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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Renewable energy projects are frequently financed with project rather than corporate finance. by Bill Cooke.

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Opinion: Why Buffett Bet A Billion On Solar: Miles Per Acre Per Year

Green Car Congress

During the late innings of the ICE-age (as in the Internal Combustion Engine age) it has become clear that feeding gasoline and diesel to the next billion new cars is not going to be easy, or cheap. It is generous to say that an acre of Iowa can provide 12,500 miles per year at a cost of 10 cents each. New cars in 2015 get 25 mpg.)

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

Green Car Congress

To help California mitigate its ever-growing wildfires, this year CalSEED has included companies that are innovating in technologies that will build wildfire resiliency into the grid. This novel technology would deliver safe, reliable, resilient, and cost-effective electric power in the grid. the cost of energy storage?by

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

This project is currently at the stage of conducting grid readiness assessments.] Those guys don’t have the wherewithal to finance a battery-electric truck that costs twice as much as a diesel truck, and they’re usually buying third- or fourth-owner diesels anyway, that are super-cheap. Well, suddenly gravity is heavier.

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Why are some EV chargers more expensive than others?

Green Charging

We do not want to waste money on cheap, low-quality commodities. It supports organisations through grants and finances via OZEV or EVHS funding. Smart charging involves intelligent management of how your EV charges, by connecting it to a grid or a solar pv network. Ultimately, this will reduce the cost of EV related products.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

People-Oriented Development Current Status of REDD Financing the Fifth Fuel Peak Phosphorus - Commence Urine Recyling on Space. Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology is a bi-directional electric grid interface that allows a plug-in to take energy from the grid or put it back on the grid.

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Greentech Media | The Bus With Plug and Play Batteries

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Lower maintenance and fuel costs, however, will mean a two-year payback. Though $155,000 seems awfully cheap for lithium-ion battery packs. Proterra , a competing company that sells a completely electric bus , says it can undercut the total cost of ownership of a regular bus by around $310,000 over a twelve-year period.

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