Creative Greenius

MAY 31, 2009

And so it was that I found myself in the Hermosa Beach City Council Chambers addressing the Green Task Force audience you cannot see in this photo as I presented my Finding The Green To Green The Grid House By House PowerPoint. I bring a passion that’s driven by my sense of urgency over our climate change crisis.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 31, 2009

I contributed the following to the World Wildlife Climate Witness site last week and it was published this morning. So not only is climate change-driven drought cutting our fresh water supply, but the way we use water here also adds to our greenhouse gas emissions. That’s about a 25% reduction.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 11, 2010

Inspired by President Obama’s election and the collapse of the ponzi scheme economy, I decided to work full time, pro bono, on the issues I cared about most – climate change, renewable energy, energy conservation and sustainability. Guest blogging posts on Climate Progress and 350.org And I worked my ass off.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Today they both drive electric cars powered from the charge generated via their rooftop solar panels. After all, Dency lives in the far more telegenic South Bay and his solar panels have an ocean view… That's Dency with actress Cameron Diaz at rehearsal.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

She lives in a solar powered house and drives an electric car. If everyone could hear Ed talk about the smart grid and how plug-in cars make it possible to inventory electricity then we’d already be building that grid today. It’s going to change the world of our Los Angeles and Long Beach ports.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 29, 2009

I’ve been up on roofs installing solar… among other things. In this case for GRID Alternatives at a low income home in my old neighborhood in Long Beach, California. GRID Alternatives is my absolutely favorite group to work hands-on with because we do so much more than just inform and build awareness.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. Solar ADEPT: Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology ($14.7 Description.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 4, 2010

It lifts the current “cap&# on rooftop solar from the crappy 2.5% The cap has to do with what percent of rooftop solar customers get to participate in the “net metering&# program that actually gives them credit for the solar power they produce and feed back into the grid. to a BFD level of 5%. No you do not.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 11, 2009

As our climate change crisis worsens and spins out of control with each passing day there’s no time to spare for those of us whose job it is to educate and motivate our fellow citizens to actions that cut our greenhouse gas emissions. SOLAR FINANCING – WHO GETS IT AND WHO DOESN’T. Most have no idea.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 22, 2009

The Greenius Plan To Spread Rooftop Solar Faster Then The Common Cold. If you’ve followed The Adventures of the Solagnelist thus far you know that I am seriously jonesing to generate all my electricity from my own rooftop solar power. The only thing stopping me - a even more serious lack of the do-ray-mi.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The production-ready 2023 Fisker Ocean debuted at the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show to an interested group of industry insiders and journalists. A solar boost from the roof. It will have the ability to directly recharge other electric vehicles, send power back into the grid, and act as a backup power source for a home.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I Vehicle-to-grid is, I believe, the salvation of the automotive industry in the United States,” declared Marc Spitzer, an agency commissioner who was also on the panel.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. And local electrical grids may need reinforcement. Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link].

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Minus two when people realize that if theyre going to get stuck in traffic, they might as well do so in the climate controlled comfort of a car. Not everyone wants to get hot and sweaty to go to a restaurant, and parking is such an issue in downtown Los Angeles (and Beverly Hills) that buses are almost tolerable.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Last week, at the Model S unveiling in Los Angeles, Tesla revealed that an optional “ QuickCharg e &# battery would get a full charge in 45 minutes from a 480V outlet. Email « Is It a Solar Bottom? For the standard version, Tesla plans to use a battery that can recharge at a typical 220V outlet in about four hours.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Wind, hydro, DC transmission lines, and smart grid electronics are also Portland strengths. If you charge with solar, is way less. The small electric will be king and batteries a valuable commodity, so valuable in fact, they will have to be wielded in to prevent theft by the Solar, Wind, Wave, Tidal, folks for their home installations!

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding more than $145 million to 69 projects in 24 states to help shape the next generation of solar energy technologies. The SunShot Initiative seeks to make solar energy systems more cost-competitive, without long-term subsidies, by reducing the cost of these systems about 75% by the end of the decade.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Think of driving any vehicle in the hot Los Angeles summer time. Plus you can use solar and break technology, as well as other more experimental technology, and never have to charge it because it would then charge itself. To get the most mileage, one could not have the radio, the A/C, or the headlights on.

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EV Match

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Ironically, Governor Abbott targeted renewable energy just as The New York Times was writing that Texas’ grid trouble is a sign of disruption to come as climate change induces more and more extreme weather events. Credit: Los Angeles Times. … It just shows that fossil fuel is necessary.”. energy goal.

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