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To Store or Not to Store: That is the Question

Green Car Congress

Typical daily grid demand. “ Why do you need energy storage on the grid, when the grid is full of power plants that generate all the energy that is needed? ” It would seem like a good question to ask and applies the same logic has been used for the past fifty years in determining grid strategy.

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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy and EV Modern Life

Setec Powerr

They also are being subjected to disinformation campaigns fueled in part by Donald Trump’s long-standing hatred of windmills. Decarbonization will take decades, and in the case of large-scale installations like wind farms and solar farms, we will see NIMBY-style (Not In My Back Yard) opposition to siting.

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UK study finds Bio-SNG could offer 90% reduction in lifecycle CO2; lower cost of carbon abatement than electrical solutions for transport applications

Green Car Congress

—“Bio-SNG Feasibility Study” The feasibility study appraises the opportunity afforded by Bio-SNG, building on a review of the issues associated with biomass sourcing, a detailed analysis of the technology options and applicability for injection into the UK grid, as well as a financial appraisal. Cost of carbon abated.

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Can Alt-Fuel Credits Accelerate EV Adoption?

Cars That Think

In one way, the program in question—the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)—is a relic from a bygone era. lawmakers established the RFS in 2005 and expanded it in 2007, well before solar panels, wind turbines, and electric vehicles became the stalwarts of decarbonization they are today. Meanwhile, in a future U.S.

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What about the Pickens Plan?

Plugs and Cars

Diverse, American sources of energy have made the electric grid essentially resilient and secure, immune to petroleum’s price volatility or politics. Before greenhouse gasses became a global concern, before we came to terms with the inevitable limits of fossil fuels, natural gas would have been a logical fuel alternative to petroleum.

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