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This town is going to cover its cemetery with solar canopies

Baua Electric

What’s neat about this project is that it will do more than generate clean energy and provide shade. Éric Boquaire, the president of Brier’energie, told pv magazine France that the 8,000-square-meter (86,111-square-foot) canopy will consist of 5,000 solar panels. The municipality will fully finance the €3.35 million ($3.6

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News: Range Milestones Hit by Lucid and Rivian

Clean Fleet Report

Lucid also ran a real-world test of pre-production cars with Motor Trend magazine driving from Los Angeles to San Francisco that demonstrated the 500+ mile range of the car. Make sure to opt-in to the Clean Fleet Report newsletter (top right of page) to be notified of all news stories and vehicle reviews. Rivian Tops 300-mile Range.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

Cars That Think

The South Korean government had established the institute in 1971 with financing from the United States Agency for International Development and had invited. Before they embarked on their own projects, he put them to work cleaning the lab, repairing and upgrading equipment, and tracking down necessary parts. Frederick E.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Green Car Congress

Moreover, developers must show that the project would make no economic sense without CDM funds and that documentation exists to demonstrate that these factors were considered by the company’s board of directors in their decision to pursue CDM financing. United Nations Clean Development Mechanism. Donovan (3 March 2010).

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

I just read the article in the June/July issue of Homepower magazine written by two firemen who have solar panels on their roofs. FROM HOMEPOWER MAGAZINE written by Fire engineer Matthew Paiss: Access, pathways, and smoke-ventilation space: Providing a 3-foot setback from the edges of the roofline. He was a geek.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I haven’t heard any discussion of hydrogen since the Bushadministration was getting ready to leave,” said Dan Becker ,director of the Safe Climate Campaign , a group in Washingtonthat works for environmentally “clean” cars. “It It looks likehydrogen has lost at this stage.” We will have packages that will be verycompetitive at that time.”

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. They reality always seems to be just a few years away, the magazine complained. car when tech-savvy types can configure one in their garage by rewiring their existing hybrids. Right Now can be seen here.

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