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

Creative Greenius

After a decade in the solar power installation business, Bradley Bartz is tired of being Mr. Nice Guy. He’s filed suit against Torrance, the proud home of Exxon/Mobil’s refinery, for stopping him from installing solar panels in the Hillside Overlay district. solar installers. “ Idiots ! For 10 days apparently.

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QUANTRON unveils long range hydrogen and electric trucks

Green Car Congress

All components, including the 54 kg hydrogen tank, are integrated within the frame structure for maximum everyday suitability, in compliance with legal requirements and without any compromises in the dimensions. With a basic vehicle that is known to body manufacturers throughout Europe, many bodies can be installed and used.

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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

Electric Auto Association

White installed a solar system in his home by 1992, and when the next Category 5 hurricane struck in 1995, “We had back-up. In 2000, “I decided my next car would be an EV when there was really nothing on the market,” White continued. Desiring to run the GEM on sunshine, White successfully installed a solar panel on its roof.

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BASF and Gazprom agree on asset swap; BASF’s Wintershall expanding production of oil and gas, exiting gas trading and storage business

Green Car Congress

BASF and Russia’s Gazprom signed a legally binding basic agreement to swap assets of equivalent value. Since 2000, Wintershall’s production of crude oil and natural gas has increased from 80 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) to an expected around 140 million boe in 2012. This is an average increase of 5% per year.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

Cars That Think

Ironically, Adobe is now licensing its font technology to Linotype, and Linotype is converting its entire library of some 2000 fonts into PostScript representations.) Douglas Brotz Adobe had agreed to deliver its software for installation into the LaserWriter during the summer of 1984. No earlier technology had done them justice.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

Cars That Think

Soon Mazor, then a research engineer at Intel, joined him, and the two pursued Hoff’s ideas, developing a simple instruction set that could be implemented with about 2000 transistors. The Intel marketing department they estimated that sales [of microprocessors] might total only 2000 chips a year. You’re crazy.” But word went out.

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

Cars That Think

The US electrical power industry alone “is influenced by a variety of decision-makers, including over 200 investor-owned utilities, 10 federal power authorities, over 2000 publicly-owned utilities, about 900 rural electric cooperatives, seven RTOs [ Regional Transmission Organizations ], 48 state regulatory bodies [e.g.,

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