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4 companies jointly propose $8B green energy initiative for LA area; Wyoming wind, Utah storage, transmission

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Four companies—Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy, Magnum Energy, Dresser-Rand and Duke-American Transmission—have proposed a first-in-the-US, $8-billion green energy initiative that would bring large amounts of clean electricity to the Los Angeles area by 2023. million megawatt-hours per year vs. 3.9 million megawatt-hours.

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Opinion: Why Buffett Bet A Billion On Solar: Miles Per Acre Per Year

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An acre of desert in Arizona, Nevada and many other places on earth sees on the order of 3,000 hours of direct sun per year. They had better think seriously about financing solar and wind arrays. Buffett has not only seen the light but invested heavily therein. Agua Caliente PV Plant: Yuma Arizona. Click to enlarge.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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economical to store or transport. would supply the growing market of wind turbine generators and. copper and insulation layer by layer, instead of winding wires. carbon atoms, to store energy at ten times greater density than. Supercapacitors store energy in a manner. Nevada Las. Ceramatec, Inc.

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Google’s technology campaign for autonomous driving

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The first one involved Steve, who is blind, and in 2012 got into a car and drove down to a local store to get a taco. Levandowski showed a video of a narrow, winding CA road full of runners which they use for software development. Steve gets a taco and the hour-long commute. Google shared two examples of the development vehicle in use.

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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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Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County, Nevada: $3,000,000. Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater). Capital District Transportation Authority, New York: $3,520,000.

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Tesla shows off new Megapack production facility in California

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The new Lathrop facility is likely a dramatic increase in production rate, considering Giga-Nevada, which produces numerous Tesla products , was previously the only production location for the Megapack. In the post shared on Instagram, Tesla states the new facility can produce over 10,000 Tesla Megapacks a year.

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Nevada put big battery energy storage where a coal plant used to be

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Nevada utility NV Energy’s largest battery energy storage system sits on a former coal-fired power plant site and will save customers a lot of money. It’s a two-hour energy storage system that stores and dispatches excess wind and solar power. Get started here. –ad* ad* FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.