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To Store or Not to Store: That is the Question

Green Car Congress

This has led to a change in thinking of how energy generation is optimized and a new strategy has developed in which flexible energy generating sources are deployed to meet peak requirements while maintaining a steady state base load from low cost less-flexible solutions. This is demonstrated in figure 1. Solar field annual output.

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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy and EV Modern Life

Setec Powerr

A critical element of the transition is to reduce our use of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are expensive and environmentally destructive. In the United States, most of our use of fossil fuels is for transportation. Wind and solar farms are alternatives to fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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Can Alt-Fuel Credits Accelerate EV Adoption?

Cars That Think

The United States is home to the world’s largest biofuel program. federal government has mandated that the country’s government-operated planes, trains, and automobiles run on a fuel blend partly made from corn- and soybean-based biofuels. For the past decade and a half, the U.S. It’s a program with decidedly mixed results.

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