Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 10:00:03 +0000
As Hurricane Ian makes its way toward Florida, people are on edge. Will it lose strength and become a “no big deal” storm? Will it pick up strength and blow people’s houses down? Or, will it dump more rain than expected, and do unusual damage for a storm that’s technically a lower category based on […]
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:29:00 +0000
More than 2.5 million electricity customers in Florida were without power early Sept. 29 as Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc on the state’s power grid and continued to cause damage with high winds and heavy rain, even after being downgraded to a tropical storm early Thursday. The storm, which made landfall in southwest Florida on Wednesday […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:30:36 +0000
New technologies always bring out skepticism in people, and among the particularly ignorant, it brings out paranoia, hatred, and violence. Few know this better than Tesla owners, especially those who’ve experienced vandalism (often by people stupid enough to not know they’re on camera). I don’t understand why people think it’s ok to vandalize others property. […]
Credit to Author: Matt Pressman| Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2022 13:57:34 +0000
Tesla Owners Florida, in partnership with Tesla and The Electrified Garage, invites the Tesla community to attend TeslaCon Florida 2022. A weekend of fun on the Florida Space Coast with celebrity guests, education sessions, exhibitors (including EVANNEX), great food, and friends, this exciting event is open to members of Tesla Owners Florida (join here) and other sanctioned Tesla Owners clubs. […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2022 16:13:11 +0000
Electric aircraft are all the rage, and they have been for several years, but when are we going to see actual commercial electric airplane options for normal people? Soon! Well, sort of soon. The electric aircraft “Alice” from Eviation Aircraft has been getting real orders lately, including from a young airline based in Florida. There’s […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 23:30:03 +0000
TeslaCon Florida 2022 is coming up, and aside from some other top presenters who have been confirmed, I can now say that I will be there presenting as well. Tesla Owners Florida is putting on the conference, with the support of The Electrified Garage and Tesla itself. Presenters include the venerable Sandy Munro, the prolific […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 19:41:56 +0000
U.S. shipments of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules (solar panels) rose to a record electricity-generating capacity of 28.8 million peak kilowatts (kW) in 2021, from 21.8 million peak kW in 2020, based on data from our Annual Photovoltaic Module Shipments Report. Continued demand for U.S. solar capacity drove this increase in solar panel shipments in 2021. U.S. […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 14:39:39 +0000
Duke Energy is using 5 Ford F-150 Lightning pickup trucks to test their ability to be used in V2G and V2H configurations.
Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 12:30:29 +0000
U.S. electricity generation from renewable sources, such as hydropower, wind, and solar, accounted for 20% of electricity generation both in 2020 and in 2021. We expect that share to increase to 22% in 2022 and to 24% in 2023 as more generating capacity from wind and solar come online and other generation sources, such as […]
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 18:15:03 +0000
It’s possible to design machines that are anchored to the deep ocean bottom that will “fly” in the current, like kites in the wind. In the future, large-scale commercial-scale deployments composed of many turbines to generate power-plant quantities of ocean electricity could become common.