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Arizona utility reveals battery deals that give California a run for its money | Ars Technica
Arizona utility reveals battery deals that give California a run for its money | Ars Technica
Arizona is getting into the battery game.  It is looking at setting up contracts that could give it the largest backup battery system in the United States surpassing California. Source of shared Link
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New refillable batteries could fuel an electric car revolution
New refillable batteries could fuel an electric car revolution
Range anxiety is one of the drawbacks to electric vehicles.  A new refillable battery might be the answer to all the problems.  It could also kick of a huge electric car revolution. Source of
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Corporate neighbors in Pennsylvania share solar power, courtesy of blockchain | GreenBiz
Corporate neighbors in Pennsylvania share solar power, courtesy of blockchain | GreenBiz
A company set up a peer-to-peer residential system that uses blockchain.  This is a pilot to see if using blockchain could decentralize the energy market and disrupt it completely. Source of shared
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New residential solar panels deliver record-breaking efficiency
New residential solar panels deliver record-breaking efficiency
Insolight is a start up company.  It is achieving record conversion rates.  In residential solar, it converting an astounding 29% of the sun that hits it.  This is a lot higher than the
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Tesla's big battery made another $4 million on its way to pay for itself - Electrek
Tesla's big battery made another $4 million on its way to pay for itself - Electrek
Tesla’s big battery system is making a lot of money.  Located in Southern Australia, it netted the energy company $4 million in quarter 4 alone.  The entire system only cost $66 million.  It
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Report puts significant rise in Fuel Cell Vehicles on the horizon - Powder Metallurgy Review
Report puts significant rise in Fuel Cell Vehicles on the horizon - Powder Metallurgy Review
A report uncovers something that does not get much media.  With all the discussion about electric vehicles, most are overlooking the advancement of fuel cells.   Source of shared Link
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Solar Energy: The American Industry Has Exploded in Size as Costs Plummet | Inverse
Solar Energy: The American Industry Has Exploded in Size as Costs Plummet | Inverse
Solar prices have come down a huge amount.  The number of people working in the field exploded over the past 8 years.  With the progress technologically, we could see this energy virtually free
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The UAE has the world's largest virtual battery plant — Quartz
The UAE has the world's largest virtual battery plant — Quartz
The UAE set another record.  It now has the largest "battery powered virtual plant" in the world.  This is 6 times what Tesla set up in Australia. Source of shared Link
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Bill Gates' quixotic quest to revive nuclear power | GreenBiz
Bill Gates' quixotic quest to revive nuclear power | GreenBiz
Nuclear power is falling out of favor.  Bill Gates is trying to revive it.  He feels not only do we need to build nuke plant but subsidize them. Source of shared Link
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Long, strange trip: How U.S. ethanol reaches China tariff-free | Reuters
Long, strange trip: How U.S. ethanol reaches China tariff-free | Reuters
Ethanol shipments from the United States to China face a 70% tariff. Yet Ethanol is entering the country without a single cent of tariff levied. This is because Ethanol shippers are very creative. The
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This Fusion Technology Could Make Clean Energy Drastically Cheaper
This Fusion Technology Could Make Clean Energy Drastically Cheaper
Nuclear fusion is getting closer according to recent breakthroughs by scientists.  Long heralded as the path to near free energy, this technology proved elusive over the decades.  Are we finally
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Egypt Is Building One of the Largest Solar Parks in the World | Energy Central
Egypt Is Building One of the Largest Solar Parks in the World | Energy Central
Egypt is looking to jump into the solar game on a huge scale.  This makes sense since the country gets a lot of son.  The country is building one of the largest solar picks in the world. Source
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Laser Scientists Just Tripled Their Fusion Power Yield
Laser Scientists Just Tripled Their Fusion Power Yield
Machine learning is being found everywhere.  Scientists smashed their previous nuclear fusion yield using machine learning with lasers.  Nuclear fusion is viewed by many as the answer to the
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'Inkjet' solar panels poised to revolutionise green energy
'Inkjet' solar panels poised to revolutionise green energy
Advancements in renewable energy, especially solar, is moving ahead rapidly.  Will there come a day where every surface exposed to the sun is an energy creation center powering all the needs for a
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Germany to close all 84 of its coal-fired power plants, will rely primarily on renewable energy - Los Angeles Times
Germany to close all 84 of its coal-fired power plants, will rely primarily on renewable energy - Los Angeles Times
Germany, the world’s fourth biggest consumer of coal, aims to shut down all 84 of its coal-burning plants that produce 40% of the country’s electricity within the next 19 years in order to meet its
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Optimizing solar farms with smart drones | MIT News
Optimizing solar farms with smart drones | MIT News
MIT is using drones to help with the maintenance on solar farms. Source of shared Link
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Caterpillar unveils an all-electric 26-ton excavator with a giant 300 kWh battery pack - Electrek
Caterpillar unveils an all-electric 26-ton excavator with a giant 300 kWh battery pack - Electrek
Catepillar unveiled a 26 ton excavator in it's effort to make the company more electric.  This is a 300 kw unit. Source of shared Link
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Corporate Clean Energy Buying Surged to New Record in 2018 | Bloomberg NEF
Corporate Clean Energy Buying Surged to New Record in 2018 | Bloomberg NEF
Corporations bought a record amount of clean energy in 2018.  The total was more than double that of 2017. Source of shared Link
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Two-dimensional MoS 2 -enabled flexible rectenna for Wi-Fi-band wireless energy harvesting | Nature
Two-dimensional MoS 2 -enabled flexible rectenna for Wi-Fi-band wireless energy harvesting | Nature
Researchers might have come up with a way to take the energy from wi-fi signals and convert them to electricity.  This would power electronic devices. Source of shared Link
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Scientists Create Liquid Fuel That Can Store The Sun's Energy For Up to 18 Years
Scientists Create Liquid Fuel That Can Store The Sun's Energy For Up to 18 Years
Solar has one major drawback.  No matter how much is generated, without long term reliable storage, the industry is facing an uphill battle. Source of shared Link

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