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Solar-Powered Tech Transforms Remote Learning

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But within minutes, he and local NGO partners were able to set up a full-featured digital classroom using nothing more than a solar panel and a yellow device the size of a soup can. Alternately, Beekee can run on compact solar panels, where battery backup can provide up to two hours even on a cloudy day or at night.

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See You On the EPN Solar Homes Tour

Creative Greenius

Dency charges his plug-in electric car using the clean, renewable energy he produces from the solar panels on the roof of his Hermosa Beach house. Dency’s house is just one of 7 houses you can tour on tomorrow’s EPN Solar Homes Tour which you can check out on the EPN’s fabulous new web site.

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Pike Research survey finds erosion in US consumer support for clean energy since 2009; solar energy tops favorables, followed by wind, hybrid vehicles and EVs

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Topping the favorables were solar power (77% in 2011, down from 81% in 2009); wind energy (71% in 2011, down from 79% in 2009); and hybrid vehicles (61% in 2011, down from 70% in 2009). Electric cars elicited the fourth highest percentage of favorable responses (55% in 2011, down from 62% in 2009) among the 13 topics covered in the survey.

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DOE releases new database of cost and performance estimates for electric generation, advanced vehicle, and renewable fuel technologies

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All data will be viewable and downloadable from the Open Energy Information platform, OpenEI.org , and arranged so users can see a range of cost and performance numbers, as well as reports on potential improvements. TCDB plot of projected total cost of fuel-cell vehicles to manufacturers. Click to enlarge.

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Another cut at US electric vehicle range requirements and usage patterns; fully-charged LEAF could handle 83-95% of all driving days

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Solar Journey USA project. This study was conducted as part of the Solar Journey USA project, an initiative to educate Americans about electric vehicles, solar energy and the synergy of Sustainable Driving that arises from the two. The dataset was downloaded from the NHTS website and imported into SPSS 18 for analysis.

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VW to stage world premiere of ID. Buzz on 9 Mar; two versions to be sold in Europe

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This technology opens up a whole new spectrum of possibilities, such as the ability to store excess power from a home’s solar panels in the ID. Models are designed so that software updates can be downloaded over the air. Buzz’s battery and to feed it back into the home in the evening. Buzz and other ID.

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Maven deploying its first all-electric shared-use fleet in Austin; 20 Chevy Bolts

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Maven will leverage Austin’s Plug-in EVerywhere network of EV chargers, including Electric Drive, Austin’s downtown smart mobility showcase complete with a DC Fast Charger and solar kiosk. Interested drivers can download the Maven app for Apple in the App Store and for Android in the Google Play Store.

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