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What is energy storage?

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Growing demand for renewable energy, an aging electrical grid, costly grid infrastructure improvements, and increasing extreme weather events will require increased energy flexibility to help the grid balance intermittent supply with responsive demand. Customer services – behind-the-meter battery energy storage systems (i.e.,

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Benefits of a Solar Carport for EV Charging

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Solar carports allow you to take that next step. As a less expensive proposition than installing solar panels on your home or business, solar carports bring many of the same benefits and offer a ready-made solution for charging your EV without relying on the electrical grid. What Is a Solar Carport?

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Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

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It is, however, a challenge that is being made all the greater as we continue to decentralize power generation with more distributed, variable and inflexible sources, such as wind and solar. For example, demand will often increase when is it raining or peak during half time of a national televised sporting event.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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Several factors combine to make Puerto Rico an ideal place for solar power and microgrids. Ultimately, such technology could benefit any part of the world where the electricity network is vulnerable to outages and where increasing amounts of solar and wind power are being integrated into the power grid.

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IEA: carbon intensity of global energy supply has barely changed in last 20 years; “window of opportunity in transport”

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The global energy supply became 6% cleaner from 1971 to 1990,in response to the oil shocks of the 1970s. The world must slow the growth of energy demand as well as make its energy supply cleaner, the IEA said. Solar photovoltaic systems continued to be installed at a record pace, contrary to many expectations. tCO 2 /TJ (2.39

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How Transportation is the Leading Cause of Pollution

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The event is organized by the Coalition for Clean Air and meant to encourage personal changes that can help reduce air pollution in the state. Let’s Help Each Other Breathe Easier Now that you know how transportation is the leading source of greenhouse gases, today is the day to act: it’s California Clean Air Day.

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Obama sets goal of reducing US oil imports by 1/3 by 2025; domestic and Western Hemisphere production, natural gas, biofuels, electric vehicles, fleet purchases

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Meeting the goal of cutting US oil dependence depends largely on two things, Obama said: finding and producing more oil at home, and reducing dependence on oil with cleaner alternative fuels and greater efficiency. Now, in light of ongoing events in Japan, I want to say another word about nuclear power. And we have to do it quickly.

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