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Saifur Rahman is 2022 IEEE President-Elect

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Rahman is the founding editor in chief of the IEEE Electrification Magazine and the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. He is a Distinguished Lecturer for IEEE PES, and has given lectures in more than 30 countries on topics such as the smart grid, energy-efficient buildings, and sensor integration.

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When Should You Dump Your Gas Guzzler?

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To evaluate how eco-friendly a car is, you should consider the environmental impacts of its three life stages: its creation, operation and disposal. Making a car creates a lot of pollution as raw materials have to be extracted, transported and manufactured. See more at E Magazine. They are also more expensive to repair.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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The 2016 Chevrolet Volt with an electric range of 53 miles [ 2 ] is the first commercial car that almost qualifies as a PHEVLER. PHEVLERs make our electric grid more efficient. [ 15 ] Electric power grids are designed with capacity to serve the highest power peaks demanded (e.g. PHEVLERs help support the electric grid.

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The Battery Revolution Is Just Getting Started

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Not only will batteries be needed for our phones, laptops, power tools, cars, ships, and planes, but also to store energy from renewable sources. Other car companies are buying up or investing in battery startups, with financing rounds now in the billions of dollars each. Batteries are key to decarbonizing our economies.

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How to Have a Greener Christmas?

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Or make your own recyclable gift wrap by using newspapers, brown paper with twine, or magazine pages. As the TV commercials like to remind us, ‘this the season for giving a new car to that special person in your life’. If a car is on your list this year, make it an electric vehicle (EV) and give the gift of sustainable driving.

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This Engineer’s Job Is to Keep Arkansas Nuclear One Safe

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Our nuclear plant is like a river that meets the ocean, supplying power to the larger electric power grid that provides electricity across North America,” Ansari says. She was inspired by her parents, who worked in biology, and by her reading of physics journals and engineering and science magazines.

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Opinon: Lithium Market Set To Explode; All Eyes Are On Nevada

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These batteries make smartphones, laptops, tablets, electric cars and even solar energy practical.”. Even more than hybrid cars, grid storage and the “powerwall” will drive lithium demand through the roof. Annual growth in the battery space could be around 20 percent, which means that demand could double every five years.

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