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#grid Resilience & National Security.
Jun 06 2018 12:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
President, ordered Energy Secretary, . . . to halt the shutdown of ailing coal, and nuclear power plants, . . . that were needed to maintain the nation’s: . . . . . . energy mix, . . . . . . grid resilience, and . . . . . . national security. 6-6-2018...
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Follow The Money: $2.2 Trillion For #energy
May 26 2018 12:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Frost & Sullivan’s, analysis of . . . 2018 Global Power Industry Outlook, says . . . Solar, to grow past Wind Energy. The report also predicts that . . . $2.2 trillion will be invested in new energy capacity through 2021, with . . . $600...
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Puerto Rico: Bottom Up #microgrids
May 25 2018 04:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Last September, Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, . . . destroying most of the island’s energy infrastructure. Puerto Ricans then had to endure the . . . largest and longest blackout in US history. A bottom up network of distributed microgrid...
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China Vs Usa: Green #energy Programs
May 13 2018 08:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
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Germany: #energy, Produced & Used Locally
May 13 2018 06:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
One remarkable feature of the German energy sector, . . . that is hardly likely to be ignored by visitors to the country, . . . is the localization of the electricity supply system. The decentralization strategy, (Die Energywende), . . . which forms th...
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Iceland: 80% #renewable Energy
May 12 2018 12:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The Icelandic government has put in place, . . . a state-financed incentive program, . . . to increase the use of electric vehicles. With, 6,000 electric cars in 2018 VS . . . 90 in 2014. https://www.youtube....1&v=ha9ViEpbZiQ 5-12-2018 Source: I...
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Follow The Money: #renewable Costs
May 10 2018 12:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Costs for solar power have fallen by 90%, . . . while the costs for wind power have fallen by 50%. “We’ve already seen huge billion-dollar plays, . . . by some of the oil majors, to get into renewables: . . . . . . Shell, . . . . . . Total, . . . . ....
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Florida: Municipal Utilities Go #solar In Big Way
May 07 2018 12:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA), announced, . . . “the largest municipal-backed solar project in the nation.” 12 cities, that will buy power from the project include: . . . . . . Alachua, . . . . . . Bartow, . . . . . . Beaches Energy Services (...
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India’S Last #electrified Village
May 06 2018 01:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, made it official, . . . tweeting that Leisang in Manipur had become “powered and empowered,” . . . as the last village in India to be electrified. “That night, none of us, including the children, slept due to...
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Un Framework Convention On #climate Change
May 05 2018 12:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
BONN, Germany: . . . . . . Not millions, . . . . . . Not billions, . . . . . . But trillions. This is the amount of funding and investment the world needs, . . . if it is to protect itself from the devastating impacts of climate change, . . . according...
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Follow The #money: Vw Buys #batteries
May 05 2018 12:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Volkswagen, says it expects to be producing . . . 3 million electric cars a year by 2025. “By 2020 we will offer our customers more than . . . 25 new electric models, and more than . . . 20 plug-in hybrids,” Diess said. . . . across all brands and reg...
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India: All Villages Are Now #electrified
Apr 29 2018 12:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
3 years ago, . . . 18,452 villages were without access to power, . . . 17,181 have now been electrified. . . . The others are either uninhabited, or . . . classified as grazing reserves. A village is said to be electrified, . . . if at least 10% of...
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Mit: China Climate Policies Saves #money
Apr 28 2018 01:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
A new study from researchers at MIT, . . . has concluded that if China follows through on its climate policies, . . . targeting the reduction of CO2 emissions, . . . the monetary savings stemming from air quality, and human health, . . . will greatly e...
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Hawaii: Consumer-#utility New Law
Apr 27 2018 11:35 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
A new law was signed today, . . . that will drive public electric companies in Hawai’i . . . to consider their customers first. Electricity Ratepayer Protection Act Signed Into Law (audio included) (HPR) 4-27-2018 Source: Hawaii: Consumer-#Utility Ne...
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Follow The Money: Usa #energy Revolution
Apr 21 2018 01:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Clean Renewable Energy, . . . once, a vision touted mainly by environmentalists, . . . now, it is shared by market purists, because, they are so affordable, . . . that they’re driving coal production, and generation, . . . out of business. In the last...
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Make Workers: More Like #robots
Apr 21 2018 12:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Artificial intelligence, . . . is making machines, . . . that can do most of what people do, . . . better and cheaper. World Bank, . . . is preparing its latest World Development Report, . . . due to be unveiled this fall. World Bank, say's, . ....
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Follow The Money: $200 Billion For #renewable
Apr 20 2018 01:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Wells Fargo plans to put, . . . $200 billion into new: . . . . . . renewable-energy, . . . . . . clean-technology, investments, and financing, . . . between now and 2030. 4-20-2018 Source: Follow the Money: $200 Billion for #renewable
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3 Bankrupt #nuclear Plants
Apr 20 2018 12:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bankrupt FirstEnergy Solutions, . . . is seeking customer-funded bailouts, . . . or, it says, it will close, . . . 3 nuclear plants in Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The complete nuclear fuel cycle: . . . . . . from the mining and milling of uranium, . . . ....
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Follow The Money: Portugal’S #renewable Electri...
Apr 19 2018 02:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Portugal’s Renewable Electricity, . . . Production, exceeded Consumption. Portugal’s renewable electricity, comes largely from: . . . . . . Hydroelectric generation, and . . . . . . Wind power, which, in March, supplied . . . . . . 55% and 42% (respec...
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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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Follow The #money: Times Have Changed
Apr 18 2018 12:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Appalachian Ohio, . . . has a long history of coal, and salt mining. Coal fields, in the Hocking River Valley, contributed as much as . . . 40% of the state’s output, . . . at the turn of the 20th century. But, with the decline in mining jobs, . . . A...
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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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China’S Global #energy Interconnection
Apr 15 2018 09:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
China’s proposed global energy interconnection, based on: . . . . . . Renewables, . . . . . . UHV transmission, and an . . . . . . AI-enabled smart grid, . . . represents the boldest, and . . . most inspiring global initiative by any government, . . ....
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Usa Corporate: #solar Goals
Apr 13 2018 01:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
USA Corporations that aim for 100% renewable energy: . . . Apple, hit it this week, . . . Google, hit it this month, and . . . Microsoft, recently set a new solar procurement record. Corporate solar installations topped . . . 3 gigawatts last year, ac...
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#economics 101: In South Carolina
Apr 13 2018 12:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
if I buy a more fuel-efficient car, . . . I buy less gas than I did before. . . . I pay less at the pump. . . . The gas station earns less profit. . . . It’s a fair market transaction. The gas station doesn’t get reimbursed for the gas I’m not buying....
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