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#private Car Growth = Zero
Oct 25 2017 01:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Singapore, . . . plans to limit the number of private cars on its streets, to the . . . 600,000 currently in use starting in 2018. The problem is, . . . Singapore has no room to put any more cars. . . . Roads already account for 12% of the total area...
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#grid Resilience: Is That Important?
Oct 24 2017 06:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Resilience, . . . is the electric grid’s ability, . . . to bounce back after a disruptive event, such as a . . . . . . Severe storm, . . . . . . Fuel disruption, or a . . . . . . Cyberattack. The greater the grid’s level of resilience, . . . the less s...
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#renewables Vs Hurricane
Oct 23 2017 11:45 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
More than a month after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico: . . . . . . power, . . . . . . food, and . . . . . . water can be tough to find, for nearly, . . . 80% of the island. A solar power array, which laid flat on the ground, . . . remained ma...
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#puerto Rico: Communications
Oct 22 2017 06:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Googles, Balloons, called HBAL199, and HBAL237 are more than . . . 60,000 feet (18,000 meters) above Puerto Rico, enabling: . . . . . . Texts, . . . . . . Emails, and . . . . . . Basic web access.and are . . . Solar-powered, so only provide Communicati...
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#hurricanes: Calls For Renewables
Oct 21 2017 05:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The destructive impacts of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, . . . have been felt across the Caribbean islands, and beyond. Puerto Rico, . . . 85% of citizens are still without power. British Virgin Islands, . . . key generation, and distribution infrastructu...
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#follow The Money: Banks
Oct 21 2017 05:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Follow the Money: . . . . . . Citi, . . . . . . JPMorgan Chase, . . . . . . Bank of America, . . . . . . Morgan Stanley, . . . . . . UBS et all unleash . . . $Trillions in smart energy plays . . . across a broad portfolio of solutions in: . . . ....
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#virtual Power Plant: Arizona Project
Oct 20 2017 03:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Arizona project — a clean energy, . . . 2,900 homes designed to act as a . . . Virtual Power Plant. Mandalay Homes, a leading green builder, . . . located in Prescott, Arizona, . . . the Jasper master planned community will include, . . . solar-plus-s...
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#fukushima Vs Restarting Nuclear Plants?
Oct 19 2017 02:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Japan debate's, . . . when to bring N-plants back online. How should the stable supply of electricity, . . . which underpins people’s daily lives, be maintained? The pros and cons of utilizing nuclear power generation, . . . have become a major fo...
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#follow The Money: Electricity Cost?
Oct 19 2017 02:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
You don't know what you've LOST, . . . till it's GONE! What does the LOSE of Electricity mean to you? . . . To some it's a: . . . . . . nuisance, . . . . . . an economic burden, or . . . . . . even lethal. What do you think, . . ....
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#puerto Rico: Dynamically Energising
Oct 19 2017 01:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Puerto Rico needs to protect: . . . . . . drinking water, and wastewater treatment, . . . . . . fuel transport and storage, . . . . . . electricity generation, . . . . . . electric grids, . . . . . . pursue measures to improve energy efficiency and . ....
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#tesla In Puerto Rico
Oct 17 2017 10:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Category 4 hurricane Maria, . . . made landfall in Puerto Rico, 3 weeks ago, more than . . . 80% of the island is still without power. The storm damaged all facets of how power is: . . . . . . generated, . . . . . . transmitted, and . . . . . . distri...
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#puerto Rico
Oct 16 2017 09:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Puerto Rico’s Governor Aims for . . . 95% Power Restoration by December. The effort to restore power, . . . will largely be driven by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, . . . which has been patching up, and rebuilding . . . the island’s infrastructure...
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#china
Oct 16 2017 07:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
China expects to solve the problem of renewable energy, . . . going to waste by 2020. National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said, . . . it would issue subsidies to energy storage companies. 10-16-2017 Source: #China
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#ev Charging: Western Europe’S Largest
Oct 16 2017 07:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Royal Dutch Shell, bought NewMotion, . . . which operates one of Western Europe’s largest, . . . EV charging networks. Shell is introducing fast charging points, . . . at its gasoline and diesel stations. 10-16-2017 Source: #EV charging: Western Eur...
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#france
Oct 16 2017 06:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Total & Erg, . . . looking to sell off, . . . around 2,600 gas/petrol service stations . . . because Of investor worries about . . . growing electric vehicle market. Enel, the largest utility firm in Italy, recently announced a . . . €300 millio...
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#australia
Oct 16 2017 06:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Australia's household power prices rose . . . 63% in past decade, . . . 48% was for poles and wires. Lack of competition is behind, . . . severe electricity affordability problem. 10-16-2017 Source: #Australia
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#wind: Uk
Oct 16 2017 05:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
UK electricity cost per megawatt-hour (MWh): . . . £57.50 for wind, . . . £92.50 for Hinkley nuclear power station. 10-16-2017 Source: #Wind: UK
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#follow The Money: $50 Billion Loan
Oct 14 2017 01:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Congress approved a . . . $5 billion loan to Puerto Rico. 90% of it's power grid, has not been restored, since . . . Hurricane Maria struck last month. 10-14-2017 Source: #Follow the Money: $50 Billion Loan
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#solar: Regulatory & Legal Roadblocks
Oct 13 2017 03:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Regulatory and legal roadblocks, . . . forced solar advocates in Keene to develop, . . . a comprehensive framework for adding a . . . 43-kilowatt rooftop array to Monadnock Food Co-op, . . . when they began exploring its options in 2013, . . . communit...
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#renewable Energy: Corporations
Oct 11 2017 01:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
What motivate's companies to purchase renewables? . . . 65% of the corporations report that, . . . MONEY, (energy price) was the leading criteria. Renewable energy, can be a hedge against, . . . rising, and variable costs of fossil fuels. 10-11-20...
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#follow The Money: Coal
Oct 10 2017 05:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Regulations, are NOT Waging a War on Coal, . . . Economics is! The fundamental economics, . . . around coal-fired electricity, have not changed, and . . . rolling back the Clean Power Plan . . . isn’t going to change that. 10-10-2017 Source: #Fo...
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#follow The Money: Tesla & Puerto Rico
Oct 08 2017 01:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
With the island’s electrical system still in shambles from Hurricane Maria, . . . Puerto Rico has taken a step closer to revamping its power grid, . . . using Tesla solar technology, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said Saturday. They also spoke about using Tes...
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#follow The Money: $5.5 Trillion Dollars
Oct 08 2017 12:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
40 Catholic institutions, . . . announcing their divestment from the . . . fossil fuel industry, and its ancillaries, is thought to be about . . . $5.5 trillion. 10-8-2017 Source: #Follow the Money: $5.5 Trillion Dollars
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#follow The Money: $8 Billion
Oct 07 2017 01:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Australian Clean Energy Council Chief Executive Kane Thornton said . . . 41 renewable energy projects, will deliver over . . . 4330MW of new capacity, have been committed in 2017, creating an . . . $8 billion investment, and approximately . . . 46...
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#follow The Money: European Investment Bank
Oct 07 2017 01:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
New Delhi: The European Investment Bank, . . . today inked a partnership agreement with . . . International Solar Alliance, for an . . . 800 million euro financial aid to support . . . India's clean energy project. Solar power has huge potential,...
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