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Big Oil Faces A Formidable Foe In Fight Against Electric Vehicles

October 2, 2019 admin american petroleum institute, americans for prosperity, Arizona, big-oil, California, cars, chargepoint, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, exxon, exxonmobil, Florida, florida municipal power agency, Fossil Fuels, gina coplon-newfield, grid, MARYLAND, Oil, pacific gas & electric, policy & politics, Sierra Club, tesla, union of concerned scientists, utilities, western states petroleum association

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 14:52:08 +0000

Electric utilities are keen on electric vehicles these days — they see them as a future revenue source. Utilities from California to Florida to Michigan are sponsoring the installation of public charging stations, and some are offering rebates to customers for installing home chargers. To date, at least 50 utilities in 25 states have launched or proposed programs to encourage the buildout of charging infrastructure

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Electricity Resilience In Florida: Hurricane Dorian vs. Tesla Powerwall

September 28, 2019 admin 2019 hurricanes, batteries, buildings, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reviews, climate change, cocoa beach, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, enhanced hurricane protection, ev charging, Florida, global weirding, grid, grid storage, home energy management, hurricane dorian, hurricane preparedness, hurricanes, lithium-ion batteries, Natural Disasters, Nissan, nissan leaf, research, rooftop solar, SCIENCE, Smart Grid, smartphone apps, Solar energy, tesla, tesla hurricanes, tesla model 3, tesla powerwall, tesla powerwall 2, tesla powerwall app

Credit to Author: Danny Parker| Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 03:11:34 +0000

As a researcher at the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) in Cocoa, Florida, I’ve lived with hurricanes my entire professional career. Each year is like a bad lottery since Florida is a hurricane magnet. Given the paths of past hurricanes, there’s plenty of reason for concern. Living in the state in September suggests a shooting gallery experience — with these hits by major storms, but a lot of near misses

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Pictures & Commentary From Oldsmar Drive Electric Event

September 26, 2019 admin BMW, bmw i3, bmw i8, boats, cars, chevy bolt, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Florida, ford, huyndai kona ev, Hyundai, Nissan, nissan leaf, nissan leaf batteries, ocean allies, Solar energy, southern alliance for clean energy, tesla, tesla model 3, water for people

Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 06:28:32 +0000

We attended yet another National Drive Electric Week event this past weekend, this one (CleanTechnica’s 4th? 5th?) was in Oldsmar, Florida, and went quite beyond electric vehicles

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Help Normal People Learn About Electric Cars In Sarasota, Los Angeles, Huntsville, Oxnard, San Diego, Ventura, DC, Iowa City, Mexico City, Melbourne, Taipei, Etc.

September 14, 2019 admin California, cars, chargepoint, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, consumer technology, DC, electric auto association, electric cars, Electric vehicles, events, Florida, Los Angeles, national drive electric week, ndec, plug in america, san-diego, sarasota, Sierra Club

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 06:11:27 +0000

National Drive Electric Week is starting. This annual event has been going on for nearly a decade to raise awareness around electric vehicles (EVs). It’s organized by Plug In America, the Sierra Club, and the Electric Auto Association, but the core of the work is in the grassroots around the United States and even now the world

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Florida Thinks a Solution to the Opioid Crisis Is… Massages

September 12, 2019 admin Florida, HEALTH, healthcare, Opioids, prescription painkiller

Credit to Author: Hannah Smothers| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 18:22:33 +0000

New rules in the state require providers to suggest some wildly unhelpful alternatives to prescription painkillers.

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Apartment EV Charging & Ownership May Be Easier Than You Think

September 10, 2019 admin California, cars, chargepoint, clean transport, COLORADO, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, electrify america, ev charging, ev charging apartments, ev charging stations, evbite, evercharge, evgo, Florida, Oregon, tesla, tesla model 3, tesla superchargers

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 02:00:15 +0000

One of the largest obstacles standing in the way of widespread electric vehicle adoption is the often daunting setup required to outfit customers who live in apartments with adequate charging infrastructure. While most EV enthusiasts and media sites advocate for owners of electric vehicles to charge at home, this can be a rather troublesome hurdle to overcome for potential buyers who live in apartments

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Dorian Shows Us the Bleak Future of How the US Will Treat Climate Refugees

September 9, 2019 admin Bahamas, climate change, climate refugees, environment-people, Florida, hurricane dorian, refugees

Credit to Author: Brendan O’Connor| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 20:28:43 +0000

The hurricane survivors barred from coming to Florida won’t be the last desperate people the government turns away.

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A Week After Hurricane Dorian, We Still Don’t Know How Many People are Missing in the Bahamas

September 9, 2019 admin Bahamas, Canada, Donald Trump, Florida, hurricane dorian, NOAA

Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 11:59:45 +0000

The storm has left 70,000 people homeless, and locals say the government response has been “ridiculous.”

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Hurricane Dorian Has Killed at Least 5 People in the Bahamas and Now It ‘Won’t Budge’

September 3, 2019 admin Bahamas, Florida, hurricane dorian, North Carolina

Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 11:40:21 +0000

The storm is stuck over the Bahamas, making it impossible for search rescue operations to begin.

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Public vs. Private: What’s Best for Power Customers?

September 3, 2019 admin aaron zahn, Business, cooperative, finance, Florida, investor-owned utility, jea, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, news, public power

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:00:00 +0000

There are generally three types of electric power utility ownership structures: public power utilities, rural electric cooperatives, and investor-owned utilities (IOUs). The American Public Power Association

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