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Lux: Total is leading example of oil supermajor expanding into solar plus storage and distributed generation

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France-based Total is the first oil supermajor aggressively to enter new areas of business including solar plus storage and distributed generation, notes Lux Research in a new report : “Superpower Darwinism: What Big Oil Can and Cannot Do About Total’s Billion-Dollar Battery Move.”. Asia challenges loom for battery acquirers.

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Starfire Energy closes major funding round; green ammonia and hydrogen solutions

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The investment round was led by AP Ventures, a significant investor in breakthrough hydrogen technologies, and included New Energy Technologies, Chevron Technology Ventures, Osaka Gas USA, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The process can scale back to a zero capacity factor and rapidly scale right back to 100% or anywhere in between.

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Opinion: Why Buffett Bet A Billion On Solar: Miles Per Acre Per Year

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The first eye-opener for large scale solar was the Austin Energy PPA last year that was priced at 5 cents. In the commercial sector, and in the case of community solar, there is more flexibility and tracking arrays may make sense, especially when mounted on the ground. Hydropower in Seattle will push you around for the same price.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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That incident—as well as Orajaka’s new fascination with renewable energy technologies, specifically solar—changed his career trajectory. He began researching how solar energy technology worked. Based on what he learned, he and three classmates built a solar-powered 6-kilowatt minigrid that supplied power to about 60 homes in a village.

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Gov’t, industry, national labs collaborate on comprehensive cradle-to-grave LCA study and economic assessment of LDV GHG reductions

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Numerous LCA tools have been used to evaluate the GHG emissions associated with various vehicle-fuel technologies, including fossil fuels, biofuels, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVS), and battery electric vehicles (BEVs). transportation sector.

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It’s 2010 – Are YOU Ready for The Greenius Decade?

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El Segundo, having turned the former Chevron refinery into a solar thermal energy plant likewise will be celebrating their carbon neutral achievement with a huge citywide festival. And ready for the carbon credits solar owners will be getting when California institutes Cap and Trade in 2012. See you around campus.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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Charged : You recently wrote, “Commercial vehicle battery packs are tough to source.” Is the supply of battery packs going to be a bottleneck? Rustam Kocher: I think it’s going to be an issue for any company that has a large battery pack. Also, the demands for medium- and heavy-duty battery packs are much more complex.

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