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Tesla partners up to expand Virtual Power Plant program in Texas

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GVEC says the early ADER program has already registered around 17 MW of generation from Tesla’s Powerwall customers, and the utility provider’s Board President Gary Birdwell highlights how important the subject of energy storage is in today’s climate. Storm Watch alone will save lives.

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Surging Solar Power, Booming EV Sales, & Robotaxi Safety — Top 12 Stories of the Week

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continued] The post Surging Solar Power, Booming EV Sales, & Robotaxi Safety Top 12 Stories of the Week appeared first on CleanTechnica. Unfortunately, CO2 surged globally in 2024, and it’s not even clear why aside from the long understood fact that burning fossil fuels leads to more.

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Electric Truck Charging’s Cost & Price Flexibility Are Its Superpower

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Key takeaways Early adopters of charging microgrids can gain a competitive edge with flexible pricing Solar-powered microgrids cut costs with zero marginal cost energy Collaboration on green corridors boosts savings and revenues First movers with electric truck charging microgrids have a superpower, which is much more flexible energy pricing options. (..)

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Charging Trucks Comes First — Stay on Task

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Key takeaways Charging trucks is the first, second, and third priority Side benefits to the site are welcomed, but cant be allowed to drive design decisions Dont let potential local or hypothetical value propositions distract from charging delivery As the people who will be building electric truck charging microgrids engage.

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China Hits EV Target 10 Years Early, Still Hasn’t Reached 2020 Nuclear Target

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On October 27th of 2020, the China Society of Automotive Engineers laid out a roadmap for how the country was going to achieve 50% of all cars sold in 2035 being fully electric, plug-in hybrid, or hydrogen, with 95% of them of course being fully electric.

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Truck Charging: Start Small, Scale Smart

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Key Takeaways: Trucks wont all be electric immediately, so dont build charging for 100% electric Design charging microgrids for standardized increments of capacity Analyze all sites and design increments that are good enough Gaining the benefits of electric trucks, including significantly reduced maintenance and operations costs and increasing market (..)

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Trump’s Tariffs Are An Economic & Environmental Boomerang

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Between 2018 and 2020, Trumps tariffs on solar panels cost the US an estimated 10.5 GW of lost solar capacity, delaying the transition to clean energy. The first Trump trade war was a disaster for US cleantech, and it looks like 2025 is setting up to be an encore performance.

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