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Bertrand Piccard’s Big Hydrogen Adventure

Cars That Think

He is the quintessential modern explorer, for whom every big mission has a purpose, which generally boils down to environmental and climate-change awareness. Then he and Andr Borschberg, a Swiss entrepreneur and pilot, were first to fly around the world, in stages, in a solar airplane called Solar Impulse. You can invent.

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Club Car’s 25 MPH ‘living room on wheels’ microcar just went modern

Electrek

While its clever layout made it a standout in the world of neighborhood electric vehicles, its lead-acid battery pack was decidedly old-school. That changes now. According to Club Car, the new lithium-ion configuration will deliver a significant leap in performance, with three times the range of the original model and much faster charging.

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The Net-Zero Neighborhood: Advanced Energy Storage and Highly Efficient Photovoltaics Take Transportation Off the Gasoline Grid and Residential Off the Electric Grid

Green Car Congress

In a special presentation yesterday at the “ Beyond Lithium Ion: Computational Perspectives ” conference held at Argonne National Laboratory, Dr. Gil Weigand of Oak Ridge National Laboratory outlined his vision of a critical solution to the energy, climate and ensuing national security threats facing the US: the Net-Zero Neighborhood (NZN).

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Cuba’s Power Grid Nears Total Failure

Cars That Think

Cuba’s Renewable Energy Options Heavy crude oil isn’t Cuba’s only resource; it has a wealth of untapped renewable energy options, including solar, wind, and potentially sugarcane biomass. And while the country actively seeks solar energy, it’s overlooking its once-thriving sugar sector, and the biomass and ethanol resources that come with it.

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Cummins invests $24M in flow battery leader VoltStorage

Green Car Congress

In addition, the international research and development team is working on the low-cost iron-salt battery, the properties of which make it particularly suitable for ensuring base load capability for wind and solar farms. Vanadium redox flow battery cell. The cells of a vanadium redox flow battery each consist of two half cells.

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The Greatest Solar Powered Music Festival in World History! SUNSTOCK JUNE 18 Los Angeles

Creative Greenius

You can next Saturday… yOya will be there looking for you to be part of the fun… Here’s shot of your friendly neighborhood Creative Greenius and Skylar Funk of Trapdoor Social at last month’s #BreakfreeLA. Yeah, they’re breaking big at Sunstock… You know The Big Pink is A Big Deal, right?

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Wendy Greuel Gains Green Ground in South Bay L.A. – Stands Up & Speaks Out To Keep Hermosa Hermosa

Creative Greenius

Your friendly neighborhood Greenius has been waiting for awhile now to see which of the candidates for Henry Waxman’s 33rd District seat was going to step up environmentally. Today that person turned out to be Wendy Greuel. And yet… I’m just not feeling Ted Lieu. And I’m going to keep asking until we find out.

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