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The Impact of Electric Vehicles on Urban Mobility

The Environmental Blog

Electric vehicles , or EVs for short, are cars, trucks, or other vehicles that are powered by electricity instead of traditional gasoline or diesel fuel. However, as more renewable energy sources like solar and wind power are integrated into the grid, the carbon footprint of charging EVs continues to decrease.

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Alberta Premier’s Statements on Batteries ‘Ideologically Motivated,’ Inaccurate, Experts Say

DeSmogBlog

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s recent comments about the use of batteries for renewable energy infrastructure surprised experts, one of whom described the premier’s comments as possibly ideologically motivated misinformation. After Smith asked, “And what do I do when there’s no sun and there’s no wind?,” GW commercial.

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — July 2023

Greentown Labs

FUNDING Capture6 , a Carbon to Value (C2V) Initiative Year 3 participant, received an $8M+ grant from the California Energy Commission for advancing water recovery and carbon removal through its use of direct air capture technology that uses saltwater to create a solvent for carbon capture.

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Net-Zero iPhones: Apple Pledges to Go Carbon-Neutral by 2030

GreenTechMedia

Apple committed on Tuesday to becoming carbon-neutral by 2030, pushing its ambitions far beyond its own corporate walls — already 100 percent powered by renewables — to include its vast supply chain and the lifecycle of all its products. Apple will increasingly rely on carbon-removal programs. technology giants.

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Europe’s Energy Storage Market Is Fading, Right When It’s Needed Most

GreenTechMedia

Europe is still plotting the course towards being net-zero by 2050, but no matter the shape it takes, it will surely involve hundreds of gigawatts of new renewable power capacity. Can a battery charge up with “brown power,” then discharge at the price guaranteed in an auction? was 22 GW with 3.6

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Arizona Utility APS Charts 15-Year Plan on Its Way to Zero-Carbon Energy by 2050

GreenTechMedia

Arizona Public Service released its plan for reaching zero-carbon by 2050 , with multiple options to balance the costs and carbon benefits of switching from coal and natural gas to renewables, batteries, distributed energy resources and as-yet-untested technologies. million-customer utility, said in a Tuesday interview.

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Green grid: Surging renewables and low demand cause UK power prices to plummet

Business Green

Sunny and breezy weather coupled with lower demand for power due to lockdown prompted negative electricity prices on Sunday. First time I've seen negative prices during the day from @octopus_energy. Going to be making bread, doing washing and cycling battery to take advantage! pic.twitter.com/fwCbxMA8up.

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