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Tesla Megapacks go live in Oahu, garnering visit from executive

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Tesla’s Megapacks offer energy storage for renewable sources like solar, and as the company deploys more and more of these projects around the world, one large site with these giant batteries has just gone online in Hawaii. Tesla highlights latest milestone in Megapack energy storage deployment What are your thoughts?

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EU greenhouse gas emissions from transport increased for the second year in a row in 2015; on-road up 1.6%

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The average emission of new light commercial vehicles in 2015 was 168.3 The United Kingdom showed the largest decrease of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU. According to the EEA, the average CO 2 emissions level of new cars sold in 2015 was 119.5 g CO 2 /km, well below the 2015 target of 130 g CO 2 /km.

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Algae.Tec Signs MOUs for China and Australia to Deploy Algae Bioreactor Technology

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As commercial plants will ideally be built on the site of large scale CO 2 emitting companies, such as coal-fired power stations, the number of modules on each site will be dependent upon the CO 2 available.

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A Skeptic’s Take on Beaming Power to Earth from Space

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The accelerating buildout of solar farms on Earth is already hitting speed bumps, including public pushback against the large tracts of land required and a ballooning backlog of requests for new transmission lines and grid connections. The glamorous vision has inspired numerous futuristic proposals.

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Joint IEA-NEA report details plunge in costs of renewable electricity; nuclear competitive with other baseload power sources

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2010 and 2015 LCOE ranges for solar and wind technologies. The cost of producing electricity from renewable sources such as wind and solar has been falling for several years. Bottom: LCOE ranges for solar PV and wind technologies at three discount rates. Source: IEA/NEA. Click to enlarge. Source: IEA/NEA.

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Inside the Global Race to Tap Potent Offshore Wind

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There’s good reason for this hustle: The United Kingdom wants to add 34 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030, en route to decarbonizing its grid by 2035. The Biden administration has called for 15 GW of floating offshore wind capacity in the United States by 2035, and recent research suggests that the U.S.

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