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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

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This approach minimizes energy waste, effectively reducing energy costs on a day-to-day basis. This system can enable energy produced from solar panels to be used more efficiently. In 2011, batteries which were previously used in the MINI E test fleet were successfully implemented in a stationary project.

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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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In 2011, public research, development and demonstration (RD&D) expenditures exceeded €9.4 Waste heat is used to generate electricity, making Enefit shale oil plants net producers of electricity. In the US state of Utah, Eesti Energia purchased Oil Shale Exploration Company in 2011. million (US$12.8

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Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

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billion set in 2011. The increase reflected several influences, according to the report, including a boom in solar installations in China and Japan—totalling $74.9 billion, up 7% on the year but well below its all-time high reached in 2011. billion, a 10-year low; biomass and waste-to-energy dropping 10% to $8.4

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