Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Photo: Xcel Energy Xcel Energy just announced its big solar and wind plans in the US Midwest – here’s the lowdown. Minnesota’s largest utility expects to cut more than 80% – and possibly up to 88% – of its emissions by 2030, putting it on track to hit Minnesota’s goal of net zero by 2040. Xcel Energy also said it will add 2.2

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2010

Xcel Energy has released the preliminary results from its wind-to-battery (W2B) storage project in Minnesota, and termed the technology successful. We have proved that this technology can perform the functions of storage that we were looking for to help us manage the variability of wind energy on our operating system.

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Energy Storage Sodium Wind Energy 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Incorporating energy efficiency measures can reduce the amount of storage needed to power the nation’s buildings entirely with renewable energy, according to analysis conducted by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). —Sammy Houssainy, co-author.

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Building El Paso Energy Tampa 186

Plug in America

APRIL 24, 2024

With an initial focus on 26 Tribes in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota, the Upper Midwest Inter-Tribal EV Charging Community Network has quickly doubled the number of Native lands and states covered, having a long-term goal of connecting as many of the 574 sovereign Tribal nations in this country as possible.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

A new study by a team from the University of Tennessee, Tsinghua University and the University of Minnesota has found that the wide-scale deployment of electric vehicles in China can increase the Environmental Justice (EJ) challenge in that country. These increases in renewables and nuclear power can positively impact PM 2.5

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China Pollution Emissions Minnesota 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Combined with AC Transit’s already-installed solar capacity, this solar installation will produce the renewable electricity equivalent to what will be required to produce 180 kg/day of green hydrogen. The project includes quick-charging stations at this terminal layover in route to recharge bus batteries.

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Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance 256

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

DME as a Renewable Hydrogen Carrier: Innovative Approach to Renewable Hydrogen Production, $1,500,000. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Honeywell (Plymouth, Minnesota). Offshore Wind Turbine Digital Twin for the Prediction of Component Failures, $200,000. Carl ZEISS Industry Metrology (Maple Grove, Minnesota).

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