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#china: Cars
Sep 11 2017 12:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
China is currently, . . . the world's 2nd-largest oil consumer, . . . after the US. China made 28 million cars last year, almost . . . 1/3 of the global total, and China looks at plans to ban, . . . petrol and diesel cars. China wants electric b...
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#hurricane Irma: Tampa
Sep 10 2017 02:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
You may think that the most vulnerable city in United States to a hurricane is: . . . . . . New Orleans, or . . . . . . Houston, or . . . . . . Miami. But studies say Tampa tops them all. Washington Post concluded that, . . . “the area is due for a ma...
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#100 Gigawatts By 2020
Sep 08 2017 12:00 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
An Indian government’s think tank, and . . . the agency responsible for long-term planning, . . . have set a renewable energy milestone of , . . . 100 gigawatts by 2020. 9-8-2017 Source: #100 Gigawatts By 2020
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#utilities: Follow The Money
Sep 08 2017 01:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Australia’s corporate heavyweights, Telstra and Macquarie Group, , , , are looking to build new solar, and wind farms in Australia, . . . showing that investment, is moving beyond the world of utilities. This has Australian utilities, . . . taking an...
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#hurricane Harvey: Who Pays The Bill?
Sep 04 2017 12:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said, . . . the bill for reconstruction after Hurricane Harvey, . . . could be as high as . . . $180 Billion. The head of the government's disaster management agency has warned, . . . that flood-hit states, . ....
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#virtual Power Plants: 1/2 Price
Sep 03 2017 11:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
VPPs are the latest thing in power generation, . . . because, Lithium-ion battery costs are nearly, . . . 1/2 of what they were in 2014. The U.S. energy storage market just had its best quarter in history. . . . In the first quarter 2017, installers b...
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#houston: Are You Listening?
Sep 03 2017 12:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Washington D.C., he nation’s capital . . . becomes the first city in the world to earn the coveted LEED status, . . . thanks in large part to its commitment to installing solar. In the past 2 years, . . . the city has installed solar on the roofs of :...
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#virtual Power Plants: Evolving
Aug 31 2017 09:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
It's been almost a decade since German utility RWE, . . . piloted one of the first virtual power plants, made up of . . . 9 small hydro facilities networked, . . . to deliver power to the transmission grid. The world of virtual power plants (VPPs)...
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#houston's: "100-Year" Flood Plan?
Aug 31 2017 01:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The 100-year floodplain used by, . . . Federal Emergency Management Agency, and . . . local governments has become obsolete, . . . in a city such as Houston, Because, Harvey is Houston's third "500-year" flood, . . . in just the last 3 year...
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#coal: British Power Generation %
Aug 27 2017 06:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
In April, . . . the UK ran without coal for a full day, . . . for the first time, in 135 years. Coal generation to UK in July, by year: . . . . . . 2015 = 23%, . . . . . . 2016 = 9%, . . . . . . 2017 = 2%. 8-27-2017 Source: #Coal: British power gene...
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#hurricane Vs Vital Energy Hub
Aug 26 2017 01:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The U.S. Gulf of Mexico is home to almost . . . 1/5 of total U.S. oil output, according to the EIA. Not only will the storm limit the Gulf Coast's ability to refine oil, . . . but it's already shut down the flow of oil shipments in, and out ....
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#gigafactory: Australia’S
Aug 19 2017 12:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Energy Renaissance, Darwin, Australia, . . . has received support from the Northern Territory government, for its proposed . . . 1GWh lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant. It also claims the batteries produced at its Darwin plant, will have the:...
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#battery: Taiwan Follow The Money
Aug 18 2017 02:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Taiwan recently suffered from a massive blackout, . . . that affected millions of households on the island, . . . resulted in millions in damages, and . . . ended up with the economy minister resigning. Taiwan’s power outages came after . . . governme...
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#climate Change
Aug 18 2017 01:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The small Louisiana town of Cameron, . . . could be the first in the US to be fully submerged by rising sea levels, . . . and yet locals, 90% of whom voted for Trump, . . . still aren’t convinced about climate change. The population of Cameron dropped...
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#low-Income Community Solar
Aug 15 2017 07:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Colorado, partnership between: . . . . . . Colorado Energy Office, . . . . . . GRID Alternatives, and . . . . . . Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association, . . . will work to develop the United States’ largest, . . . low-income community solar project,...
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#canada’S Oil
Aug 14 2017 12:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Since oil prices collapsed in 2014, . . . Canada has lost more than . . . 40,000 jobs in: . . . . . . oil, . . . . . . gas, and . . . . . . related industries. In Alberta, which produces about 80% of Canada's oil, . . . renewable energy capacity i...
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#jobs: New Ones This Year
Aug 07 2017 06:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
New jobs created in 2017: . . 400 = Coal Miners, 15,000 = Wind, 50,000 = Solar. 8-7-2017 Source: #jobs: new ones this year
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#flash Droughts
Aug 06 2017 01:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Flash Drought, . . . In US High Plains, . . . May Have Already Destroyed . . . 1/2 Of This Year’s Wheat Crop. Considering that the Montana and Dakota region, . . . is now one of the top wheat-growing regions in the world, . . . the damage is very nota...
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#economic & Environmental Challenge
Aug 06 2017 01:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Reality Check: . . . We can't turn back time, . . . on Climate Change. The environment, . . . is not the partisan issue, . . . it’s often made out to be. Leaders across the political spectrum, . . . recognize this is the . . . Critical Economic, a...
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#follow The Money: Jpmorgan Chase
Jul 29 2017 06:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
JPMorgan Chase, (New York banking giant) . . . announced Friday, it plans to switch all its facilities to . . . 100% renewable power, . . . by 2020. 7-29-2017 Source: #Follow the Money: JPMorgan Chase
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#battery Institute: Uk
Jul 24 2017 05:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
UK will set up a “battery institute,” . . . to award hundreds of millions of pounds, . . . to companies on the brink of major research, and . . . development breakthroughs. The rapidly falling cost of battery power, . . . is expected to radically chan...
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#follow The Money: £19 Trillion
Jul 22 2017 12:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Stephanie Pfeifer, . . . CEO of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change said, . . . “It’s vital the UK Government, . . . embeds within its industrial strategy, and . . . the clean growth plan, . . . a detailed, and ambitious policy framewor...
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#fossil Fuels Are Dead
Jul 21 2017 01:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
US railroad company CSX, . . . is not planning to buy new locomotives to haul additional coal, The fleet has been trimmed by . . . 900 locomotives, and could be trimmed . . . 100 more. The workforce has lost . . . 2,300 employees, and could lose . ....
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#electric Vehicle Sales Quotas: Chinese
Jul 16 2017 08:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
China’s plans, . . . for relatively aggressive Electric Vehicle Sales Quotas, . . . are unnerving some prominent foreign auto manufacturers Foreign automakers: . . . . . . German, . . . . . . Japanese, . . . . . . American, and . . . . . . Korean, ....
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#tesla's Chinese Factory
Jul 10 2017 02:30 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Tesla Plans a Chinese Factory, . . . by setting up manufacturing facilities there, . . . the firm will be able to dodge a weighty . . . 25% import levy. 7-9-2017 Source: #Tesla's Chinese Factory
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