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Southern California Edison to buy 261 MW of energy storage projects; largest grid-connected storage purchase in US

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The new contracts result from a plan recommended by SCE in response to state forecasts of local reliability needs due to the closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and anticipated retirement of older, natural gas generation plants along the Southern California coastline that rely on ocean water for their cooling needs.

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AECOM study finds EV adoption in Victoria can offer significant economic benefits by late 2020s; PHEVs initially lead uptake

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For the report, Forecast Uptake and Economic Evaluation of Electric Vehicles in Victoria , AECOM modelled the likely penetration of electric vehicles (including hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and. The vehicle choice model forecasts the proportion of market share for new vehicle sales for each of the different.

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Volkswagen Group shows 3 hydrogen fuel cell concepts at LA Show: Audi A7 Sportback h-tron; Golf Sportwagen HyMotion; Passat HyMotion

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The ultimate goal—one that Volkswagen Group and brand executives consistently emphasize—is to enable “bumper-to-bumper” production of brand models equipped with different drive systems (gasoline, diesel, natural gas, plug-in hybrid, battery-electric and fuel cell) using the same production line. Audi A7 Sportback h-tron.

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Your Greenius Earth Day Reality Check: Waiting For The Magic Bullet

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government or the majority of our population about taking the immediate and dramatic steps necessary to avoid runaway climate change or the hell and high water that’s coming with it. . Then they cut that forecast in half and told us the bad news was coming our way by the middle of this century. La Di Da. . La Di Da.

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Your Greenius Earth Day Reality Check: Waiting For The Magic Bullet

Creative Greenius

government or the majority of our population about taking the immediate and dramatic steps necessary to avoid runaway climate change or the hell and high water that’s coming with it. . Then they cut that forecast in half and told us the bad news was coming our way by the middle of this century. La Di Da. . La Di Da.

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When You See Something, Say Something: Climate Emergency Alarm Bells Ringing While Local Electeds Pretend Not To Hear

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Today, here in the South Bay of Los Angeles where I live, we have all the dots you’d ever need to connect the crisis level of global warming to the urgent action needed locally. Oceans warming faster than previously forecast. Garcetti called for “a Green New Deal for Los Angeles.”. Instead L.A. Instead L.A.

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