Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

As we try to objectively study nature, we are often reminded of how natural forces affect us personally. When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass. The apparent contradictions do not end there.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2010

In China and India, these emissions increased by 9% and 6%, respectively, despite a doubling of wind and solar energy in China, for the fifth year in a row. tonnes per person and in China this was 6 tonnes, compared with 10 tonnes per person in the Netherlands and 17 tonnes in the United States. In India the emissions were 1.4

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 28, 2009

Ted doesn’t talk about the bill in public, won’t put anything about it on his own web site, and looks down at his shoes and changes the subject if you ask him about the bill personally. Our conditions for producing clean, renewable solar power here in Southern California far exceed those in Germany and Spain.

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Teslarati

JULY 12, 2021

billion acquisition of solar energy company SolarCity. The deal took place in 2016 and gave Tesla full possession of the solar panel maker, a move that some Tesla shareholders were not keen on, as some are alleging the move was a bailout of SolarCity. SolarCity was founded by two of Musk’s cousins, Lyndon and Peter Rive.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2016

HydroGEN Consortium (HydroGEN) –this consortium will accelerate the development of advanced water splitting materials for hydrogen production, with an initial focus on advanced electrolytic, photoelectrochemical, and solar thermochemical pathways. All of this points to a hydrogen and fuel cell market that continues to grow rapidly.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2020

However, their predictions for self-driving vehicles available for consumer purchase has jumped out to 18 years; five years later than predicted in the 2019 Q4 study. However, automakers continue to encounter technical hurdles in their quest to achieve reliable self-driving personal vehicles. Would I get an electric solar powered car?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2011

Through online and telephone surveys of the participating households, and diaries and in-person interviews with a subset of more than 40 households, the UC Davis MINI E research team examined user behavior, infrastructure use, costs, environmental benefits, and other aspects of electric driving.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2010

Such good products must be delivered with speed without making our customers wait, and at affordable prices which make our customers happy with their purchase. This is the direction Honda will take.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 9, 2025

Aptera Motors has unveiled its very first production car at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), claiming that the model will be the only solar-powered vehicle on sale to the public when it launches. But weve seen solar-powered vehicles for decades and theyve historically been too impractical for the average person.

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Baua Electric

JULY 24, 2024

Photo: Nexamp Starbucks has partnered with Nexamp, the largest community solar provider in the US, to anchor six new community solar farms in Illinois. Boston-based Nexamp ‘s six new community solar farms will lower electricity bills for more than 1,100 local residents who are ComEd and Ameren utility customers.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2025

Photo: Leeward Renewable Energy A group of Oklahoma solar farms collectively generating a whopping 724 megawatts (MW) will power Googles data center operations and artificial intelligence (AI) with long-term power purchase agreements. million metric tonsof CO2 emissions over the term of the power purchase agreement.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

[link] Enbridge, a Canadian energy company, just announced it’s moving forward with an 815-megawatt (MW) solar project called Sequoia in Texas. When it’s done, it’ll be one of the largest solar farms in North America. Permits and purchase orders are also locked down. The project’s price tag is a hefty $1.1 Get started here.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 18, 2024

Photo: CDC The US Department of Defense agreed to source renewable power from two new solar farms for five military bases in the Carolinas. DoD will exclusively purchase 100% of the power from the 135-megawatt solar farms in South Carolina. Get started here. affiliate link* FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 26, 2024

Photo: National Grid Renewables National Grid Renewables just brought South Dakota’s largest solar farm online in Pennington County. Wild Springs is a 128-megawatt (MW) solar farm in the Southwest Power Pool, which manages the central US’s electric grid and wholesale power market. Get started here.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 7, 2025

Photo: EDF Renewables North America The largest solar farm in Ohio, Fox Squirrel Solar, is now fully online and delivering clean electricity to the PJM grid. Developed by EDF Renewables andowned in partnership with Canadian energy company Enbridge, the 577-megawatt (MW) Fox Squirrel Solar is in Madison County, west of Columbus.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Renewables developer rPlus Energies has broken ground on one of the largest solar + battery storage projects in the US, in east-central Utah. EliTe Solar is supplying solar panels, and Tesla is providing battery storage. According to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), as of Q2 2024, Utah has nearly 3.5

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Photo: SOLARCYCLE Heliene will make solar panels using SOLARCYCLE ‘s ultra-low carbon solar glass made of recycled solar panel materials. Over the next five years, SOLARCYCLE is set to deliver at least 4 gigawatts (GW), or around 20 million square meters, of recycled solar glass to Heliene. Get started here.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Photo: Arevon One of the USs largest solar + battery storage projects is now online in Mojave, California. Arevon Energy s Eland 1 Solar-plus-Storage Project combines a 384-megawatt (MW) solar farm with a 150-MW/600 MWh battery storage system. Its second phase, Eland 2, is under construction and set to go live in early 2025.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Photo: Streetleaf Streetleafs solar-powered streetlights can withstand Category 5 hurricanes, and the company aims to deploy them across Florida to boost storm resilience. Since Tampa-based Streetleaf was founded in 2019, its installed over 8,000 solar streetlights across the US. Theyre also making a smart offer for storm season.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 26, 2024

Photo: Avangrid True North is Avangrid’s (NYSE: AGR) first solar farm in Texas – and it will be the largest solar project in the company’s portfolio. Avangrid installed more than 488,000 solar panels at the 321 megawatt (MW) solar farm in Falls County, Texas, over the past several months, and it says it finished ahead of schedule.

