Florida Is Fueling Its EV Charging With Federal Funds

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 12:10:12 +0000

FloridaThe state’s two Republican senators are taking credit for the influx of money — without mentioning that they voted against the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that’s the source of the funds.

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Renewable Natural Gas Projects Announced for South Dakota, Florida

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:34:47 +0000

More projects to increase the supply of renewable natural gas (RNG) have been announced in Florida and South Dakota, as investments continue in technologies to produce a low-carbon fuel that could replace diesel and other fossil fuels. OPAL Fuels, headquartered in White Plains, New York, on Jan. 5 announced it has completed the ramp-up period […]

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Florida HOA Wants A Man To Hide His Rivian R1T

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 00:42:32 +0000

Local 10 News in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, recently ran a story about a proud owner of a new Rivian R1T electric truck. Everything seemed to be going fine with the truck, and neighbors regularly stopped by to tell him how much they liked it. However, HOA managers, being the Super Karens they often […]

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Solar Community Slammed By Hurricane Ian: “Our Lights Stayed On”

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 15:21:04 +0000

One RMIer recounts his experience braving Hurricane Ian and why the lights stayed on in his solar-powered sustainable community. By Ryan Foelske My family and I survived our first hurricane. Hurricane Ian passed right over our head and pummeled the west cost of Florida with high winds for 6–10 hours. The storm ravaged our local […]

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Ford Used Its Lightning Trucks, Sent Them To The Rescue For Hurricane Ian

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 16:53:23 +0000

A few weeks ago, Ford’s events kept having unexplained power outages, and there was always a Ford Lightning on hand to save the day. It happened enough times that many people on social media started to suspect Ford was staging the power outages just to show off the Lightning’s ability to power things. Personally, I’d […]

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Tesla Powerwalls Survive Hours Underwater In Hurricane Ian

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2022 11:10:30 +0000

Tesla Solar Roof and PowerwallThis Tesla Solar Roof and Powerwall stood up to the challenge of Hurricane Ian in Florida last week. And how about those hot new Virtual Power Plants?

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Fun in the Sun: Cane Island Is a Central Florida Treasure

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 04:18:00 +0000

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You must be a power guy or gal to consider a generating station an attraction. If you are, you won’t find a better place to visit than the Cane Island Power Park. The facility is in a picturesque location

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Apparently We Need To Talk About Evacuations & EVs (Part 2)

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 21:00:50 +0000

Continued from Part 1… Would Charging Time Kill You? Another common lie about EVs is that they’d take forever to escape the danger zone because they don’t go very far and take 8+ hours to charge. This has led to idiotic posts saying that it would take a week to get out of Florida in […]

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Apparently We Need To Talk About Evacuations & EVs (Again)

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 20:47:44 +0000

It seems like every time there’s a natural disaster or severe storm that involves cars, the anti-EV FUD comes out in force on social media and conservative traditional media. Hurricanes knock out power, and therefore EVs are useless for evacuation. Some people got stuck in a snow storm on the highway, and you’d freeze to […]

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