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EGEB: The US’s first offshore wind farm is currently offline; here’s why

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Tampa just committed to 100% clean energy by 2035, but there’s a hitch. more… The post EGEB: The US’s first offshore wind farm is currently offline; here’s why appeared first on Electrek. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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NREL researchers point toward building energy efficiency instead of long-term storage

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The researchers considered solar and wind as the source of renewable energy, given that most plans for meeting the 100% target take those into account. Further, the researchers separated the country into five climate zones, ranging from the hot and humid (Tampa, Florida) to the very cold (International Falls, Minnesota).

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Study suggests widespread use of EVs may negatively impact land use

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Europe and the US potentially would have to devote up to 5,000–6,000 km 2 of land to photovoltaic panels or 56,000–70,000 km 2 to wind turbines. Lyon, France; Tampa, FL, USA), a mere 0.5 % increase of these would imply the loss of 1.5 Upper and lower values reflect ratios of high density to low density of 2 and 4, respectively.

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A Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Wants to Visit Your School

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The PHEV3A mission is to educate America one town (or in this case one school) at a time on getting its own energy independence back by moving away from imported oil to using home grown electrons preferably from renewable energy sources like solar, wind and hydro-power.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. superconducting wire that can be used in future advanced wind turbine generators. used to make a wind turbine generator lighter, more powerful, and more efficient. has traditionally been too expensive to use in wind generators.

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Florida has no wind turbines but it’s going to ban them anyway

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Florida legislature is about to ban offshore wind turbines in state waters, which wouldn’t be put there to begin with, to protect the beaches. Excluding hurricanes, of course, Florida doesn’t have sufficient wind power, either onshore or offshore, that, say, states in the US Northeast or Texas have to sustain a wind power industry.

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