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This town is going to cover its cemetery with solar canopies

Baua Electric

Éric Boquaire, the president of Brier’energie, told pv magazine France that the 8,000-square-meter (86,111-square-foot) canopy will consist of 5,000 solar panels. The municipality will fully finance the €3.35 That’s because the commune of Saint-Joachim is in the center of the Brière marsh. million ($3.6 million) installation.

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The Battery Revolution Is Just Getting Started

Cars That Think

Thirty-two years later, our laptops are powered by much, much lighter lithium-ion or lithium-polymer batteries. We're living in battery-powered times. Not only will batteries be needed for our phones, laptops, power tools, cars, ships, and planes, but also to store energy from renewable sources. But it'll never happen.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

After a decade in the solar power installation business, Bradley Bartz is tired of being Mr. Nice Guy. I just read the article in the June/July issue of Homepower magazine written by two firemen who have solar panels on their roofs. If you don’t use their (SCE) power, you don’t need their poles! “ Idiots !

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PEUGEOT charges ahead with revised pricing and finance offers for PEUGEOT e-2008 and e-208

Drive EV

Both the PEUGEOT e-208 and e-2008 are powered by a 50kWh battery and a 136hp electric motor. driveEV is the UK's only online magazine dedicated to electric cars. The post PEUGEOT charges ahead with revised pricing and finance offers for PEUGEOT e-2008 and e-208 appeared first on driveEV.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

the only companyselling hydrogen-powered cars to U.S. policy shifts to favor battery-powered autos. Honda has yet to announce plans to sell one, citing highcosts for the lithium-ion batteries needed to power them andpoor range. “We drivers, may also developplug-in electric models as U.S. General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Green Car Congress

Under the cap-and-trade system, industries regulated by it—the largest being power generation, chemicals, steel, and cement—are given limits on their total emissions, and companies can purchase emission reductions from others in lieu of reducing emissions themselves. RGGI, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Model Rule , 1/5/07 Final.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Following that, according Chryslers filings, will come electric-powered cars, SUVs and crossovers, some based on Fiat vehicles, according to the "viability plan" Chrysler submitted to the Treasury Department. Power will come from a 200 kilowatt, or 268 horsepower, electric motor.