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EGEB: The US’s first offshore wind farm is currently offline; here’s why

Electrek

Tampa just committed to 100% clean energy by 2035, but there’s a hitch. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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NREL researchers point toward building energy efficiency instead of long-term storage

Green Car Congress

The researchers considered solar and wind as the source of renewable energy, given that most plans for meeting the 100% target take those into account. Further, the researchers separated the country into five climate zones, ranging from the hot and humid (Tampa, Florida) to the very cold (International Falls, Minnesota).

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

Green Car Congress

The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. Solar ADEPT: Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology ($14.7 Lead organization.

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A Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Wants to Visit Your School

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

The PHEV3A mission is to educate America one town (or in this case one school) at a time on getting its own energy independence back by moving away from imported oil to using home grown electrons preferably from renewable energy sources like solar, wind and hydro-power.

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Florida has no wind turbines but it’s going to ban them anyway

Baua Electric

Florida legislature is about to ban offshore wind turbines in state waters, which wouldn’t be put there to begin with, to protect the beaches. Excluding hurricanes, of course, Florida doesn’t have sufficient wind power, either onshore or offshore, that, say, states in the US Northeast or Texas have to sustain a wind power industry.

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