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Ireland: Wants 40% #renewable Energy
Feb 01 2018 02:35 PM | eds in Green Living
Ireland is estimated to have reached a renewables share in electricity of . . . 31%-33% in 2017, and it is working towards a . . . 40% Goal for 2020. 2-1-2018 Source: Ireland: wants 40% #Renewable Energy
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#climate Risks: 1/2 Us Military
Jan 31 2018 01:30 PM | eds in Green Living
Pentagon report, . . . surveyed more than 3,500 military sites around the world. About half of the military's infrastructure, . . . has been affected by extreme weather, and . . . other climate-related risks. "It's not so much whether you...
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Is Usa #energy Production Changing?
Jan 29 2018 02:00 PM | eds in Green Living
USA power production has changed: . . . . . . 866 TWh drop by Coal, . . . . . . 400 TWh up by natural gas, . . . . . . 200 TWh up by renewables, and . . . . . . 371 TWh drop by increased efficiency. 1-29-2018 Source: Is USA #Energy production changing?
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Nuclear Vs #renewabe's
Jan 29 2018 01:25 PM | eds in Green Living
Myth: We need to build more nuclear power, . . . if we want to cut electricity emissions quickly, and . . . turn off coal, and natural gas power plants. Renewables, can grow fast, because, they can be installed: . . . . . . practically everywhere, ....
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China: #ev's & Chargers
Jan 28 2018 08:40 PM | eds in Green Living
China's, . . . public energy vehicle charging points grew to . . . 214,000 in 2017. It's electric car market is now larger than, . . . all the rest of the world’s, combined. It has tens of thousands of electric buses on the road. Shenzhen al...
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#solar Sister
Jan 27 2018 05:30 PM | eds in Green Living
For Africans living in rural areas, . . . electricity is scarce, and unlikely to arrive any time soon. In rural Tanzania, just . . . 7% of people have access to power, and approximately . . . 70 million people outside of Nigeria’s cities are without el...
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#batteries Decide Energy Usage?
Jan 27 2018 02:30 PM | eds in Green Living
Prices for utility-scale, lithium-ion batteries, have dropped, . . . 80% since 2009. Batteries have long been viewed as a game changer for the power grid, . . . a technology that would make it easier to: . . . . . . manage supply, and demand, . . . ....
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Australia: #battery Turns A Profit
Jan 26 2018 02:10 PM | eds in Green Living
Tesla‘s Powerpack Project only came on stream in December, . . . but, on 2 occasions it has already stepped up to save the grid, and . . . help its owners turn a quick profit of around . . . $810,000. Tesla, and Neoen, are combining to install a...
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Fossil Fuels: 100 Years Of #subsidies
Jan 26 2018 01:45 PM | eds in Green Living
Myth: renewable energy gets subsidies whereas fossil fuels and nuclear energy don’t. Short answer: Fossil fuels, and nuclear energy, have gotten subsidies for decades. . . . Actually, fossil fuels have received government subsidies for 100 or so years...
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World’S Largest #battery Energy Storage Facility
Jan 25 2018 03:15 PM | eds in Green Living
The project has been in development as part of a . . . $2 billion repowering project in Long Beach, CA, . . . to replace aging natural gas peakers, . . . with a combination of more modern/efficient combined-cycle gas capacity, and . . . the world’...
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#electric Vehicles: Over $90 Billion
Jan 25 2018 02:20 PM | eds in Green Living
$90 Billion In Investments Into EVs & Batteries, . . . now pledged by global auto manufacturers.. Considering that the plug-in electric vehicle sector represents under . . . 1% of the total global auto market, . . . the investments make it cl...
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Wound Monitoring #app
Jan 23 2018 07:40 PM | eds in Green Living
Surgical Site Infections (SSIs), . . . are the leading cause of hospital readmission, . . . following an operation. Scientists from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, . . . have developed an experimental app known as . . . "WoundCare". In...
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$13.5 Trillion #gdp: China, Hong Kong...
