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West Gate’s 4th Cohort Innovators Pursue Advanced Energy Applications Throughout Energy Landscape

From technologies for extracting rare earth elements from plants to advanced membranes for water filtration, and from vertical-axis wind turbines to next-generation, long-lived flywheel energy storage, innovators bring exciting ideas to the fourth cohort of West Gate—NREL’s Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program. “We are supporting the vast landscape of energy technologies that … [continued] The post West […]

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Would A Lottery Reward Make People More Likely To Recycle?

Why don’t people recycle more? I suppose there are a lot of reasons. You need storage space for the bottles and cans as they pile up. It’s just too much work. It’s too time consuming. There’s little payback for the effort. Good citizenship is often disrespected or unpaid — so … [continued] The post Would […]

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Electric Tractor Cost Can Be Reduced By Tens of Thousands With California Program

Today many people believe electric vehicles are just about personal transportation such as electric cars, SUVs, pickup trucks, e-bikes, electric motorcycles, electric boats, etc. Fortunately, there are many other electric vehicles available. It wasn’t long ago I conducted an interview about fully electric tractors used for better vineyard management. Electric … [continued] The post Electric […]

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