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And now…the Plug In Tanker

Revenge of the Electric Car

The Alaskan Navigator, one of two British Petroleum oil tankers retrofitted to be electrically operated dockside. It’s been a long time coming, but we have finally achieved the first “cold ironing&# of a tanker in the Port of Long Beach. Diandra Jay/Press-Telegram). The project cost $23.7 By Ronald D.

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ABB and Fincantieri to Collaborate on Shore Power Systems

Green Car Congress

HVSC systems enable ships to draw electricity from onshore power grids while in port to operate onboard equipment as refrigeration units, lighting, cooling and heating systems, instead of burning fuel oil to run electrical generators. Fincantieri and ABB are already collaborating through Seastema S.p.A,

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Green Motorsports: The Indy 500 Greens Up Its Act

Clean Fleet Report

At the 2023 Indianapolis 500 on May 28 in Indianapolis, Indiana, all 33 cars will be running on Shell 100-percent renewable biofuel, using carbon neutral motor oil, and rolling on Firestone Firehawk tires made with recycled plastics. Not so much as you would think, especially with technology changing fast.

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Yeah, I Got Your Chevy Volt, Right Here. Day 2 @ Plug-In 2009

Creative Greenius

Check the oil? there is no oil. The eBox above from AC Propulsion is sending power to and from the grid right there on the Long Beach Convention Center floor. Their new charging infrastructure builds on their expertise in fast charge systems for existing industrial electric vehicles. May I charge your EV sir?

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

This project is currently at the stage of conducting grid readiness assessments.] They’ve also got a site at the Port of Long Beach and a couple others in the LA area. When your home was built or when the business next to you was built, they went to the utility and said, “I need a hookup to the grid.” A lot heavier.

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Electrified Blondes in Convertibles For Everyone!

Creative Greenius

If everyone could hear Ed talk about the smart grid and how plug-in cars make it possible to inventory electricity then we’d already be building that grid today. It’s going to change the world of our Los Angeles and Long Beach ports. That “V2G&# over the wheel stands for Vehicle to Grid.

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Environmental Charter High School Gets Solar; Greenius Goes EcoMedia

Creative Greenius

The Pacific Coast Termite grant also funded an environmentally friendly XT-2000 Orange Oil termite treatment for the greenhouse. Plants in black tubes behind the ECHS Science teacher are being fed by aquaponic system in the new solar-powered greenhouse. Courtesy of CBS EcoMedia).

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