Jan 21 2018 08:55 PM | eds in Green Living
GDP for 2017 is about: . . . . . . $19.7 trillion, USA, VS . . . . . . $13.5 trillion, China, Hong Kong & Macau. 1-21-2018 Source: $13.5 Trillion #GDP: China, Hong Kong & Macau
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#rocky Mountain Institute (Rmi) Report
Jan 20 2018 01:35 PM | eds in Green Living
“Demand for electricity has become flat or declining in many places, . . . so the historical expectation that sales increase, . . . is no longer the case.” Solar photovoltaics, . . . continue to eat into the old centrally-generated electric utility bus...
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U.s. Military #microgrid
Jan 19 2018 05:30 PM | eds in Green Living
Hannah Solar Government Services (HSGS) to: . . . . . . design, . . . . . . engineer, and . . . . . . construct a solar plus storage microgrid, at a . . . U.S. Army base in the Marshall Islands. The project will include: . . . . . . 8,000 ground mount...
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Car #battery Saves 66% Of Home Energy
Jan 19 2018 02:10 PM | eds in Green Living
Excess energy collected via solar panels on sunny days, and . . . stored in a fridge-sized home-battery during off-peak times, could . . . charge up an electric car, and/or . . . be sold back to the grid at peak times, . . . when demand for it, is at i...
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Follow The #money: Texas Save $1.4 Billion
Jan 18 2018 01:50 PM | eds in Green Living
15 Gigawatts of solar power, . . . may crop up in the Lone Star state in the coming years, and save, . . . $1.4 billion a year of summertime revenue spent on . . . peak price, fossil-fuel generators. 1-18-2018 Source: Follow the #Money: Texas s...
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Follow The #money: $6 Trillion In Assets
Jan 18 2018 01:10 PM | eds in Green Living
Laurence D. Fink, (founder and CEO of BlackRock), . . . controls more than, . . . $6 trillion in assets. The chief executives of most of the major business corporations in the world, . . . received a letter from Laurence Fink, . . . telling the...
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Diy: #dome Home
Jan 18 2018 12:50 PM | eds in Green Living
AirCrete, is easy to work with, . . . unlike concrete, which is hard, heavy, cold and difficult to work with. AirCrete, is: . . . . . . waterproof, . . . . . . fireproof, and . . . . . . insect proof. It offers: . . . . . . good thermal, and . . . . ....
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Middle East #power: Outlook 2035
Jan 15 2018 01:45 PM | eds in Green Living
The Middle East, . . . is expected to more than triple its share of renewable energy from . . . 5.6% in 2016 to . . . 20.6% in 2035, . . . according to a new forecast from Siemens. Will there be Batteries, in there Future? 1-15-2018 Source: Middle E...
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Australia's #energy Crisis?
Jan 15 2018 01:25 PM | eds in Green Living
Following the installation of . . . Elon Musk's 100-megawatt battery in South Australia, . . . another battery and a renewable power plant, are planned. Investment experts claim, . . . Australia's fast becoming an attractive destination for re...
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Puerto Rico: Power & Water
Jan 14 2018 01:20 PM | eds in Green Living
An estimated, . . . 1.5 million Puerto Ricans remain without power more than . . . 3 months after Hurricane Maria lashed the US territory. . . . . . . cutting communication, . . . . . . spoiling food, and life-saving medications, . . . . . . nixing acc...
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#renewable Prices
Jan 11 2018 10:00 PM | eds in Green Living
Xcel Energy, . . . reported unprecedented low bids ($30.60) for: . . . . . . wind, and . . . . . . solar, with . . . . . . storage. 1-11-2018 Source: #Renewable Prices
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Shutdown All #nuclear Plants?
Jan 10 2018 02:20 PM | eds in Green Living
The 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, , , , exposed the risks of nuclear power generation, and . . . the excessive burden placed on the public. Now 2 former Japanese prime ministers, . . . have jointly unveiled a plan for legislation, . ....
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Follow The Money: Uk #coal Cash
Jan 10 2018 02:05 PM | eds in Green Living
The UK expects all of the . . . 8 remaining coal powered generating stations in the country, . . . to be shuttered permanently by 2025, due to economic pressure on coal, . . . being ratcheted up as the UK carbon tax, . . . making coal more expensive co...
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