Tag: energy
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Elon Musk believes electric planes will become more practical in about 5 years
For as easy as it is to poke fun at Elon Musk's online shenanigans, there's no denying that he managed to revolutionize the automobile industry in a relatively brief time period. Because of this success of this Model S, Tesla managed to establish that automobiles didn't must be clunky. What's , the popularity of this…
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Tesla reportedly working on its own battery cell manufacturing capability
Automaker Tesla is considering how it might have another crucial part of its distribution chain, through research being performed at a key laboratory close to its Fremont, CA HQ, CNBC reports. The business currently is determined by Panasonic to construct cells and the battery package it utilizes for its own vehicles, which can be among,…
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Alternative Energy: Get 1500 Watts Of AC From Solar
Interested in alternative energy resources? Our electricity expert Robert Brenner will explain how you are able to get 1500 watts of AC power. RELATED: Solar Power | Innovative Use Of Rooftop Real Estate Alternative Energy Solutions | Emergency Power Backup (Based on the book: Power Out! How to Prepare for and Survive a Grid Collapse…
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Eversource Wants to Back Up an Entire Rural Town With Batteries Large and Small
New England utility Eversource wants to deploy energy storage to rear an outage-prone New Hampshire city, while saving customers money. The 18,070 inhabitants of Westmoreland rely upon a single radial power line to provide electricity during the forested, urban environment. Ice storms and heavy snowfall often knock that line down, making the area an outlier…
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U.S. Storage Market Sets Power Capacity Record with Q1 Deployments
The U.S. energy storage industry installed a record quantity of power capacity in the first quarter of 2019. The 148.8 megawatts of new grid storage capacity represented a 232% growth over Q1 2018, according to the most recent edition of the Energy Storage Monitor report created by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Energy…
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Why the U.S. Should Embrace ‘Green China Inc.,’ Not Fight It
If the relationship between the U.S. and China were a potential company merger, now would seem a great time to see the stocks. Nowhere is the interplay more fraught than at the clean-energy sector, the universe of fast-growing businesses built around products such as solar panels, batteries, and electric cars. China, which has decreed green…
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Tesla’s solar cells being produced for roof tiles are mostly being exported by Panasonic: report
A recent report from Reuters has claimed the “great majority” of solar cells now being manufactured by Panasonic Corp at Tesla’s Gigafactory two in Buffalo, New York, is being exported to other states. Citing an worker who works in the center, the publication noted that Tesla is only sporadically purchasing the cells produced by its…
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A new Tesla Model S can now drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco on a single charge
Tesla has announced that it has expanded the range of its Model S vehicle to 370 miles and Model X to 325 miles on a single charge — extending the array of its flagship car to make the trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco on a single charge. The extensions beat Tesla’s previous records…
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Despite declines for the quarter, Tesla is bullish on its overall energy business
Even as its solar company declined in step with its overall earnings, Tesla is bullish on the prospects for the energy side of its business over the course of this year. The energy company is an unheralded part of Tesla — overshadowed by its headline-grabbing (and much larger) auto exploits — that chief executive Elon…
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Vestas to Acquire Stake in Wind and Solar Developer Sowitec
Image Credit: Vestas Denmark’s Vestas, the world’s leading wind turbine supplier, is moving to acquire a stake in renewables project developer Sowitec — part of a trend of wind manufacturers diversifying to supply multi-technology solutions. Vestas this week announced a deal to acquire a 25.1 percent stake in privately owned Sowitec, with an option to purchase…