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National Grid wants to Sell Its Rhode Island Business. Is that in the public interest?

Green Energy Consumers

A few months ago, news broke that National Grid planned to sell the Narragansett Electric and Gas Companies to a Pennsylvania-based company named PPL. In its deal with PPL, National Grid hopes to gain PPL’s business in the U nited Kingdom in exchange for Rhode Island’s electric and gas customers.

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New Flyer’s Xcelsior CHARGE H2 fuel-cell bus achieves 350 miles of zero-emission range in a test demonstration for OCTA

Green Car Congress

New Flyer of America announced that a test demonstration with a New Flyer 40', heavy-duty fuel-cell-electric Xcelsior CHARGE H2 bus for the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) achieved 350-miles (563 km) of zero-emission range. New Flyer manufactures the Xcelsior CHARGE H2 in forty-foot and sixty-foot lengths.

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Energy researchers: clean US hydrogen economy is within reach, but needs a game plan

Green Car Congress

Addressing climate change requires not only a clean electrical grid, but also a clean fuel to reduce emissions from industrial heat, long-haul heavy transportation, and long-duration energy storage. Hydrogen and its derivatives could be that fuel, argues a commentary by four energy researchers in the journal Joule.

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Mad Power thoughts

EV Info

Climate Change. And while preventing working people earning a livelihood may make them feel good, it does nothing to solve the real problem of climate change. . The cost of grid management has soared to nearly £2billion a year in the last two decades. Just imagine if we had stood up to the eco-bullies over shale gas.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Without a driveway and a garage, how can I set up charging at home? Will we have a universal standard for charging? What exactly is fast charging? Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. And so that's what we call "DC fast charging." And otherwise, it's a single shot.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Without a driveway and a garage, how can I set up charging at home? Will we have a universal standard for charging? What exactly is fast charging? Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. And so that's what we call "DC fast charging." And otherwise, it's a single shot.

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Despite Investing Billions, Biden’s EV Charging Fund Hasn’t Yielded Much

The Truth About Cars

billion earmarked exclusively for the construction of charging stations has only resulted in a handful of operational locations. billion to build EV charging stations to help the cause. The Washington Post reported that the above efforts had only resulted in a grand total of seven charging stations by the end of March 2024.

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