Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

Another challenge was, at first sight, the impact of the 50%-plus collapse in the oil price in the second half of last year. Oil and renewables do not directly compete for power investment dollars. Biomass Fuels Power Generation Solar Wind'

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2014 Renewable 2013 Wind 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood.

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Energy Grant Low Cost Li-ion 231

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Many analysts believe that for electric cars to be “subsidy-free competitive” with liquid-fueled cars, the costs still need to come down by a factor of two or three and oil needs to be at $100/barrel. Another way to lower the effective cost of the battery pack to the consumer is capture the pack’s residual value.

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Li-ion Manufacturer Lithium Ion Boston Consulting Group 218

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Oil is the alternative. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? At current transportation battery prices, that is well beyond the cost of spinning reserve. The most common methods involve burning natural gas, oil or coal to power the engines to generate electricity.

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Grid Green Electric Cars Cars 47