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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The figure has doubled since 2005. Your correspondent borrowed the new A2B electric bicycle from Ultra Motors, a British firm, and took it for a spin in London. Every big carmaker seems to be developing one, and governments are vying with each other to support them. In Shanghai alone there are an estimated 1m electric bicycles.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

In general, the sponsor’s goal is to use as much cheap debt financing and as little equity as possible to complete the deal. From 2005 until 2007 JP Morgan estimated that close to 60% of the MWs of wind capacity installed in the US were from projects that used tax equity financing. chance of default and a BBB project having 10.5%

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

they have a degree of autonomy beyond the reach of federal government and can often make tough decisions: for example, California’s climate goals and London’s congestion charging. .&# Environmentalists see another advantage to local entities ? Apple coming from the computer industry to deliver iTunes and the iPod,&# he added.

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