Article originally published by Inside Climate News …a recent report from the Rocky Mountain Institute showing net-zero energy houses can make financial sense in much of the Midwest as costs for some of the key components fall. …
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Report: Smart grid upgrades offer less risk, more flexibility than power lines
Article originally published by Energy News Network [Non-Wires Alternatives: Case Studies from Leading U.S. Projects] … report suggests so-called non-wires alternatives — combinations of storage and distributed generation that don’t depend on long-distance transmission — offer a …
US EV Subsidies May Be At Risk
According to the director of the White House National Economic Council, subsidies for electric vehicles (EVs) will end possibly in 2020 or 2021. Currently, the federal government provides a tax credit of $2,500 to $7,500 for newly …
GMs All-Electric Future
GM will stop producing the gas/electric plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt in March 2019 when it shifts to battery-electric models like its Bolt EV. Its plan to produce 20 new electric vehicle models by 2023 (see EnergyOnWI …
California Requires E-Buses by 2029
California became the first state to mandate a zero-emission public bus fleet where all new city buses purchased as of 2029 must be fully electric buses. The State’s agencies’ bus fleets are required to meet earlier goals with …
Mayors Form EV Purchasing Cooperative
An Electric Vehicle (EV) Purchasing Collaborative was just launched for Mayors that have joined the Climate Mayors coalition, a bipartisan, peer-to-peer network of mayors committed to accelerate meaningful action to meet the goals of the Paris …
Researchers develop an artificial photosynthesis system that generates hydrogen fuel and electricity at the same time
…Now researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP), a DOE Energy Innovation Hub, have come up with a new recipe for …
Jaguar EV
Jaguar plans to launch an electric vehicle (EV) in 2019, the Jaguar I-Pace. The I-Pace will come to market at around $69,500, about $10,000 below the price of the Tesla Model X. The EPA estimates a similar 234-mile …
Electric Pickup Trucks Coming to Market
Rivian Automotive, an electric vehicle (EV) start-up, unveiled its upcoming electric pickup truck, the R1T at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Set for release in 2020, the R1T is targeted to the consumer market. Rivian purchased …
Missouri S&T powers high-tech, living laboratory homes with new microgrids to research advanced lead battery technologies
Article originally published by News Wise Missouri University of Science and Technology has installed two new advanced lead battery microgrid systems at the campus’s EcoVillage, a “living laboratory” that is home to solar-powered houses designed …