Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 10, 2011
Remember when the dot.com bubble burst in 2000 and, seemingly overnight, some companies ceased making millions hand-over-fist? With subsidies long in place for nuclear, coal and gas in the US along with the cheap cost of production for coal and natural gas, solar is essentially competing with that $0.10/kWh
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 15, 2013
billion, as the world’s population grows and more people in developing economies are able to afford cars. Vehicle penetration 2000 to 2040. Natural gas is projected to account for more than one quarter of all global energy needs by 2040 and it is expected to overtake coal as the largest source of electricity. Source: ExxonMobil.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 25, 2009
The project will evaluate a wider range of applications for lithium-ion batteries that will spur broader demand for the technology, bringing production to a scale that will make this form of large energy storage more affordable. 24,978,264. 53,510,209. Beacon Power Corporation (MA). Beacon Power 20MW Flywheel Frequency Regulation Plant.
Creative Greenius
MAY 14, 2009
When I got back from Japan in 2000 I didn’t want to start a computer business. In 2000 there couldn’t have been too many old timers in the solar industry. Yeah, they can afford it. THE HOLY GRAIL OF SOLAR: $3 A WATT, CHEAPER THAN COAL. And at sub $3 you’re cheaper than coal. BRADLEY’S BACKGROUND IN SOLAR.
Creative Greenius
JULY 19, 2009
Yes, even these unfortunate dimwits can still save what’s left of their retirement funds while helping out the rest of us who weren’t fooled by the right wing, unabashed carbon pimps who ran things in the US government from 2000-2008 and did more damage to our environment than any government in history. The Big Dick Cheney Effect.
Cars That Think
JANUARY 17, 2023
The automaker has already begun idling auto plants and is warning of future closures to pay for its transition to EVs and to try to keep EV prices affordable. The EV battery start-up company SPARKZ is going to fill its worker needs in its planned West Virginia plant by recruiting and retraining laid off coal miners.
Cars That Think
JANUARY 7, 2023
economy away from dependence on fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. Affordability is expected to be just one highly contentious issue: Who, exactly, is going to pay for grid upgrades? Such is the case with the Biden Administration’s attempted transition of the U.S.
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