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Ports of Auckland buys world’s first electric tug; 70-tonne bollard pull

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Ports of Auckland (New Zealand) has signed a contract with Dutch company Damen Shipyards to buy the world’s first full-size, fully electric port tug. However, we are prepared to wear that up-front cost because our commitment to reduce emissions has to be more than just words. —Tony Gibson, CEO of Ports of Auckland.

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S. Korea Plans New Subsidies for Renewable Power Generation, Residential Fuel Cells

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The South Korean government outlined a plan that includes increased subsidies for renewable power generation and for the purchase and use of residential hydrogen fuel cells for heating and power. The government will pay 80 percent of the cost of purchasing and installing a fuel cell in one’s home until 2012. JoongAng Daily.

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California ISO releases five-year strategic plan; grid integration of renewable power, support for electric vehicle charging

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The California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO), California’s non-profit grid operator, released its new five-year (2012-2016) strategic plan. With these factors in mind, the ISO developed a new long range planning vehicle titled Reliable Power for a Renewable Future. and reliable electricity.

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CPUC proposes revising Net Energy Metering rules to push customers to install storage with rooftop solar

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million customers to install roughly 10,000 megawatts of customer-sited renewable generation, almost all of which is rooftop solar. found that its costs substantially exceed its benefits as residential NEM 2.0 The CPUC made initial revisions to the NEM program in 2016, resulting in what is called NEM 2.0. NEM has enabled 1.3

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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On December 16, 2010 the US DOE Energy Information Agency (EIA) published a report projecting that renewable energy will still only constitute 12 percent of the USA’s energy sources by 2035. In France, renewable energy consumption will be 20 percent by 2020. EIA projections of renewables penetration. mpg by 2016.

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Secretary of the Navy Sets Target for 50% of Total Energy Consumption from Alternative Sources by 2020; Role for Biofuels and EVs

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The Commandant of the Marine Crops, General Conway said it best during the Marine Corps energy summit a few weeks ago when he described the fully burdened cost of a gallon of gasoline delivered to a piece of equipment in Afghanistan. If you believe the cost of fuel will go higher, as almost everyone does, the savings will only increase.

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How EV Charging Boosts Value at Commercial Real Estate

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Adding additional revenue streams While EV charging stations can increase commercial lease renewals, they can also add ancillary revenue for public users. In fact, commercial tenants may increasingly require their commercial property managers to invest in EV charging as part of their sustainability strategy for them to renew their leases.