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Arizona’s largest battery will help feed your Google habit

Baua Electric

Photo: Salt River Project Arizona’s largest battery storage system is now online and, along with solar and wind, will help power a new Google data center – here’s why that matters. The $600 million solar + battery storage project sits on 3,000 acres south of Buckeye. Statista reports that Google’s energy consumption reached 22.29

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We Need to Decarbonize Software

Cars That Think

Companies like Salesforce have launched their own software sustainability initiatives , while the Green Software Foundation now comprises 64 member organizations, including tech giants Google , Intel , and Microsoft. The Case for Sustainable Software So why should programmers care about making their software sustainable?

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Renault Rafale midsize SUV to have as much as 300 hp, four wheel drive

Baua Electric

The Rafale’s drivetrain options probably the most {powerful} model of Renault’s E-Tech hybrid device. Debuting at the Rafale is an all-wheel-drive 300 hp model – the most-powerful E-Tech hybrid providing — which provides some other motor to the rear axle. The bottom front-wheel force style produces 200 hp from a 1.2

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

A High-Tech Customer Experience. By taking what could be “Volvo’s EV model” and breaking it out as a standalone brand, Volvo and Geely are promoting exclusivity while creating a high-tech customer experience. High-Tech Infotainment. Google in the car. High tech treats include the absence of a start button.

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Schiff Amendment would provide resources to restart Plutonium-238 production for RTGs

Green Car Congress

Google Tech Talk: Save the Uranium-233 to Save Solar System Exploration (January 2011). NASA: Expanding Frontiers with Radioisotope Power Systems. DOE: RTG—History and New Horizons. Kirk Sorensen, Chief Nuclear Technologist, Teledyne Brown Engineering.

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“Inspiring Female Founder” – Jordan Brompton spotlighted in The Successful Founder

My Energi

myenergi is one of the world’s fastest-growing eco tech firms. We couldn’t understand why there wasn’t a way for EV drivers to charge their cars via solar panels, so decided to create our own pioneering product. Rather than undertaking years of market research and spending millions of dollars on focus groups, we went on Google.

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Bloom Energy Debuts SOFC Fuel Cell System for Distributed Generation

Green Car Congress

featured California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, General Colin Powell, and early customers including Bank of America; The Coca-Cola Company; Cox Enterprises; eBay; FedEx Express; Google; Staples; and Walmart. The event was hosted at eBay Inc., Diagram of a solid oxide fuel cell. The electrolyte is a ceramic. Click to enlarge.

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