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ADB approves $499M loan to establish facility for improved air quality in greater Beijing area; includes hydrogen transport

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Cities in the greater BTH region have consistently been reported to have the highest concentration of particulate matter and other air pollutants, following decades of emissions from pollution-intensive industries in the area, as well as the region’s heavy reliance on coal for energy generation. The second ADB loan worth €458 million ($499.6

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Solar topped coal in Texas for the first time ever in March

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Photo: Primergy Solar Solar topped coal’s output in Texas for the first time in any month, sending 3.26 million megawatt-hours (MWh) onto the grid vs. coal’s 2.96 ERCOT’s generation data also revealed that coal’s market share fell below 10% for the first time ever to just over 9%. million MWh in March.

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ChargePoint’s roadmap: EV charging 80% home/work, 20% public/fast, “virtual batteries” for utilities

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ChargePoint’s stance is bolstered by a new MIT study that suggests , in part, that electric cars that plug into the grid, could, collectively, act as a massive “virtual battery” for grid energy storage. In the power grid, supply and demand need to match exactly. —Simon Lonsdale, head of ChargePoint’s Business Development.

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

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I went and spoke to their City Council and said “For $50,000 a house I’ll put in solar AND battery systems and take you off the grid. If you’re going to do it, take the homes off the grid. That’s pretty mean to the rest of the grid. He wasn’t a finance guy, thinking “I’m going to make money.” Don’t you want to share?

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TSMC’s Energy Demand Drives Taiwan’s Geopolitical Future

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square kilometers of solar farms generate electricity for Taiwan ’ s grid. TSMC’s Energy Demand Drives Taiwan’s Grid TSMC launched in 1987 when the Taiwanese government invited electrical engineer and former Texas Instruments executive Morris Chang to start a chip-manufacturing firm.

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