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Nissan cuts CO2 emissions from global corporate activities by 2% in 2013; tracking to 20% by 2016 vs. 2005

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cut in CO 2 during the year puts the company on track to achieve its goal of a 20% reduction by fiscal year 2016, compared to 2005. Nissan set the target in its mid-term environmental action plan, the Nissan Green Program 2016 (NGP2016). Energy procurement is being shifted toward more sustainable sources, like biomass and solar power.

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

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Among the features of plan are: Establishing a 40 MW wind power complex on the. commercial viability of wind turbines developed by Korean companies. developed wind generator capable of producing more than 2 MW of electricity is. Investigating creating a large wind farm on the ocean. Saemangeum tidal flat by 2014.

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Thermal Energy Storage Is No Longer Just Hot Air

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As countries transition away from fossil fuels to green sources of energy like wind and solar, there will be natural lulls in energy production due to weather conditions. Energy consumption also tends to peak during early evening hours , which is inconveniently right when solar energy output decreases.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

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After a decade in the solar power installation business, Bradley Bartz is tired of being Mr. Nice Guy. He’s filed suit against Torrance, the proud home of Exxon/Mobil’s refinery, for stopping him from installing solar panels in the Hillside Overlay district. “ Idiots ! “ Idiots !&#

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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We Drive Solar from his Utrecht home in 2016. Drawing in partners along the way, Berg has plotted ways to bring bidirectional charging to the We Drive Solar fleet. We Drive Solar’s two bidirectional Renault Zoes are prototypes, which Berg obtained by partnering with the French automaker. Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images.

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SAE World Congress panel highlights progress on H2 infrastructure and fuel cell vehicle commercialization

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Although the SAE World Congress has been running panel sessions on fuel cell vehicle commercialization since 2005, this year was the first in which three participating automakers—Toyota, Hyundai and Honda—had fuel cell vehicles that customers can buy now or within a year. Earlier post.) —Jesse Schneider. Earlier post.)

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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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mpg by 2016. Even with the implementation of the smart grid it seems unlikely that we will all be able to buy our power from West Virginia. Two are geographically constrained (hydro and geothermal), placing wind and solar as the front running mass renewable energy choices. in West Virginia to $6.12 in Connecticut.

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