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Las Vegas #solar
Dec 14 2017 11:15 AM | eds in Green Energy
December 2016, the City of Las Vegas announced, . . . its municipal operations would power its: . . . . . . streetlights, . . . . . . parks, . . . . . . community centers, . . . . . . fire stations, and . . . . . . other government buildings, and facil...
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Europe's Top-Selling #electric Car?
Dec 07 2017 04:30 PM | eds in Green Energy
StreetScooter, . . . one of Europe's top-selling electric cars, . . . is actually a delivery van. These numbers are particularly impressive, . . . given that the StreetScooter is currently only sold in, . . . Germany, and . . . Norway! While s...
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London’S #solar Powered Electric Trains?
Dec 06 2017 02:50 PM | eds in Green Energy
Connecting solar panels directly to the substations, . . . that provide power to the rail system, . . . could bypass the electricity grid altogether, . . . according to a report from the . . . Imperial College London’s Energy Futures Lab An analysis b...
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#solar To Reach Tipping Point In 2018
Dec 05 2017 08:30 PM | eds in Green Energy
You can run a transmission line into a busy neighborhood, and . . . be assured it will be paid off relatively quickly, . . . but take that same transmission line, and . . . run it out into the middle of nowhere, . . . with populations a scant percentag...
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#electric Car Tipping Point 2018.
Dec 02 2017 01:20 PM | eds in Green Energy
Electric cars will come of age in 2018. https://www.youtube....h?v=zGFb6CcG0DA China is now becoming the world leader in . . . Electric cars and Solar powered vehicles https://www.youtube....h?v=WTlAPQ5YJak
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Bee: Self-Driving #ev
Nov 30 2017 04:15 PM | eds in Green Energy
The BEE: . . . . . . 2-seat, . . . . . . electric, . . . . . . self-driving vehicle, that utilizes . . . .. . "flocking," or swarm behavior to . . . . . . transport people and goods in urban areas. https://www.youtube....h?v=mk52AaxofM8 The CU...
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Tiny #home: 1 Room With A Gazillion Uses
Nov 23 2017 02:45 PM | eds in Green Energy
WASHITSU: ONE ROOM WITH A GAZILLION USES . . . Japanese interiors sooth the soul and recharge the spirit for: . . . . . . Guests, . . . . . . Family, or . . . . . . Alone time. It has nothing but: . . . . . . Tatami Floor, . . . . . . lightweight slidi...
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Tiny #home: Intershelter™
Nov 24 2017 04:55 PM | eds in Green Energy
Intershelter domes have bridged the gap, . . . from tents, and trailers, . . . to traditionally built framed houses. The pieces can fit in the back of a pick up truck. Built to sustain: . . . . . . hurricane strength winds, or . . . . . . earthquakes...
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Tiny #home: Dome
Nov 23 2017 03:25 PM | eds in Green Energy
The Dome House is an incredible ultra-energy-saving building. . . . Because the Dome House uses expanded polystyrene as the building material, . . . excellent thermal insulation can be obtained. Also, owing to its dome-shape, . . . the Dome House allow...
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Tiny #home: Electricity
Nov 23 2017 03:45 PM | eds in Green Energy
Microgrid Solar trailer, with . . . 12 Solar Panels, . . . a 1 HP Sun-Sub Submersible Pump, and . . . batteries, for home electricity. Mobile, Simple, Silent, Vertical, windmill. 11-23-2017 Source: Tiny #home: Electricity
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Ryder Systems: Orders #tesla Trucks
Nov 21 2017 04:30 PM | eds in Green Energy
Putting down reservations for Tesla’s newly revealed semi truck,: . . . . . . Walmart, . . . . . . JB Hunt, . . . . . . Loblaw, and now . . . . . . Ryder Systems, the truck leasing, and fleet management firm, . . . . . . . . . has revealed that it w...
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#tesla Electric Semi Trucks
Nov 19 2017 08:10 PM | eds in Green Energy
44 Orders for Tesla's electric Semi truck, . . . (which is supposed to start shipping in 2019, price unknown?) . . . 15 Walmart, . . . 25 Loblaw, (Canadian grocery giant), . . . 4 J.B. Hunt Transport Services 11-19-2017 Source: #Tesla electric S...
