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“Project Volt Gas Volt” proposes long-term financing plan to support widespread implementation of power-to-gas systems

Green Car Congress

Project Volt Gas Volt is based on a long-term financing plan and the use of existing technologies for the large-scale conversion of surplus renewable electricity to methane, with subsequent reuse. If this potential production supplied the Volt Gas Volt plants, the nuclear plants could operate at nearly 100% capacity.

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Easy as A123

Plug In Partners

This module is charged overnight from a regular 120 volt extension cord which plugs into the bumper. Here is a significant announcement by David Vieau , CEO of A123 Systems. snip At an initial 40 mile module installed price of $10,000 supported with a $3500 tax credit , the payback period for a fleet owner with $3.00/gallon gallon gas is 2.5

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

Green Car Congress

In a pre-response to that speech, having successfully advocated for plug-in hybrids like the forthcoming Chevy Volt, we propose that the President follow that speech up with a “realistic and conservative” roadmap to halve our oil use in 10 years. Tuesday night, President Obama will speak to the nation about the Gulf catastrophe.

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Plug In 2008

Plug In Partners

clip) “This research program will help link a low-carbon generation portfolio and a smart grid, which in turn will facilitate widespread adoption of electricity as an alternative transportation fuel,” Mansoor said. million in series A financing led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and including Google.org, Applied Ventures, and Good Energies. "

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Packaging second-life EV batteries into a plug-and-play energy storage system

Charged EVs

Currently, more than 90% of vehicles are in the 400-volt class. We are targeting systems for commercial and industrial customers, or a leg up to a small grid-integrated level, but not like a gigawatt level of storage yet, as those applications require much larger manufacturing scales and financing vehicles than we are capable of today.

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How to Hasten India’s Transition Away From Coal

Cars That Think

per capita carbon dioxide emissions , according to a 2020 European Union report. The first is a 2-MWh, 750-volt direct-current lithium-ion battery facility. cents/kWh, taking into account the depreciation, financing, and operation costs over the lifetime of the storage. The question is how much any one country should do.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

We’ve now got some Mo going with: California solar loan financing that will eliminate the big up front cost of solar. SOLAR FINANCING – WHO GETS IT AND WHO DOESN’T. The loans are financed through the sale of assessment district bonds. It’s a slam dunk.

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