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Strategies for reducing the fossil-fuel impact of electric vehicles

Renewable Energy World

The impact of electric transportation on pollution and reduced carbon emissions and fossil-fuel consumption is complicated. On the one hand, well-designed electric vehicles (EVs) use much less energy per mile than conventionally-fueled vehicles. Midwest, wind energy is growing quickly.

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Things That Can Impact Power Pricing

The Environmental Blog

Several things can have an impact on power pricing. Some of the most common include fuel, capacity, and competition. The cost of fuel is the most significant factor affecting your electricity rates. If natural gas prices increase, your electricity rates will rise.

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Smart Metering Solutions testing domestic demand side response solutions

Smart Energy International

Smart Energy Solutions (SMS) has begun laboratory testing of Interoperable Demand Side Response (IDSR) solutions as part of the UK Government’s Flexibility Innovation Programme. Funded by the Government’s £1 billion ($1.3

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The war to electrify: America can do it

GreenBiz

Remember how the nation mobilized seemingly overnight for the Allied Powers 80 years ago? This time it'll be batteries. Same size homes, same size cars, the same American Dreams, just without the pollution and with much higher efficiency. homes have a gas meter, feeding water heaters, cooking appliances and so on. "So

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Massachusetts finds early success with behind-the-meter energy storage program

Renewable Energy World

Massachusetts has found early success with its behind-the-meter energy storage incentive program. Launched in 2019, ConnectedSolutions had about 34,000 customer participants with 310 megawatts of capacity enrolled by the end of 2020, according to a report compiled by Applied Economics Clinic for the Clean Energy Group.

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Proterra to Take Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Business Public via SPAC Transaction

GreenTechMedia

Proterra, builder of electric buses, heavy-duty vehicle drivetrains, batteries and charging systems, plans to go public on the NASDAQ exchange via merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), the latest in a string of EV companies seeking access to public market financing to meet growing demand.

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5 Major Trends Driving the $80B US Distributed Energy Resources Market Through 2025

GreenTechMedia

market for distributed energy resources will look very different in five years than it does today. And electric vehicles will give utilities and regulators the opportunity to promote pricing regimes to encourage charging when electricity is abundant — or suffer potentially grid-destabilizing consequences.