Sat.May 30, 2020

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Thanks To Renewables And Machine Learning, Google Now Forecasts The Wind

Forbes Green Tech

Wind farms have traditionally made less money for the electricity they produce because they have been unable to predict how windy it will be tomorrow. Not any more.

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What Are The Pros & Cons Of Buying A Tesla, Post-Pandemic?

CleanTechnica

What do you think about these pros and cons of buying a Tesla in the months to come.

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Have Banks Become Climate Advocates? Interpreting Shareholder Votes And Lending Policies Regarding The Fossil Fuel Sector

Forbes Green Tech

Financial sector is supporting shareholder resolutions and denying funds to select fossil fuel projects. Even these modest steps are criticized by fossil fuel supporters. It remains to be seen what financial sector does next: continue its symbolic steps or deploy its full financial muscle.

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Good Travelers Leave No Tracks — New Tesla Model 3 Surprise Review

CleanTechnica

I wanted to wait a while before writing this review of my new Tesla. For those of you who may have read my latest blog in February, I ended the article saying that my next car would be an EV, promising to purchase it within three years.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Driving The Lexus NX 300h, A Non-Conformist Premium Compact SUV Contender

Forbes Green Tech

The Lexus NX 300h is a compact crossover driven by Toyota’s hybrid drive system; visually it stands out from the premium SUV crowd with its distinctive spindle grille and edgy design.

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The EV Transition & EV Charging Evolution — CleanTech Talk with Ideanomics CEO Alf Poor

CleanTechnica

In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan sits down to talk with Alf Poor, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ideanomics, Inc., about electric vehicle charging.

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Electric Bicycle Sales Blooming Since The Lockdown, Cities & Commuter Habits Shifting

CleanTechnica

Many a bicyclist will tell you that they feel better after even a short trip on a bicycle. The NYC bicyclist below had not bicycled in years due to the congestion of New York City. People left the city, the cars disappeared, and masks appeared on the few outside. Streets became breathable.

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SpaceX & NASA Complete Historic Launch Of Astronauts From US Soil

CleanTechnica

Cape Canaveral, Florida — The much-anticipated launch of the Demo-2 mission marks the first time NASA has launched astronauts from American soil since the end of the Shuttle program.

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Advancing Offshore Wind Community Acceptance Practices: New Report

CleanTechnica

Offshore wind can avoid problems and costs through the community engagement lessons of other clean economy sectors. Read the new report from Mike Casey of Tigercomm, a top cleantech public affairs expert.

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New Sun Tribe Solar Project Will Cover 10% Of Pennsylvania Borough?s Electricity Use

CleanTechnica

Thanks to Sun Tribe Solar, part of Pennsylvania will take a big jump forward in the transition from fossil fuels.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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Tesla Master Plan, Part Trois (Sort Of): Battery Day?

CleanTechnica

Tesla hasn't officially released a Master Plan, Part Trois, but we could pretend this is essentially what Tesla Battery Day is. Sean Mitchell from All Things EV believes that this will reveal a strategy for more affordable energy.

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My First Impressions Of Driving A Tesla Model Y

CleanTechnica

A year ago, I didn't know much about crossovers, so I researched them and wrote an article about why they are so popular. Today, I finally got to drive a Tesla Model Y at the Tampa Delivery Center.

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Largest Solar Power Plant In UK History Gets Final Approval

CleanTechnica

The largest solar power plant in the UK has been approved for Kent. It will use 880,000 solar panels spread across 364 hectares of farmland.

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The Adventures Of Mr. Me & His Noble Steed Colin ? Going To The Movies

CleanTechnica

Mr. Me: me. Colin: 2019 Model 3 Long Range RWD named after a small security guard robot in Douglas Adams’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy. Colin is captured and gets its reward circuits rewired by one of the main characters to find ecstatic pleasure in anything its master commands of it.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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New Audi Unit Will Focus On Autonomous Driving, Nissan To Launch Sporty Electric SUV

CleanTechnica

Audi has created a new autonomous unit called Artemis tasked with bringing the technology forward faster. Meanwhile, Nissan is rumored to have a new electric SUV in the works for introduction in late 2021.

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Autonomous Driving Firm Aurora Has Doubled Staff In Past Year

CleanTechnica

While the world struggles with the coronavirus pandemic and its entire, gigantic, enormous economic fallout, it's perhaps surprising to find out that some companies (other than Amazon and Zoom) have been growing in that time. One of those firms is Aurora, a self-driving vehicle firm led by Chris Urmson, who was Waymo's top dog for years.