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Kentucky: #solar Merry-Go-Round
Mar 13 2018 01:35 PM | eds in Green Energy
Louisville, Kentucky (a state still largely powered by coal) . . . solar panels will be prominently featured near the front of the zoo, . . . on top of a pavilion that shades the carousel. About 865,000 people are expected to visit the zoo this year,...
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#tesla Model 3 Air Vents
Mar 13 2018 02:35 AM | eds in Green Energy
Anytime you move the air direction in the touch screen, . . . carefully calculated ratios of air pressure, and . . . special fluid dynamics are in play between . . . 2 intersecting vents. Here's how it works! https://www.youtube....h?v=hXxBtU-...
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#tesla Model 3 Motor?
Mar 13 2018 01:15 AM | eds in Green Energy
Tesla Model 3 motor is a PMSRM, . . .( Permanent Magnet Switched Reluctance Motor ): . . . . . . simple, . . . . . . efficient, . . . . . . compact, . . . . . . powerful, and . . . . . . inexpensive, . . . powers a: . . . . . . 3800 lb vehicle to . . ....
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Follow The Money: #solar Funding
Mar 10 2018 02:10 PM | eds in Green Energy
The European Investment Bank, provided, . . . $1.29 billion in new funding for global solar projects in 2017, . . . the most finance it has provided in one year for the sector. “Solar power is providing clean energy for . . . millions of people a...
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Follow The #money: Farmers
Mar 07 2018 01:40 PM | eds in Green Energy
Michigan farmers, praise wind power. Huron and Gratiot County farmers, . . . with wind energy on their land, . . . help provide diversified funding streams, and . . . are twice as likely to continue investing in their homes, and property, . . . as far...
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India: #ev Charging At Railway Stations
Mar 06 2018 12:30 AM | eds in Green Energy
Indian Railways has more than . . . 7,000 stations across the country, is planning to set up . . . 5 gigawatts of solar power capacity, including at least . . . 3 gigawatts of utility-scale capacity on surplus land. These solar power projects may power...
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Katowice, Poland: Buying 300 #electric Bus's
Mar 05 2018 01:35 PM | eds in Green Energy
Katowice Metropolis is not just a city. . . . In fact, it is a just established conurbation of . . . 41 cities, and communes. Part of the arrangement is that, . . . Katowice Metropolis will run tests on, . . . the efficiency of the electric buses, and...
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Space Based #solar Power
Mar 04 2018 09:50 PM | eds in Green Energy
John Mankins, the author of the book, "The Case for Space Solar Power," . . . estimates that if the launch price came down to about . . . $400 per kilogram, . . . then space-based solar power, . . . would be cost-competitive with terrestri...
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Jamaica: Renewable 24.5-Mw #microgrid
Mar 03 2018 01:35 PM | eds in Green Energy
Jamaica, is located about . . . 500 miles southeast of Cuba, and it's: . . . . . . hotels, . . . . . . restaurants, and . . . . . . homes, rely heavily on imported fossil fuel, . . . which is costly, and . . . subject to volatile prices. Jamaica P...
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#solar: Gregadoo, New South Wales
Feb 28 2018 02:10 PM | eds in Green Energy
A 90 hectare solar farm, with . . . 122,000 solar panels, generating . . . 47 megawatt, capable of powering . . . 15,000 households a year, costing . . . $30 million has been proposed. 2-28-2018 Source: #Solar: Gregadoo, New South Wales
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#battery Storage
Feb 26 2018 02:05 PM | eds in Green Energy
GTM Research’s Energy Storage Monitor report, . . . for the fourth quarter of 2017, . . . storage is the fastest growing segment of the solar market. GTM Research, . . . sees battery storage growing nearly . . . tenfold in the next 5 years, from . . ....
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Hawaii's Largest #solar + Storage System
Feb 23 2018 01:50 PM | eds in Green Energy
Lawai solar and energy storage project, Hawaii, . . . 28 megawatt solar photovoltaic system, and . . . 100 megawatt-hour energy storage component, which will deliver, . . . up to 5 hours of peak power. At 11 cents per kWh, . . . the pricing is well b...
