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Lux: Total is leading example of oil supermajor expanding into solar plus storage and distributed generation

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France-based Total is the first oil supermajor aggressively to enter new areas of business including solar plus storage and distributed generation, notes Lux Research in a new report : “Superpower Darwinism: What Big Oil Can and Cannot Do About Total’s Billion-Dollar Battery Move.”. It’s not just the battery anymore.

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Study projects emission impacts of inexpensive, efficient EVs: 36% further reduction in LDV GHG by 2050, or 9% economy-wide

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The EPA US9R database specifies technical and cost features of current and future technologies at five-year intervals, with a structure that connects energy carriers (e.g., output of mining or importing technologies) to conversion or process technologies (e.g.,

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? Individuals and businesses lose months and connect fees when they add solar and other forms of renewable energy to the grid. Why not ake it all the way and spend 1 year of Iraq on retrofitting every home in America with nano solar.

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The Game-Changing Water Revolution: Interview with Stanley Weiner

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Everything is connected to everything else—that’s the first message to be heard loud and clear from this emerging ‘water revolution’. Stanley Weiner: Now that it’s already commercially viable, the next step will be to lower the energy costs even further with wholesale solar, wind and geothermal power.

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Hawaii opts for EVs and renewable energy

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Another 5% comes from wind and 5% from hydro. The rest of Hawaii’s electricity is generated by burning oil. Yes, tankers of dirty, expensive oil are brought in and boatloads of money are shipped back to the oil companies. There is no pollution to speak of with these plants. Hawaii's 30 MW geothermal power plant.

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