energy infrastructure
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Utilities' attempts to pinch solar are countered by the Left and Right.
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Nuclear Waste Could Offer Carbon-Free Energy, Scientists Suggest
Scientists hope to revive an old reactor design to reinvigorate the nuclear-power industry.
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Coal Power Plant That Can Capture Carbon To Open In Mid-2016
A Mississippi power plant is designed to capture 65 percent of its carbon emissions.
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Where Will BMW Electric-Car Batteries Go When They Retire?
BMW, Bosch, and Swedish utility Vattenfall will collaborate on a project to use electric-car batteries for energy storage.
Stephen Edelstein -
As Solar Installations Soar, Utilities Confront Distributed Renewable Power
Utilities may have to change their business model as solar power proliferates.
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Hydrogen Stations In California: How Many Needed As Fuel-Cell Cars Arrive?
Wiithin two years, some Californians will be able to lease or buy a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle from at least three well-known carmakers: Honda, Hyundai, and Toyota. Their state is working hard to ensure that those drivers will have sites at which they can fuel those vehicles. DON'T MISS: Japan...
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A German town produces more energy than it needs from renewable sources.
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California Energy Storage: Why It's Good News For Electric Cars
California makes a big leap in energy-storage use.
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The Coming Solar Power Boom: Charts Tell The Story, Grid Parity In 2 Years
Will solar panels become as cheap as grid electricity by 2016?
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Nissan Leaf-To-Home Electric-Car Power Tests: More Practical For U.S. With Longer-Range Cars?
Nissan will test its Leaf-To-Home station at certain dealers in Japan over the next few months.
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Delaware Vehicle-To-Grid Test Lets Electric Cars Sell Power
The University of Delaware is testing a fleet of electric cars that can discharge power back into the grid.
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Lesson Learned In Last Round Of Hydrogen Fueling: Fund Operations Too
Funding construction alone won't be enough to build a successful hydrogen infrastructure.
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In the ongoing battles over renewable versus hydrocarbon energy--and the associated public policies, advocacy, and media coverage--the Keystone XL Pipeline has emerged as a flashpoint. Now a long analysis in The New York Times, along with associated commentary elsewhere, argues that Keystone's increase in greenhouse-gas emissions would be remarkably small compared to the potential for reductions by new EPA regulations on U.S. powerplant emissions. DON'T MISS: Electric Utilities Now Fighting Home Solar As Threat To Their Business The proposed pipeline would allow Canadian energy firms to pipe...
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Why Oil State Texas Turns Out To Be Friendly To Electric Cars
Charging stations run by utility companies make Texas a popular spot for electric cars.
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Even In China, Coal Consumption May Be Peaking
While use of coal for generating electricity has started to decline in the U.S., China continues to build coal power plants. With public anger at filthy air bubbling below the surface, and the costs of associated health effects more apparent, the country's government is well aware of the long-term...
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E85 By The Numbers: One Station In 50 For One Car In 20
The number of E85 fueling stations has grown significantly over the past few years, but they're still few and far between.
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Long-Lived Clean Power: Wind Turbines Last 25 Years, Study Says
A British study claims that wind turbines can last 25 years without the need for upgrades or replacement.
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China In 2050: 350 Million Vehicles, Many Electric Cars...And Gasoline Exports?
The big unknown in global efforts to reduce carbon emissions is China. It is industrializing at a rapid pace, and a burgeoning middle class has savings galore to spend on its first automobiles--including luxury European brands. By some estimates, the world's current 800 million vehicles will grow...
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Many readers on this site are concerned with miles per gallon, or how much fuel their car uses. And while any site called Green Car Reports is bound to have an environmental tilt, most car buyers are far more concerned with saving money than saving the planet. Nonetheless, we're all about making educated choices. And a writer we admire, GigaOm's Katie Fehrenbacher, recently published a piece we highly recommend, called "Why We Need Energy Literacy." It describes an effort by several U.S. government agencies, among them the Department of Energy, to create a "guiding document" for an Energy...
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Your Ultimate Guide To Electric Car Charging Etiquette
The end of 2010 is fast approaching and that means in a few short months we’ll see the launch of several different plug-in vehicles. But as the 2011 Nissan Leaf, 2011 Coda Sedan, 2011 Chevrolet Volt, 2011 Wheego Whip LiFE and others hit the roads of the U.S., hundreds of new electric car and...
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2011 Nissan Leaf Tested On An Island Amongst The Trees
We love cars here at AllCarsElectric, but sometimes there's nothing better than heading out of the cities and away from civilization to enjoy all that nature has to offer. The last thing we'd want when we got there would be to find our favorite retreat filled with motor vehicles and the fumes they...
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What Comes First, The Car Or The Charger? Portland, Oregon Answers
Are electric cars being held back by a lack of convenient charging points? Or do more electric cars need to be produced in order for a demand for electric vehicle charging points to be large enough to justify installing them? And should charging stations be ones offering a 240V, 30A top-off charge...
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Charging Infrastructure Not Prerequisite For Electric Car Success
What exactly is needed for electric cars to become mainstream? It's a question the auto industry has been asking time and time again over the past few years. Over time, the answer has changed. While electric car owners will likely tell you that the only thing they really need in order to live...
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Rabobank, SolarCity Switch On Chargers Along Highway 101, CA
California's Highway 1, otherwise known as the Pacific Coast Highway is one of the world's most famous roads and one we should all drive at some point in our lives. Some 400 miles of driving, a trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles might be a fun journey in a gas car, but isn't a trip many would...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield