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What Is "community Solar"
Nov 19 2015 02:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, . . . about 1/2 of all electric customers, can't install solar panels because: . . . . . . they don't own their building, . . . . . . don't get enough sun, or . . . . . . don't have a large, s...
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What If Electric Cars Were The Norm?
Nov 18 2013 07:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
What If Electric Cars Were the Norm and . . . Gasoline Cars Tried to Enter the Market? 2013-11-18 Source: What If
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What If 7 Billion People Lived As Well As You?
Aug 31 2012 01:05 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
How much land . . . would the 7 Billion people on this earth need, . . . if they want to live like you? Source: world-population-hits-7-billion greenprophet persquaremile
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What Fukushima Taught Residents Of Japan
Sep 11 2015 10:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
After the devastation of the Tsunami, and nuclear meltdown in Mach 2011, . . . Japan became painfully aware of the importance of both safety, and . . . maintaining a steady supply of electricity. The combination of a PV system and battery storage . . ....
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What Can African's Afford, That You Can Not?
Jun 28 2012 07:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Renewable energy installations come with an upfront cost that poor communities in Africa and Asia cannot afford. People spend the little that they earn immediately with no real savings, throwing them into a vicious circle of using dirty fuels like kero...
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What Are #renewable Energy Zones?
Apr 16 2018 12:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC), . . . has released a discussion paper, . . . on bundling future renewable energy power, together into zones, to: . . . . . . reduce the costs of new transmission infrastructure needed, . . . . . . manag...
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West Australian Grid "death Spiral"
Jan 30 2014 03:15 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Synergy, the West Australian, . . . Government-owned electricity and gas retailer, just merged with the . . . Government owned generator Verve Energy, . . . revealed this week, that the gap between consumer bills and . . . the cost of delivery through...
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We're #1
May 06 2015 09:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Today, USA is number one in: . . . . . . Oil and gas . . . . . . Wind power, and . . . every 3 weeks, we bring online as much solar power, . . . as we did in all of 2008. 05-06-2015 Source: We're #1
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Watch Oil Rig Count, Collapse In Seconds
Jul 01 2016 12:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Animation shows the deployment of Oil rigs over . . . 5 years, culminating in the collapse of . . . 75% of the rigs. 7-1-2016 Source: Watch Oil rig count, Collapse in Seconds
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Wasted Capital And Stranded Assets
Jul 14 2015 02:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Where are the Worlds Stranded Assets: . . . Coal is centered in Pacific and Eastern regions, . . . Oil is centered in Northern and Western regions Company valuation, and credit ratings methodologies, . . . do not typically inform investors about their...
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Washington State Broadband Grants
Mar 30 2012 05:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
We see broadband as one of those essential pieces of infrastructure, . . . that help take full advantage of the benefits of . . . . . . e-government, . . . . . . tele-health, . . . . . . distance learning, and . . . . . . make economic develop...
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Warehouse Robotics
Jan 02 2017 09:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
In December 2014, Amazon installed almost . . . 15,000 robots in its US warehouse to: . . . . . . cut operation cost by 1/5, . . . . . . compete with the brick and mortar stores, . . . . . . to deliver items to customers on time, . . . . . . at...
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War: Profits Vs Climate
May 02 2012 03:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
"Profit" Clean Energy Switch to Cost Fossil Industry $4 Trillion by 2020.
"Climate" change is going to wreck us, warns International Energy Agency (IEA).
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Walmart "wave" Truck
Jan 29 2015 07:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
WAVE (Walmart Advanced Vehicle Experience) concept truck, . . . as part of a broader push to incorporate sustainability, . . . into the megastore’s operations. WAVE’s trailer is made out of carbon fiber, . . . which reduced the weight of the big rig b...
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Walks & Talks Like A Tax, Then It Is A Tax...
Jun 28 2012 06:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Supreme Court The federal government can NOT, . . . order people to buy health insurance, . . . but can TAX those without health insurance. Source: Health Tax
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Wal-Mart Solar
Oct 26 2013 02:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Nations and companies face rising competition for strategic resources,. . . . . . energy, . . . . . . food, . . . . . . water, . . . . . . materials and . . . . . . technologies that make best use of them. That's sustainability. It's about the...
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Wake Up, And Smell The Coffee
Dec 11 2014 09:15 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
A UN economic study of climate risks says, Latin America—is in trouble. . . . Just a couple of degrees more warming, . . . . . . could devastate the region’s coffee production, . . . . . . leaving poor farmers with no income, . . . . . . cafés with no...
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Volkswagen’S: #electrify America Program
Apr 19 2018 01:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
As part of its settlement agreement with the US government, . . . in relation to the diesel vehicle emissions scandal, . . . Volkswagen was ordered to put . . . $2 billion into the development of, . . . electric vehicle charging stations throughou...
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Virtual Power Plant: New York
Jun 15 2016 10:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Consolidated Edison is launching a pilot program, . . . 300 homes with a combined total of . . . 1.8 megawatts of solar capacity, and batteries that can store up to . . . 4 megawatt-hours of electricity, enough to run . . . 300 average U.S. households...
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Verticalization?
Aug 05 2014 10:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Verticalization, means that a company owns the: . . . supply chain, or . . . parts of the supply chain, for the product it sells. Depending on how vertically integrated it is, it can own everything, . . . from a product’s basic parts, . . . to its asse...
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Vermont, Green Mountain Power
Feb 27 2016 02:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
A wind, 21-turbine project generated enough electricity to power, . . . 26,700 homes for a year, in 2015. 5 Northeast Kingdom towns, will receive more than, . . . $201,000 this month, from this wind generation. . . . Payments are made annually, a...
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Vermont Renewable Energy: Not In My Backyard
Jan 23 2016 02:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Opponents of large-scale wind projects, . . . gathered in the Statehouse on Wednesday, . . . to cheer on a push to ban “industrial wind” in Vermont, and . . . to give communities more say in what happens with local energy developments. The rapid expan...
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Vehicles: Electric Improves Economey
Mar 12 2015 08:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Electric Cars Could: . . . . . . Cut UK Fuel Imports By 40%, . . . . . . Save drivers about $1500 a year in fuel costs, . . . . . . Create a 47% drop in carbon emissions by 2030, . . . . . . Eliminate nitrogen oxide and particulates by mid-century...
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Utility: Fears Ev's 'disruptive Load'
Jul 24 2013 11:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Utilities such as Toronto Hydro are scrambling to ensure the aging grid, . . . can cope with the extra load from a growing fleet of electric vehicles. Decades old transformers, really can't handle the load when you plug in . . . electric vehicles,...
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Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development On Publi...
Oct 12 2012 09:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today . . . finalized a program for spurring development of solar energy on public lands . . . in 6 western states: . . . . . . Arizona, . . . . . .California, . . . . . .Colorado, . . . . . .Nevada, . . . . . .New...
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