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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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Thereby, we completely forego coal-based electricity and obtain our electrical energy from only renewable sources. Almost all electrical consumers in production—computers, industrial drives, robots and production technologies, hall lighting and so on—already require direct current.

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

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We have closed most of the coal plants and several the aging nuclear plants are moving offline as they close for repair of reach end of life. Or in other words we are reliant on Putin to keep the light on and at his mercy on the cost of the gas. Needs – Solar and Battery. Nuclear 15%. Biomass 5%. See [link]. No Fracking.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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ENERGY STORAGE. Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications. Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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“I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations. ’s power generation, he said. We will own the battery.

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