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This off-grid island will switch from diesel to tidal energy [video]

Baua Electric

The 1 megawatt (MW) tidal power plant, the project’s first stage, will be connected into a microgrid network, along with solar and battery storage. Other planned tidal power projects planned by San Bernardino Ocean Power Corporation are in San Antonio Island, also in Northern Samar, and Calintaan Island in Matnog, Sorsogon.

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BMW Group Technology Office USA and Tendril to demonstrate electric vehicle and smart energy home integration

Green Car Congress

(Tendril will demonstrate how its cloud platform integrates the BMW ActiveE with the home area network to provide orchestrated and prioritized charging at DistribuTECH taking place 24-26 January in San Antonio, Texas.). All of these will be centrally managed by Tendril Connect and accessible via Tendril Energize.

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Personal: Range Anxiety Be Damned!

Clean Fleet Report

Staying true to my nature, I decided to see how much better things have become by loading some 20 solar panels into my Mach-E and heading off to south of King City, CA, to deliver them to their next owner. Two brief charging stops that could have just been one and I arrived home with a bit less than 15% battery remaining. She’s right.

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New US Army Laboratory Will Support Next-Generation Ground Vehicles; Hybrid-Electric and Fuel Cell Configurations

Green Car Congress

The Army contracted Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), which has operated the government-owned TARDEC Fuels and Lubricants Research Laboratory in San Antonio for more than 50 years, to provide engineering support services for GSPEL.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Sequoia

Clean Fleet Report

kilowatt-hour battery. That battery comes in handy during heavy acceleration or pulling a trailer up a long grade, something a non-hybrid powerplant can’t offer. The 2023 Sequoia comes with these warranties: Battery – 10 years/150,000 miles. Getting Dirty. New Look: Interior. Tires lean toward on-road use.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

Green Car Congress

Austin and San Antonio region; and hold training seminars regarding multifamily housing and workplace electric vehicle charging. Carolina Solar Center. The Central Texas Fuel Independence Project will expand an interagency. vehicle and natural gas workshops to educate potential fleet users in the. Clean Energy. 500,000.

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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

Green Car Congress

The final SuperTruck demonstrator ran a five-day, 312-mile (502-kilometer) roundtrip route on Texas Interstate 35 between San Antonio and Dallas, at a weight of 65,000 lbs (29,484 kg) GVWR at a speed of 65 mph (105 km/h), where it achieved an average result of 12.2 engine brake thermal efficiency. mpg (19.26

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