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Looking Beyond DOE’s NOPR, a Case for Grid Flexibility Alongside Reliability [GTM Squared]

Looking Beyond DOE’s NOPR, a Case for Grid Flexibility Alongside Reliability [GTM Squared]

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A Boost for Electric Buses

A Boost for Electric Buses

By [email protected]

The U.S. government is issuing $55 million in federal grants to fund four dozen projects that will replace aging internal-combustion buses with efficient, cleaner transportation.

Zero-emission technologies are maturing in transportation, and taxpayer-backed projects across 39 states help kick-start greener mass transit. Migration toward electric buses is picking up…

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Constructing Offshore Wind Turbines In Port Is More Cost Effective

Constructing Offshore Wind Turbines In Port Is More Cost Effective

By Joshua S Hill

Constructing offshore wind turbines in port rather than onsite in variable conditions has been found to be the most cost-effective method, according to research published this week by researchers from the University of Delaware.

Constructing Offshore Wind Turbines In Port Is More Cost Effective was originally published on CleanTechnica.

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SunPower Founder Dick Swanson’s Guide to Launching a Cleantech Startup

SunPower Founder Dick Swanson’s Guide to Launching a Cleantech Startup

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Given the youth of the cleantech industry, there isn’t a ton of publicly accessible guidance on how to succeed with a startup.

A new partnership aims to tackle that by hosting public conversations with clean energy founders to discuss what worked and what didn’t. In September, Oakland incubator and accelerator Powerhouse and Greentech Media kicked off a project…

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Digital Diploma debuts at MIT

Digital Diploma debuts at MIT

By Elizabeth Durant | Alison Trachy | Office of Undergraduate Education

In 1868, the fledgling Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Boylston Street awarded its first diplomas to 14 graduates. Since then, it has issued paper credentials to more than 207,000 undergraduate and graduate students in much the same way.

But this summer, as part of a pilot program, a cohort of 111 graduates became…

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Ritu Raman named L’Oréal Women in Science Fellow 

By Kelsey Montgomery | Koch Institute

Ritu Raman, a postdoc in the Langer Lab at MIT, has been honored as one of five recipients of the 2017 L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellowship.

The L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellowship recognizes female scientists at a critical stage in their careers and supports them with $60,000 grants to advance their postdoctoral research. The announcement…

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Mass Firings By Tesla Raise Questions About Management

Mass Firings By Tesla Raise Questions About Management

By Steve Hanley

Tesla has given little explanation for why hundreds of workers were fired last week, other than to say it was the result of annual performance reviews. But is that the whole story?

Mass Firings By Tesla Raise Questions About Management was originally published on CleanTechnica.

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Evolutions in Demand Response: Tapping Locational Value With Pinpoint DR

Evolutions in Demand Response: Tapping Locational Value With Pinpoint DR

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Gulf Power’s residential demand response program may be 20-plus years old, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t kept up with the times. In fact, last summer it was tapped twice to do something it wasn’t even designed for — to help the utility’s distribution grid operators avoid blackouts or equipment overloads on a specific feeder.

Here’s how Caroline Stickel, team…

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