Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

RPS policies as of March 2011. Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. In contrast, China’s 12 th five-year plan, March 5, 2011, requires 11.4 Perspective by The Townsend Company. Source: DSIRE. Click to enlarge. Power plant capital costs. Source: EIA.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2009

Renewable energy technologies could generate 40% of the world’s electricity by 2050, according to research presented at the International Scientific Congress “Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions”. More specifically, Germany has more than doubled its share of renewable energy since 2000.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. And local electrical grids may need reinforcement. Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link].

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Analysts Say No First Up for Google Ventures: Silver Spring’s Smart Grid » Comments & Trackbacks I don’t want to wait for my car to charge. Also hopefully by the end of 2011 (when the Model S car is due) our economy has recovered somewhat. Digg Stumble Reddit del.icio.us Email « Is It a Solar Bottom?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems: Advanced Concepts: Eight projects to receive $25.9 These projects will develop electronics and build smarter, more interactive systems and components so that solar energy can be integrated into the electric power distribution and transmission grid at higher levels. — LA Times , 2 Sep 2011.

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