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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

Green Car Congress

An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Different that shale oil—i.e.,

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The environmental impact of electric cars

Drive Electric

If you’re looking at electric cars , environmental impact is probably high on your list of priorities. This is cleaner and better for the environment than producing petrol and diesel. The UK also hopes to connect more and more EVs to the electricity grid to share power at peak times, in something called vehicle to grid charging (V2G).

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5 Great Reasons Why Solar Installers Are Choosing To Add EV Charging

EV Connect

Alternative and renewable forms of energy help push the power industry toward a cleaner, more sustainable future. installing solar ends up being cheaper than purchasing power from the grid. Benefits During Peak Season With the summer season comes a large toll on the electricity grid. What Is Solar EV Charging?

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2nd Time Programs for Impaired EV Batteries – E-Vehicleinfo

Baua Electric

Listing of Exams are functioning on second-life batteries Checking out second-life batteries, that are batteries which have been retired from their latest software however nonetheless have usable capability, is an important to decide their efficiency, protection, and suitability for numerous packages.

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The US Needs 20 Times More EV Charging Stations by 2030… Or Else

Blink Charging

Public chargers need to be: economical equitably distributed appealing to use wired to a capable power grid This is where we come in. To explore a full list of commercial EV infrastructure incentives in your state, visit the Blink Charging Commercial Incentives page. Ready to help the national transition to a cleaner future?

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The Future @ Smart Garage

Revenge of the Electric Car

The list of invitees was pretty impressive with representation from, “auto manufacturers like Nissan and GM, utilities such as PG&E and Duke Energy, IBM, P&G, Wal-Mart and Google, among many others&#. The Smart Garage concept has become RMI’s means to describe the integration of the grid and the electric vehicle.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

2 Plug-in hybrids are cleaner 3 Plug-in hybrids are cheaper 4 Plug-in hybrids are domestic 5 Plug-in hybrids already exist 1. So youll have a cleaner, cheaper, quieter car for your local travel, and the gas tank is always there should you need to drive longer distances. What Are Plug-In Hybrids? You dont have to plug it in.

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