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IEEE’s Plan To Help Combat Climate Change

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The IEEE Board of Directors formed an ad hoc committee on climate change in February to coordinate its response to the global threat. This ad hoc committee will serve to better connect and coordinate these efforts. Why should IEEE be involved in combating climate change? IEEE is here to listen to them.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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Another expectation is that homeowners and businesses will become “ fully electrified ” by replacing oil, propane and gas furnaces with heat pumps along with gas fired stoves as well as installing solar power and battery systems. The answer is perhaps some, but maybe not too much.

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Fighting Climate Change with Clean Energy

EV Match

Arcadia and EVmatch partner to offer customers a new and easy way to connect to clean energy at home. At EVmatch , we envision a distributed, equitable, and carbon-free clean energy economy that connects and elevates all people. This model for solar is being rapidly adopted nationwide.” Many people across the U.S.

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Tesla’s Solar Range Extender with Starlink prototype could save lives during disasters

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Tesla’s recent prototype of a solar range extender trailer with Starlink will be a game-changer for disaster relief. When I first saw it, I thought about life-saving solar microgrids deployed during natural disasters. When I first saw it, I thought about life-saving solar microgrids deployed during natural disasters.

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How Smart Energy Management for EV Charging Is Connected to the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference

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We found ourselves thinking about how Smart Energy Management for EV charging is connected to the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference; Countries from around the world continue to focus on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as a key strategy for reducing the rate of global warming.

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Arizona State Students Develop a Solar-Powered Air Filtration System

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The Project Koyash team at ASU designed a solar-powered air-filtration system that autonomously cleans polluted air in less than an hour. The team designed its air-filtration system to be solar-powered because Ulaanbaatar gets an average of 290 days of sunlight each year. Working with the nonprofit has been invaluable, the two say.

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Elon Musk slams California’s $8 per kW monthly utility charge plan for solar owners

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has slammed California’s plan for homeowners who use solar panels in their homes. ” The announcement, which was posted by the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) on Monday, has been met with widespread criticism from the residential solar industry. .”

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