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Tennesseans might not be too worried about climate change, but they sure love electric cars
As the grid gets greener, it increases the climate benefits of plug-in models.
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In Brooklyn, you can now sell solar power to your neighbors
A cutting-edge technology offers a new way to trade electricity.
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The future will be battery-powered
Inside the high-stakes race to build a better energy storage device.
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Used electric-car batteries could end blackouts
It's hard enough to recycle the batteries that power tiny devices. What do you do with those ginormous batteries that store a car's power?
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Critical List: Last 60 years were Australia’s hottest in a millennium; anti-whaling captain detained
Australia just experienced the 60 hottest years in the past millennium, according to a new report. And natural causes don’t explain the shift. China’s grid is not set up to deal with renewables. Anti-whaling captain Paul Watson, president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, was detained in Germany for a decades-old violation of navigational regulations.
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Solar grid parity 101 — and why you should care
We're rapidly approaching solar grid parity, the tipping point when installing solar power will cost less than buying electricity from the grid.
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Here comes the sun – the chart Paul Krugman left out
This post originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project. Nobel economist Paul Krugman made waves last month when his column “Here Comes the Sun” noted that the rapidly falling cost of solar electricity – “prices adjusted for inflation falling around 7 percent a year” – […]
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Overcoming the roadblocks to democratizing the electricity system – part 5 of 5
A serialized version of ILSR‘s new report, Democratizing the Electricity System, Part 4 of 5. Click for Part 1 or Part 2 or Part 3 or Part 4. Overcoming the Roadblocks to Democratizing the Electricity System The electricity grid system has become host to a distributed generation phenomenon that has developed in a largely hostile […]
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New York City's Solar Windfall Illuminates America's Clean Energy Future
This post adapted from Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project. A recently released solar map of New York City found enough room on building rooftops for solar panels to power half the city during hours of peak electricity use. Taking advantage of this solar windfall could allow […]