energy Commission launch 4MW sodium-sulfur grid storage pilot in San Jose

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Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the California Energy Commission today unveiled a utility-scale sodium-sulfur battery energy storage system ( earlier post ) pilot project to better balance power needs of the electric grid. The project was made possible with a $3.3-million

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. San Jose, Calif. Sunrun, San Francisco, Calif.

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AT&T to power 11 California sites with Bloom Energy solid oxide fuel cells

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AT&T is the first telecommunications service provider to utilize Bloom Energy Servers to help power their operations. megawatts (MW) of onsite power that reduces CO 2 emissions by approximately 50% compared to the grid and virtually eliminates all SO x , NO x , and other harmful smog forming particulate emissions.

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California Energy Commission awards >$6M for EV charging, H2 fueling and V2G

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An additional $5 million was approved to help fund environmental research to improve natural gas efficiency and $4 million to fund energy efficiency projects in schools. The investments include: Electric vehicle charging: Ten grants totaling more than $3.5 Heavy duty, vehicle-to-grid fleet: A $2.3-million

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The US’s largest solar + battery storage project just came online

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The project supplies power to the City of San Jose, Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and the Clean Power Alliance, and Starbucks, among others.

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Plug In 2008

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T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. Here's one of the announcements that came out of the conference : EPRI, GM, 34 Utilities Collaborate to Advance Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles PALO ALTO, Calif. The entire PHEV environmental assessment is available on the EPRI website.

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

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The secret is that Polestar is an electric performance brand from Volvo and its Chinese owner, Geely Holding. The car is a “2” because it was preceded by the “1,” which is an electric performance plug-in hybrid GT, with a six-figure price tag and a limited output of 500 units per year over the next three years. Plentiful Power.

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