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Economy & Politics
Follow The Money: #climate Action
Mar 05 2018 01:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
US Utilities: . . . . . . DTE Energy, . . . . . . Consumers Energy, . . . . . . Duke Energy, and . . . . . . many other utilities are committing to cutting emissions, . . . Because, solar and wind energy are cheaper, and . . . getting cheaper all the t...
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Global #internet Satellites
Mar 04 2018 08:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Traditional communications satellites operate at an altitude of about . . . 22,000 miles. Satellites in low-earth trajectories operate (LEO), . . . 200 to 1,200 miles above Earth, and orbit it roughly every . . . 90 minutes. The LEO satellites will ne...
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Chicago: #microgrid Cluster
Mar 03 2018 02:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
ComEd Wins Approval for the . . . 1st utility-scale microgrid cluster in the nation, a . . . $25 million project, expected to demonstrate, . . . an eventual retooling of today’s centralized electric system, into a . . . "Grid-of-Microgrids....
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#renewables: Could Meet 80% Of Us Demand
Feb 28 2018 02:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Miami: Wind and solar power could meet . . . 80% of US demand for electricity, . . . as long as improvements are made in, . . . transmission, and storage, researchers said. Until a few years ago, . . . these renewable energy sources were thought, . ....
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India: To Buy 10,000 Electric Cars
Feb 28 2018 01:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
India's Government-owned Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), . . . has announced that it will procure . . . 10,000 electric cars through a global tender, . . . to supply them to the government of Andhra Pradesh. EESL has already given order...
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Arctic: #climate Change
Feb 26 2018 01:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The Arctic is changing. . . . Temperatures are increasing twice as fast as the global average, and . . . sea ice is retreating quicker than predicted. Warmer temperatures, and declining sea ice, . . . pulls foreign animals, and plants to the Arctic, ....
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#tesla Semi Trucks: Payback 1.5 Years
Feb 25 2018 02:20 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
DHL thinks that, the period of time, . . . that it takes to pay off the difference in initial costs, . . . as compared to a conventional diesel semi truck, . . . before net savings kick in, would be under . . . 1.5 years, based on cost savings on: . ....
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California: #battery Revenue Stacking
Feb 19 2018 03:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The value of a front-of-meter battery energy storage system in California, . . . could double, or even treble, . . . by adding more than one revenue stream to a project. The rule making proposal also adheres to . . . 3 guiding principles: . . . . . ....
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Con Edison: Tesla Batteries?
Feb 19 2018 02:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
“Stacking” battery storage uses, . . . to capture the benefits from a number of value streams: . . . . . . Transmission Capacity, . . . . . . Distribution Capacity, . . . . . . Spin, . . . . . . Energy, . . . . . . Frequency Regulation, and . . . . . ....
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Australia: "stunned" By Low #renewable...
Feb 17 2018 11:10 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Powershop, owned by New Zealand’s biggest utility Meridian Energy, . . . had been seeking around . . . 300GWh of wind, and solar capacity, but, because of the low prices, it has signed up for nearly . . . 800GWh, and the PPAs last until 2030. 2-17-201...
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