The Incentives Stimulating Norway’s Electric Vehicle Success

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:25:47 +0000

When it comes to electric vehicles, Norway is a world leader. Battery electric vehicles sales accounted for 42% of the market there in 2019. The top sellers were the Tesla Model 3, the VW e-Golf, Nissan Leaf, Audi e-tron, and BMW i3. But why is Norway, a small and northern nation with 5.35 million people, also an EV leader

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How Much Energy Does The US Consume & Where Does It Come From? — Pew Research

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:25:15 +0000

EIA US new capacity 2020Electricity from renewables is expected to be the largest source of new electrical supply in 2020. But fossil fuels continue to dominate total US energy usage

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US Electricity: Solar Up 15%, Wind Up 9%

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 03:00:23 +0000

“Small-scale solar photovoltaics (e.g., rooftop solar systems) alone grew by 19.22% YTD. Compared to all other energy sources, solar-generated electricity has enjoyed the fastest growth rate thus far in 2019.” Natural gas generation grew by 6.71%, nuclear energy generation grew by 0.8%, and coal-generated electricity generation declined by 14.46%

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Tesla Cybertruck vs. Garage … Dutch EV Sales Explosion … 2012 Model S Still Beats New Non-Tesla EVs — Top 20 CleanTechnica Stories of December

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 17:32:18 +0000

The Tesla Cybertruck may be “old news” by now (ah, the not-so-endearing ADD of the internet), but a piece of ours explaining why it doesn’t really need a garage was still king of the hill last month. Tesla took silver too, with a story explaining that the 2012 Tesla Model S still has superior specs to new 2020 EV entrants from other companies than Tesla. In third was a piece on world-leading research from our friend Mark Z. Jacobson and several colleagues on how the world could be a galaxy-leading 100% renewable energy planet!

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A Guide To Disaster Preparedness — Part Two

Credit to Author: Barry A.F.| Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2020 04:19:56 +0000

Due to climate change, 100-year, 500-year, and even 1000-year weather events are happening with alarming regularity. Unfortunately, we are still not at a mitigation level to avoid 1.5ºC or even 2ºC (2.7° F to 3.6° F) temperature rise

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Green New Deals For The World Are Green Good Deals

Credit to Author: Mark Z. Jacobson| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 21:45:57 +0000

The Earth is rapidly approaching 1.5°C global warming, air pollution kills over 7 million people worldwide each year, and diminishing fossil fuel resources portend social instability. Yet, recently, world leaders at the United Nations Madrid climate talks failed to agree on a path forward. The core of the problem is the belief by some leaders that solving global warming will be expensive and drain the economy of their country. However, new research indicates that this belief is incorrect

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100% Wind, Water, & Solar Energy Can & Should Be The Goal, Costs Less

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2019 12:01:15 +0000

The latest peer reviewed study by Mark Jacobson and his team at Stanford shows exactly what needs to be done to decarbonize the energy sector of the entire world and how to pay for it.

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100% WWS Part 3: Jacobson’s New Study Leans Into The Green New Deal

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:07:15 +0000

While Jacobson’s latest Stanford study on 100% renewables by 2050 will draw fire for leaning into the Green New Deal, it strongly supports that policy

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100% WWS Part 2: Jacobson’s Latest Study Covers Storage, Transmission, & More

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:06:12 +0000

pumped hydro energy storageJacobson’s latest study carefully uses with current technologies and currently available resources for storage and transmission. The latest evidence is that there are much cheaper alternatives than his team models, underselling the potential

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Tesla To Provide 93 MWh Grid-Scale Storage Battery For Electricity Co-Op In Alaska

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 04:40:46 +0000

Homer Electric Association Soldatna Generating PlantThe Homer Electric Association is a cooperative that serves customers who live south of Anchorage, Alaska. It is installing a 93 MWh energy storage battery supplied by Tesla.

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