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Vehicle To #grid (V2G)
Feb 15 2018 08:20 PM | eds in Green Energy
Since private automobiles are only in use about . . . 5% of the time during a normal day, . . . so they could be connected to the grid the other . . . 95% of the time. That would allow them to act like a lot of small grid storage batteries, . . . accep...
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Providence, Rhode Island #health Problems
Feb 11 2018 01:45 PM | eds in Green Energy
Climate-change concerns, tied to a proposal, . . . to expand fossil-fuel infrastructure along the city’s industrial waterfront, . . . have mostly been met with reassures, . . . that the natural-gas tank, . . . will be elevated enough, to withstand proj...
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#electric Solo
Feb 07 2018 08:40 PM | eds in Green Energy
Electra Meccanica SOLO, . . . an electric car built for "the . . . 90% of drivers traveling without passengers." With a promised range of . . . 100 miles, a top speed of about . . . 80mph, and a recharge time of between . . . 3 and 6 hours, htt...
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Cheaper: Better #energy?
Feb 07 2018 01:30 PM | eds in Green Energy
Xcel Energy, . . . is a utility company with millions of electric customers, . . . in the middle of the country, from Texas to Michigan. In booming Colorado, the company asked for proposals, . . . to construct big power plants, . . . using wind turbine...
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Vietnam: $3 Billion #solar
Feb 06 2018 09:00 PM | eds in Green Energy
“Vietnam always needs more power, . . . every year, for its expanding economy.” Thien Tan Group plans to build . . . 5 large solar power plants at a cost of . . . $2 billion by 2020. A tourism conglomerate, also plans to spend up to . . ....
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Eu: Offshore #wind Energy Grows 25%
Feb 06 2018 08:45 PM | eds in Green Energy
Installed offshore wind capacity in Europe grew . . . 25% last year to . . . 15.8GW. There are now more than . . . 4000 offshore wind turbines operating across . . . 11 countries in Europe. offshore wind in Europe remains “heavily concentrated,“ . ....
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Zero #energy America
Feb 05 2018 03:00 PM | eds in Green Energy
Zero Energy America Part 1 https://www.youtube....h?v=ErGKr9YleLo Zero Energy America Part 2 https://www.youtube....h?v=jZAuiu_KjBU
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#renewable Ski Resorts
Feb 05 2018 02:40 PM | eds in Green Energy
Lake Tahoe’s Squaw Valley ski resort, and Alpine Meadows, plan to go . . . 100% renewable by the end of this year, and . . . get a cleaner, more reliable and resilient grid, . . . all at no added cost. Their Utilities, will supply the ski resorts wit...
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Indonesia: Watermill #electricity
Feb 04 2018 02:20 PM | eds in Green Energy
Farmer builds watermill, to give . . . 600 homes cheap electricity, . . . that the power company couldn't. (Video) 2-4-2018 Source: Indonesia: watermill #electricity
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Alaska: #renewable Energies
Feb 03 2018 02:05 PM | eds in Green Energy
Anyone with a computer. or smart phone. .. . has instant, speed-of-light access from anywhere in the world, . . . to all the accumulated knowledge, and information, . . .of thousands of years of civilization. Truly revolutionary, . . . but it happened,...
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#energy Sails: Ocean-Going Cargo Ships
Feb 01 2018 02:15 PM | eds in Green Energy
Coastal, and ocean going cargo ships, . . . are a major source of global carbon emissions. Japanese, Eco Marine Power, . . . plans to equip ocean-going cargo ships with, . . . "Energy Sails"(rigid sails embedded with solar panels), and . . . s...
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Usa 2017: $11 Billion #wind Investment
Jan 31 2018 02:00 PM | eds in Green Energy
American Wind Energy Association, reported that, . . . 7,017 MW of new wind capacity in 2017, bringing the country's total to . . . 89,077 MW, with a . . . 66% reduction in wind costs since 2009, and . . . further innovation and savings expected....
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$6 Billion Of Offshore #wind
Jan 30 2018 07:20 PM | eds in Green Energy
New York Staters, . . . are looking at hundreds of offshore turbines, with a capacity of . . . 2,400 megawatts, and a . . . $6 billion industry employing . . . 5,000 people, with a . . . $200 million energy transmission, and storage proposal...
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