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This week,longchamp pas cher 8 Mistakes,outlet tiffany, the Bethesda military and aerospace giant rolled out a climate change and clean energy research collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and hosted a panel discussion with reporters at the National Press Club in Washington to talk about how the company is stepping up its efforts in areas such as alternative energy generation, energy efficiency and climate monitoring.
Lockheed Martin previously has done much to develop new climate change programs and plans to continue its efforts, but not because of a new White House that campaigned on ramping up such initiatives,sac longchamp pas cher, executives said.
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Lockheed pledged to invest $5 million over five years in clean energy research at the MIT Energy Initiative,nike tn pas cher, targeting climate change, alternative energy and energy storage technology. The company is also supporting the program research seed fund for early stage research projects and two energy fellows.
In addition, Lockheed has partnered with utility companies such as the Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative on projects to upgrade the nation electric grid,michael kors sale uk, making it more efficient and secure against cyber attacks,barbour france, executives said this week.
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The company is also working on increasing its solar energy footprint by pursuing large utility and manufacturing projects,cheap ghds online store, said Christopher D. Myers,tiffany outlet online shop, vice president of solar energy programs for Lockheed maritime systems division. It has a solar thermal test bed the size of a football field in New Jersey and an ocean thermal energy conversion program,coach factory outlet, which uses the temperature difference between surface and deeper seawater to generate power,michael kors outlet, in Hawaii,outlet tiffany italia, he said.
The Navy recently awarded Lockheed $8.1 million to further develop that technology. Lockheed experience with the ocean technology dates back to the 1970s when the company built a smaller prototype. The company is also working on a wave power generation project, along with programs related to wind and biofuel.
The company has a long history of helping NASA and others in climate monitoring, as well as developing smart grid cyber security programs,louboutin pas cher homme, other executives said. |
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