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Deloitte: interest in hybrid vehicles still significantly outpacing full battery-electrics

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Among those planning to charge their vehicles at home, two-thirds (66%) of Americans will leverage traditional power grids. Meanwhile, consumers in India, China and Southeast Asia plan to use both the regular grid and renewable power.

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GM publishes “Blue Paper” on sustainable urban mobility; integrating input from Sustainable Urban Mobility events in Shanghai

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Increase the diversity of energy sources, particularly the development of a broad array of renewable sources, to support low-emission pathways to electrification. Increase the diversity of energy sources, particularly the development of a broad array of renewable sources, to support low-emission pathways to electrification.

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NAATBatt Coalition recommends deployment of up to 300 GWh of distributed energy storage systems by 2022

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DES systems consist of small, stationary batteries installed in neighborhoods, buildings, homes and electricity substations, which can be networked together using smart grid communications technology. The coalition was assembled by the National Alliance for Advanced Technology Batteries ( NAATBatt ).

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Liquid Metal Battery Corp secures patent rights from MIT

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Earlier this year, the company announced it had received financing from France’s Total—which earlier had funded research on the technology at MIT ( earlier post )—and from a personal investment by Bill Gates. Patents for all liquid metal battery inventions were licensed from MIT. —Luis Ortiz, LMBC’s President.

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Arizona State University Professor’s Work to Stabilize the Grid Pays Off

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Whenever new technologies are introduced into the power grid, there’s always a chance they could disrupt the system, possibly even leading to blackouts. Finding ways to deal with the impact on the grid caused by incorporating renewable energy has been the focus of Vijay Vittal ’s research for nearly 20 years.

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Greenius & Obama Celebrate Our First 100 Days!

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And when I say “we&# I mean GRID Alternatives the non-profit whose mission is to empower communities in need by providing renewable energy and energy efficiency services, equipment and training. That’s Steve from GRID on the far left. So go ahead - choose those guys or the Greenius.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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National Renewable. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. resulting in reduced cost for renewable solar electricity. Concentrating Solar Power/Nuclear: Advanced Molten Glass. stores energy from the sun to be released onto the grid at a. power grid.

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