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Electrify America to install 30 charging stations with battery energy storage at the Port of Long Beach for drayage trucks

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Electrify America plans to install 30 electric fleet-dedicated chargers paired with battery energy storage systems (BESS) at the Port of Long Beach, California, as part of Electrify America’s $25-million “Green City” investment in the region at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

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Electrify America Celebrates “Green City” Selection of Long Beach and the Wilmington Neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles for $25 Million Investment

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The post Electrify America Celebrates “Green City” Selection of Long Beach and the Wilmington Neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles for $25 Million Investment appeared first on EV Obsession.

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Creative Greenius Loves Hermosa Beach Sharrows & You Should Too

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Members of the newly formed South Bay Bicycle Coalition are happy with the Hermosa Beach "sharrows," which allow bicyclists to use a lane of traffic on Hermosa Avenue. The group hopes to see more South Bay cities install such bicycle-friendly facilities. Steve McCrank, Daily Breeze Staff Photographer). The result?

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

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He or she should be prepared to work closely with primary contacts at the electric utility, perhaps multiple government agencies, any contractors hired to upgrade electric service or install charging equipment, and more. Charging infrastructure installs vary, a lot. A 150 kW charger may recharge a battery pack to 80 percent in about 2.5

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). The project will deploy 554 alternative fuel and hybrid electric vehicles and install 153 alternative fueling and electric vehicle charging stations throughout the Chicago region. Total DOE award: $15,000,000.

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The View From Here Today

Creative Greenius

Our neighborhood is called the “Hollywood Riviera&# because of its beautiful hillside homes with idyllic ocean views framed by palm trees. We’re also only 12 miles from the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach – the two largest stationary sources off air pollution and all their related greenhouse gases in L.A.

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Greenius Gets Groove On with Greenpeace & GRID Alternatives

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I’ve been up on roofs installing solar… among other things. In this case for GRID Alternatives at a low income home in my old neighborhood in Long Beach, California. Like these guys above securing the solar panels to the rack of the Long Beach house we worked on.

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