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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. Current consortium members include Accenture, Current Group, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and Ventyx. Driving range will no longer be an obstacle, because customers will be able to plug their cars into charging units in any of the 500,000 charging spots in Israel.

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Hawaii opts for EVs and renewable energy

Revenge of the Electric Car

Here’s the scoop: Engineers drill a hole about 6,000 feet down where the magma has heated the surrounding area to about 400-500 degrees Farenheit. Clean base load energy is particularly important since that is usually generated by nukes, burning coal or, in the case of Hawaii, oil. Here’s a shot of the facility.

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