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Baua Electric

JULY 23, 2024

Photo: Primergy The Gemini Solar + Storage project in Nevada – the US’s largest co-located solar + battery energy storage system – is now operational. NV Energy signed a 25-year power purchase agreement for the energy produced by the plant. million bifacial solar panels. Get started here.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2025

Photo: Florida Municipal Power Agency Floridas Rice Creek Solar Energy Center is now online, delivering nearly 75 megawatts (MW) of clean electricity to 12 cities across the state. The solar farm is part of the Florida Municipal Solar Project, one of the largest municipal solar initiatives in the US.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 30, 2025

million solar panels covering six square miles at Hornet Solar in Swisher County, Texas. Once its online, Hornet Solar will generate 600 megawatts (MW) of clean energy enough to power 160,000 homes annually. Hornet Solar uses bifacial solar panels mounted on a single-axis tracking system to maximize efficiency.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

megawatt (MW) school rooftop solar array, the largest in Virginia, is now online – and the US needs to do a whole lot more of this. School rooftop solar in Virginia Stafford County Public Schools partnered with New York-based Madison Energy Infrastructure (MEI) to install the rooftop solar array at North Stafford High School.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Cambridge, Massachusetts, has signed the largest-ever virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) by a US city to help build a utility-scale solar farm in Illinois. Why solar in Illinois? The Prairie Solar project, expected to come online in summer 2026, will be built near a former coal mine. Photo: BayWa r.e.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2015

Purchase price is a key criterion for or against an electric car; on the other hand, interviewees were often unaware of consumption savings. The study found that the decision in favor of an electric car was down mainly to reasons of image, whereas personal environmental awareness was of minor importance.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

The largest solar farm in Ohio’s first phase is now fully online and delivering clean electricity to the grid. The 577-megawatt (MW) Fox Squirrel Solar is in Madison County, west of Columbus. The Solar Energy Industries Association ( SEIA ) anticipates a lot of growth in the Buckeye State – it’s currently No. It’s made up of 1.4

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Image: Penske Truck Leasing Penske Truck Leasing is rolling out rooftop solar on its US truck leasing, rental, and maintenance buildings, starting in Illinois. The next Penske Truck Leasing rooftop solar system to come online will be in Grand Rapids, Michigan, “in the coming months,” followed by another in Linden, New Jersey, in 2025.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2015

It is a solar-powered portable communications device for rider-to-rider or rider-to-passenger communications. When can we expect the EV Cub to be available for purchase? The original Cub and the Super Cub have both been available for purchase in the United States for decades. Honda calls it the LOOP. Almost certainly.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 11, 2024

Photo: Primergy Solar Solar developer Primergy Solar has closed commitments for $588 million in debt financing for a 408-megawatt (MW) solar farm south of Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas. But it’s all going to Microsoft – the tech giant has signed a power purchase agreement with Primergy for 100% of Ash Creek Solar’s power.

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Baua Electric

MAY 16, 2024

Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, has installed an off-grid solar tracker EV charging station for its employees. Solaflect Energy , based in Norwich, Vermont, designs and manufactures the Solar EV Charger. Solaflect Energy , based in Norwich, Vermont, designs and manufactures the Solar EV Charger.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

Photo: Dominion Energy Virginia Virginia has approved over a dozen new solar projects that will significantly boost Dominion Energy’s clean energy capacity. The solar farms are expected to come online by 2026. gigawatts (GW) of approved solar farms in Virginia – enough to power more than 1.1 million homes at peak output.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 12, 2024

Photo: HANSAINVEST Real Assets A 605 megawatt (MW) project in Germany has claimed the title of Europe’s largest solar farm, bumping a PV plant in Spain out of the top spot. The Witznitz Solar Farm near Leipzig, which is not state-subsidized, is owned by German investment firm HANSAINVEST Real Assets. million modules.

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Baua Electric

JULY 14, 2024

Photo by Kelly on Pexels.com Just days after a massive election win, UK’s new Labour government has hit the ground running and is already making progress on increasing solar power deployment. The new Labour government has made green energy policy a priority, wanting to rapidly increase solar and wind power.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

If an EV is charged with electricity that is generated from renewable sources (such as solar, wind, geothermal, or hydroelectric), then there are no fossil fuel emissions associated with that charging or driving process. Attend an online or in-person event. Watch an EV parade. Watch virtual test drives.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 8, 2008

For more than a year now in this blog I’ve been researching and reporting on climate change, energy and transportation issues and related environmental stories covering them on both a personal and a global perspective. So long as your mortgage and property tax bill are in good standing, you’ll get the money.

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 26, 2021

Soon, this included conversations with his clients and fellow real estate agents about smart home technology, energy efficiency, and solar PV. “I An all-Tesla family Matos-Roger’s personal connection with electric vehicles (EVs) started in 2014 with the lease of a Nissan LEAF. I try to lead by example,” Matos-Rogers said. “I

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