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Florida: #renewables
Feb 17 2018 10:15 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
NextEra Energy Inc. is a major American electricity generator, with . . . 47 GW of capacity, it's driving renewables growth through: . . . . . . corporate PPAs, . . . . . . wholesale sales, or . . . . . . within its regulated power utility in Flori...
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Germany: Large-Scale #battery Storage
Feb 16 2018 07:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Germany, has more than . . . 50,000 storage projects, and now have a . . . 1 MW+ lithium-ion battery, . . . in the heart of the remote community of Bruck, . . . located in the German state of Bavaria . . . to provide grid stabilization, for the . . ....
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Usa: Market Barriers Removed For #energy Storage
Feb 16 2018 06:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
U.S.A. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), . . . have removed all market barriers to electric storage. This means operators can dispatch power, . . . from multiple storage systems, . . . including batteries. The decision could see a fall in...
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‘Demand Flexibility’ Renewables Could Save Bill...
Feb 15 2018 02:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
‘Demand flexibility,' . . . is Rocky Mountain Institute’s (RMI), term for the capability of: . . . . . . water heaters, . . . . . . air conditioners, . . . . . . plug-in electric vehicles, and . . . . . . other loads, . . . to provide a massive set...
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Australia: Buys Another Big #battery
Feb 14 2018 01:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Tesla, fresh from the success of its newly opened big battery in South Australia, . . . has joined 18 other groups, . . . competing for the right to build another big battery, . . . this time in the Northern Territory. The government-owned utility Ter...
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Will #microgrids Change Civilization?
Feb 09 2018 05:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
“I would say, . . . the microgrid should be an integral part of city planning departments. . . . As they go through the permitting of development, . . . they should really look at the energy aspect of it, as well,” https://www.youtube....h?v=S6bHmlqKec...
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No Paris Agreement = No Trade Agreement
Feb 06 2018 12:00 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
French foreign affairs minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, . . . told his country’s parliament that . . . “The US knows what to expect,” and . . . that if the US does not rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement, . . . there can be no trade deal. 2-6-2018 Sourc...
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India: $21 Billion Budget For #solar
Feb 03 2018 02:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The scheme will have 4 components: . . . . . . 10,000-mw solar plants on barren lands, and . . . . . . incentivising discoms to buy produced electricity, . . . . . . 17.5 lakh solar pumps distributed, . . . . . . solarising exisiting pumps of 7250-mw...
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Chile: #coal
Feb 02 2018 03:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
When France, or the UK, phase out Coal, . . . it's fair to point out, . . . that they don't use very much any way, But, when Chile does it, that's . . . "the beginning of the end of coal," because, It currently gets between . . . 3...
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Ireland: Wants 40% #renewable Energy
Feb 01 2018 02:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
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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Is Usa #energy Production Changing?
Jan 29 2018 02:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
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 Economy & Politics
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 Economy & Politics
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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#batteries Decide Energy Usage?
Jan 27 2018 02:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
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 Economy & Politics
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 Economy & Politics
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 Economy & Politics
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 Economy & Politics
$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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$13.5 Trillion #gdp: China, Hong Kong...
Jan 21 2018 08:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
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 Economy & Politics
“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 Economy & Politics
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 Economy & Politics
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 Economy & Politics
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 Economy & Politics
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 Economy & Politics
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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