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Wind Explorer EV crosses Australia for less than $15 of electricity; kite-assisted

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Evonik Corporation is featuring the Wind Explorer—a lightweight, electric vehicle that crossed Australia on less than $15 of electricity—at its administrative center in Parsippany, N.J. The Wind Explorer took advantage of crosswinds by using large, steerable kites to cover hundreds of miles. Click to enlarge.

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New York City is about to get its largest battery storage project

Baua Electric

The battery storage, which will replace the 20 MW NRG Arthur Kill GT1 peaker plant unit retiring in 2025 , will store power during non-peak hours and discharge power during peak demand periods, helping to maintain grid stability and resiliency. (Elevate is a wholly owned subsidiary of a fund managed by ArcLight.) Get started here. –

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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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Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater). Wind Energy Project: GLPTC seeks to reduce its electrical energy usage by investing in a renewable source of energy to be generated by wind using equipment on site.

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US DOE Awards More than $47M in Recovery Act Funding to Advance Smart Grid Development; New Smart Grid Report and Smart Grid Clearinghouse

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Bi-directional metering would enable customers to purchase energy at off-peak hours and sell unused, stored energy back to the utility during peak periods at higher rates. This will enable the city to reduce peak load electricity demand by at least 15 percent at distribution feeders and allow for expanded use of renewables.

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Solar-powered off-grid EV charging stations offer surprisingly attractive cost advantages

Charged EVs

In New York City, the police department, animal welfare, you name it—every department that the city has, they’re now moving to electric vehicles, and they need charging infrastructure. ” Beyond that, of course, in New York, like many other jurisdictions, there is a lack of capacity on the utility grid.

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

Cars That Think

Kahn Current job: Chairman, CEO, and president of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) Date of birth: 23 December 1938 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Family: Patrice Ann Lyons, his wife Education: BEE 1960, City College of New York ; M.A. 1962 and Ph.D.

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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

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Barbara Campbell was walking through a New York City subway station during rush hour when her world abruptly went dark. Lucian Del Priore was one of the physicians involved in the clinical trials; he did the implantation for Barbara Campbell while at NewYork-Presbyterian, in New York City.