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Siemens presents three-point plan for implementing cost-efficient energy transition in Germany

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For private households, electricity rates were nearly 40% higher than the European Union average in 2012; for industrial facilities, 20%. To date, renewables have had feed-in priority over conventionally generated power from combined cycle and coal-fired power plants. billion) this year.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). This is unusual.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. Denmark did that with Wind Power and now most of their energy comes from wind rather than oil, natural gas, or coal. needs to have an indigenous automobile industry, and not merely "transplants". Never again.

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