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Battery installations in Australia up 20%, here’s why
Last year the number of residential battery systems installed in Australia increased by 20%. The 31,000 battery systems that were installed is a remarkable number, considering Australia entered a recession in September last year for the first time in almost 30 years. This article considers some of the key drivers behind the growing market adoption…
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Meet 100% clean energy expert and Stanford Professor Mark Z. Jacobson
Mark Z. Jacobson is not only a clean, renewable energy expert, but he’s an athlete, an author, a globally recognized speaker and a legendary & beloved atmospheric science professor and climate leader at Stanford University. He’s also the author of a complete guide to renewable energy: “100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything,” which I…
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From the CEO’s Desk Newsletter
By Ben Paulos Resilient home California is suffering its worst fire season ever, with over 4 million acres burned this year alone. In EBCE’s service area, PG&E is continuing to implement Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events, proactively shutting off power to thousands of customers to prevent accidental wildfires. While power shutoff events may reduce…
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First community solar-storage project completed in New York
New York’s community solar-storage setup is a venture involving approximately 150 households. The neighborhood project is comprised of 557kW of rooftop solar paired together with 490kW four-hour Tesla Powerpack ion battery storage. It’s anticipated to give the participants with roughly 10 percent savings in their monthly electricity bills over 25 decades, as well as provide…
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The road to electric vehicles with lower sticker prices than gas cars – battery costs explained
Venkat Viswanathan, Carnegie Mellon University; Alexander Bills, Carnegie Mellon University, and Shashank Sripad, Carnegie Mellon University Electric vehicle sales have grown exponentially in recent years, accompanied by dropping prices. However, adoption of EVs remains limited by their higher sticker price relative to comparable gas vehicles, even though overall cost of ownership for EVs is lower.…
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Energy storage milestone: PG&E, Tesla begin building 730MWh battery system
Utility-scale battery storage took a Major leap forward this past month since Pacific Gas & Electric and Tesla started construction to a 182.5-MW lithium ion system in Monterey County, California. PG&E will Have the facility at Its substation at Moss Landing, however, the construction design and maintenance operations will be joint effort both by the…
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COVID-19, severe weather and power outages
Wildfire and hurricane season is here and with it comes an influx of weather-related power outages. Experts are warning that extreme weather events and natural disasters will be more frequent and intense this year and that this summer will be hotter than average. Power outages coinciding with elevated temperatures can quickly escalate into a public…
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Update on non-Tesla DC fast charging station density in North America
In 2018’s fall I published a article rank states and states by their own DC fast-charging station density relative to population. The Guide, California Lags at DC Fast-Charging Station Density for Electric Vehicles, was based on information from the Alternative Fuels Data Center. The question was the way to compare the progress toward enlarging the EV charging…