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Usa's Lowest #solar Power Price
Nov 10 2017 05:50 PM | eds in Green Energy
NV Energy, (owned by Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway) . . . Apple, to power to its Sparks, Nevada data center with, . . . the lowest overall price for solar power in the USA, . . . 3.24¢/kWh, and . . . 3.42¢/kWh for 25 year terms. 11-10-2017 Source...
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#offshore Wind: Usa & Denmark
Nov 09 2017 04:40 PM | eds in Green Energy
Denmark, and U.S.A., to Collaborate on . . . Expansion of Offshore Wind Power While Denmark is a small country, . . . it is a superpower when it comes to wind energy. In the early phases of the collaboration, the . . . 2 countries will share knowledge...
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#tesla Problem: Battery Assembly Line?
Nov 09 2017 03:00 PM | eds in Green Energy
Tesla pushed back its target for volume production on its new . . . Model 3 sedan by about 3 months, . . . saying it was difficult to predict . . . how long it would take to fix production bottlenecks. “Tesla had also said that the main constraint was...
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#solarpower Europe: 30% Growth
Oct 28 2017 12:55 PM | eds in Green Energy
SolarPower Europe, predicts . . . that global solar market demand will reach . . . 100 gigawatts for the first time ever this year, a . . . 30% growth from 2016 levels. China alone, . . . will likely add more than . . . 50 GW for 2017. In just 2 1/2...
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#tesla: Batteries
Oct 27 2017 10:50 PM | eds in Green Energy
Imported Oil VS Solar + Batteries #Tesla: Batteries
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#wind: Norway
Oct 27 2017 01:35 PM | eds in Green Energy
Norway! . . . Siemens Gamesa, is to supply turbines totalling . . . 281MW to the Nordlicht wind farm: . . . . . . 47 on the Kvitfjell mountain, and . . . . . . 21 on the Raudfjell mountain. 10-27-2017 Source: #Wind: Norway
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#solar Vs Air Pollution
Oct 25 2017 01:40 PM | eds in Green Energy
China, is currently on track to install close to . . . 50 GW worth of solar energy in 2017, nearly . . . 1/2 the total global demand, but, Princeton University says that China’s severe . . . air pollution is “significantly reducing” the country’s solar...
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#madison County, New York: 70%
Oct 21 2017 07:20 PM | eds in Green Energy
Madison County, New York, . . . 70% Solar government complex powered by . . . 7,500 ground-mounted solar panels, produce more than . . . 2.8 million kilowatts of renewable energy every year. That reduces greenhouse gases, and . . . it’s going to get t...
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#google: 100% Green Energy?
Oct 14 2017 01:20 PM | eds in Green Energy
Google, announced that, . . . all of its data centers, and offices, will be powered by . . . 100% renewable energy by 2018. 10-14-2017 Source: #Google: 100% Green Energy?
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#solar: Colorado
Oct 11 2017 01:15 PM | eds in Green Energy
Colorado Springs Utilities' plan to . . . decommission Martin Drake Power Plant will not change, . . . as contract negotiations continue for . . . 100 more megawatts of renewable solar energy, . . . that is part of its "Energy Vision" plan....
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#solar Shipping Container
Oct 08 2017 08:35 PM | eds in Green Energy
Ecosphere Technologies designed a mobile solar station, . . . that can be installed anywhere in the world. It can create, and store energy, . . . with a wireless connectivity to a range of . . . 30 miles. The pop-up panels provide . . . 400% more energ...
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#energy Efficiency: Top 5 States
Oct 06 2017 01:55 PM | eds in Green Energy
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), Ranked: . . . . . . 1) Massachusetts, . . . . . . 2) California, . . . . . . 3) Rhode Island, . . . . . . 4) Vermont, and . . . . . . 5) Oregon, . . . the top 5 States for Energy efficiency. 10...
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#wind: $66.9 Billion
Oct 06 2017 12:25 PM | eds in Green Energy
American Electric Power’s (AEP) is investing . . . $4.5 billion in Invenergy’s . . . 2 GW Wind Catcher project in the Oklahoma Panhandle, that will have . . . 800 turbines, connected to population centers via a . . . 350-mile, high-voltage power l...
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