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Tesla Wins Large Contract with Utility for Energy Storage
Jon LeSage for HybridCars: Tesla’s energy storage division just won a very large contract with a major California utility to stabilize power outages.
While the acquisition cost hasn’t been announced, Tesla Energy will supply 20 megawatts of energy storag
Making Biofuel a Cost-Effective, Renewable Source of Energy
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are using multiphysics simulation to better understand and optimize the conversion process for plant-derived biofuels.
SunPower Embraces Drones and Robots to Help Evolve Its Solar Farms
Katie Fehrenbacher for Fortune: Solar panel maker and farm developer SunPower is embracing the latest in computing technology to help lower the cost of its solar panel farms while minimizing the impact that the farms have on land.
The Richmond, Calif.-based com
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Continued Reductions in Wind Energy Costs
Experts anticipate cost reductions of 24%-30% by 2030 and 35%-41% by 2050, under a median or 'best guess' scenario, driven by bigger and more efficient turbines, lower capital and operating costs, and other advancements
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AltEnergyMag.com - Special Tradeshow Coverage of Solar Power International 2016
Solar Power International 2016 will take place from September 12th to 15th in Las Vegas, Nevada. This AltEnergyMag.com Special Tradeshow report aims to bring you news, articles and products from this years events.
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Elon Musk aims to unveil Tesla solar power roof next month
Robert Ferris for CNBC: Elon Musk tweeted on Thursday that he hopes to unveil a Tesla/SolarCity solar roof with a new integrated battery pack and Tesla car charger on Oct. 28.
Musk first began teasing the next generation Powerwall at an event for Tesla owners in Paris earlier this year, according to Electrek. At the time, he had said the company would roll out the new battery in "July or August."
SolarCity's merger with Tesla has aroused skepticism and even ire from some investors and analysts, even after Musk outlined his reasons for combining the two companies in his second installment of his "Master Plan" in late July. Cont'd...
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CleanFund Provides Largest Ever Commercial Property PACE Financing to Pacific Ethanol for 5 Megawatt Solar Energy System at Industrial Facility
-CleanFund finances $10-million renewable energy improvement, which will deliver more than $1 million in annual operating cost savings to Pacific Ethanol
-High performance solar energy system to be designed and installed by Borrego Solar Systems under California's Net Metering 2.0 rules that allow offset of greater energy usage than previously available
Volkswagen Group & Audi Accelerate Fuel Cell Technology Solutions Program With Ballard
Ballard Power Systems today announced that automotive OEM Audi AG has issued purchase orders to Ballard to accelerate certain key development activities under the current long-term Technology Solutions program that Volkswagen Group has with Ballard.
PlugVolt to Host a Webinar with Hazard Evaluation Laboratory on Avoiding Battery Explosions and Fires With Right Data and Better Designs
Presentation will discuss why battery fires and explosions occur, how to design safer batteries through understanding of heat generation, and how better thermal management systems can be designed based on heat measurement from isothermal calorimetry
Exploring the power of solar energy
There is a dark cloud hanging over solar energy. Despite frequent government pushes for wider adoption of renewable power sources, progress in recent years has been relatively slow. Here, Steve Hughes, managing director of power quality expert REO UK, explains, there may be a way to part the clouds in solar energy.
Prysmian To Display Innovative, Sustainable And Cost Effective Cable Solutions...
Prysmian To Display Innovative, Sustainable And Cost Effective Cable Solutions For The Offshore Wind Industry At WindEnergy Hamburg 2016
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