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A Clean, Green Way to Recycle Solar Panels

Cars That Think

Inside a shipping container in an industrial area of Venice, the Italian startup 9-Tech is taking a crack at a looming global problem: how to responsibly recycle the 54 million to 160 million tonnes of solar modules that are expected to reach the end of their productive lives by 2050. The founders of 9-Tech say they have a better way.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

Unlike those you may have grown accustomed to seeing, many of these stations don’t just charge electric cars—they can also send power from vehicle batteries to the local utility grid for use by homes and businesses. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades. This is good for the grid.

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Avangrid completes installation of its first solar farm in Texas

Baua Electric

Photo: Avangrid True North is Avangrid’s (NYSE: AGR) first solar farm in Texas – and it will be the largest solar project in the company’s portfolio. Avangrid installed more than 488,000 solar panels at the 321 megawatt (MW) solar farm in Falls County, Texas, over the past several months, and it says it finished ahead of schedule.

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Solar-powered EV chargers power up college campus thanks to student engineers

Baua Electric

An engineering class project at Hope College resulted in fully functional solar-powered EV chargers for students. Solar-powered EV chargers developed on college campus Students in Hope’s introductory engineering course developed a way of harnessing energy from the sun to power up electric vehicles on campus.

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Aptera begins offering the public an opportunity to invest in its solar tech via self-directed IRA

Baua Electric

Solar EV startup Aptera Motors has announced a clever new demand lever to get more of the public to invest in its technology en route to initial vehicle production later this year. Those who invested in Aptera have had their deliveries prioritized with commemorative Launch Edition builds. As it is for all startups, scaling is hard.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. And indeed, that’s how promoters of vehicle-to-grid technology perceive the EV.

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Why eco-smart tech can offer house builders an ‘unfair’ advantage

My Energi

Jordan Brompton, co-founder and CMO of myenergi, discusses the challenges facing the house building and property development sector and explains why embracing the latest advances in eco-smart home energy technology can offer a valuable differentiator. But housebuilders shouldn’t give up hope just yet.

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