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Future Robo-taxis Could Charge Themselves and Help Balance the Electric Grid
Electric robo-taxis are a real possibility. Trends in transportation, energy, and demographics indicate that future vehicles will operate autonomously, run on electricity rather than fossil fuels, and be shared instead of privately owned. But before everyone can carpool in self-driving electric cars, we need places to charge them. Source: Renewable Energy
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California Clean Energy Mandate Comes at Utilities' Expense
California’s ambitious push for clean energy will be a tough lift for utilities and potentially their bondholders. Source: Renewable Energy
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DP Energy gets grant to advance tidal project development in Canada
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has awarded DP Energy a grant of C$29,750,000 (US$23 million) under the Emerging Renewable Power Program (ERPP) to support tidal energy development at the FORCE facility in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. Source: Renewable Energy
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'Do It Yourselfers' Get Creative With Renewable Energy
In Oregon, Illinois, an old farmhouse just outside of town is a hotbed of alternative energy. It’s primarily heated by wood and they have a wind generator, although it’s mainly used for educational purposes. Source: Renewable Energy
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Total Buys Car Charging-Point Provider in New Power-Market Foray
Total SA bought a French operator of car-charging points, adding to its electricity investments as oil companies prepare for an influx of low-emission cars. Source: Renewable Energy
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Indiana Utility's 50-MW Solar Project Splits Consumer Advocates
Indiana consumer advocates are split over a solar proposal that would boost clean energy in the state but at a high cost-per-kilowatt to customers. Source: Renewable Energy
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Why Long Island Beats California for Solar Revenue Generation
The best place to generate cash from a solar farm in the U.S. isn’t California or sunny Florida — it’s Long Island. Source: Renewable Energy
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Florence Update: One GW of Solar Capacity Went Offline after Historic Storm
Duke energy issued a fact sheet on Thursday, September 20 outlining the damages that Hurricane Florence caused to the 3,000 MW (3 GW) of solar capacity connected to the Duke Energy system in North Carolina. Source: Renewable Energy
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Top Seven Ways Energy Regulators Should Prepare for EV Surge
This week industry association Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) noted that while EV adoption is still small, its growth rate is accelerating. As a result of this accelerating growth rate, public utility commissions (PUCs) are finding EVs on the agenda at their meetings. Source: Renewable Energy
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Electric Vehicle Fast-Charging Infrastructure Provider Picks Up the Pace
This week, EVgo, a provider of public electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging stations in the U.S., said it was accelerating the pace at which it is constructing fast chargers and will add hundreds of EVgo fast chargers in California before the end of 2018. Source: Renewable Energy