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Ergon Energy has announced the winner of its first tender to provide ground-breaking grid-based battery storage, in what could be the first of hundreds of such installations across its vast network in Queensland that will reduce its need to build more poles and wires. Ergon Energy says 20 systems that comprise 50 lithium-ion type batteries and a nominal capacity of

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Is Tesla looking to bring a European factory online? Maybe, and it might just be in Slovakia. AutoBlog Green reports that the electric automaker is in talks with officials in Slovakia about potentially building a factory there, though so far Tesla isn’t confirming anything. After the recent retooling of its Fremont factory, Tesla will be able to build about 2,500

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I’ve been monitoring and writing about battery technology advancements for years, and have been let down so many times. This time, a lithium-ion battery technology that can be recharged to 70% in 2 minutes has been developed, and it can theoretically last 20 years! Let’s hope this is for real. This technology is facilitated by the use of a titanium

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The heirs and still majority owners of the Walmart fortune, the Walton family, have been spending millions of dollars in recent years funding a huge number of anti-solar energy groups, according to a recent study from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR). If you’re asking yourself, well, what exactly is a “huge number?” — in this case, it’s more than

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A recent study suggest Albertans want more wind energy, as not enough has been done to grow provincial renewable energy. Canadian Wind Energy Association (CANWEA) and Nanos Research have compiled some interesting results on the matter. Nearly 86% of respondents agreed or somewhat agreed wind energy is a good solution in battling greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, 80%

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Chrysler is currently planning to launch a plug-in hybrid electric version of the next Chrysler Town & Country minivan sometime late next year, as per recent comments made by the company’s CEO Sergio Marchionne at the Paris Motor Show. This is in spite of the fact that the company’s CEO has previously made his dislike of plug-in electric cars well

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Elon Musk’s solar system powerhouse SolarCity and the Norwegian solar energy provider REC Group recently announced that they will be expanding upon their earlier supply agreement — all the way up to the rather large figure of 220 MW worth of solar panel through 2015. The new announcement follows rather closely on the heels of the initial agreement between the

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After thrust, components dedicated to control the temperature inside the car (air con and heating) rank second when it comes to electric energy consumption in EVs. Both, air conditioning and heating are loading down the battery and thus reduce the driving range if they are used. In a research project, the Hohenstein Institute collaborates with research institutes FILK (Freiberg, Saxony)

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Trina Solar Limited today announced that its high-efficiency Honey solar module has set a new world record for peak power output for P-type monocrystalline silicon PV modules, as independently certified by TUV Rheinland. The module was developed in the Company’s State Key Lab of PV Science and Technology and is composed of 60 156mm x 156mm high-efficiency Honey monocrystalline silicon

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In June and July of 2014, the US Department of Commerce announced its intention to impose duties on Chinese and Taiwanese solar PV manufacturing imports. This followed on from a previous trade decision reached towards the end of 2012 to impose duties on Chinese produced crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells. And, as was the case following the 2012 decision, Chinese

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