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Cheap solar panels from China are all over Europe – and everyone is freaking out

Baua Electric

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Europe is installing more solar panels than ever before, thanks to a flood of cheap Chinese solar panels, driving installations by 40% last year. European local solar panel manufacturers have reached a crisis in that they say they can’t compete with cheap imports and oversupply.

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The BYD Atto 3 and MG4 are great, but there is one cheap Chinese electric vehicle that’s not quite there yet…. Opinion

EV Central

There was a time when brave car companies, and Saab in particular, thought it would be amusing to build cars with silly amounts of torque and then attempt to put it through the front wheels alone. Then I was lucky enough to drive the Ora in light rain, and wow, that was something.

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Build a Passive Radar With Software-Defined Radio

Cars That Think

The biggest leap forward happened in 2012 when it was discovered that USB stick TV tuners using the RTL2832U demodulator chip could be tapped to make very cheap but effective SDR receivers. Building off the demand stimulated by this activity, a number of manufacturers have started making premium, but still relatively cheap, SDRs.

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How Businesses and Building Owners Can Save on Energy Costs with Smart EV Charging and Energy Management

Driivz

Installing and operating EV charging stations offers businesses and owners of commercial and industrial buildings a winning proposition. Building owners can work with a charge point operator or EV service provider to install and manage the EV chargers. EV charging itself creates a new “green” revenue opportunity.

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Rhodium Group estimates US GHG fell 2.1% in 2019, driven by coal decline

Green Car Congress

Emissions from buildings, industry and other parts of the economy rose, though less than in 2018. Natural gas generation made up much of the gap last year, as it has consistently in recent years, due to extremely cheap gas prices. Direct emissions from buildings increased by 2.2% year-on-year. during the same period in 2018.

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New process uses localized surface plasmons for room-temperature conversion of CO2 to CO

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The method’s byproducts include the building blocks for synthesizing methane, ethanol and other carbon-based compounds used in industrial processing. In contrast, the LSP method not only saves energy but uses aluminum, a cheap and abundant metal. An array of light beams impinging upon the grid would activate the LSPs.

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Volvo Buses in project researching use of second-life electric bus batteries to store solar energy

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In Viva housing cooperative, Riksbyggen, Volvo, Göteborg Energi and Johanneberg Science Park have created a unique system in which energy from solar panels on the roofs of the apartment buildings is stored in batteries that previously powered electric buses on route 55. IRIS is a Light House project, financed by EU HORIZON 2020.

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