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Apple’s massive solar panel and fuel cell farm are now live and providing clean power for its huge data center in Maiden, North Carolina. By the end of the year 60 percent of the power for the data center will come from these sources. Delete the scoop?
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The Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute (AMRI) of Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) developed a portable fuel cell system. Delete the scoop?
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Nissan to Test 100% Electric Refrigerator Car --- Tech-On! is a one-stop online technology news portal published in English, Japanese, and Chinese, and is run by Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. Delete the scoop?
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Mitsubishi Motors Corp will release the "Outlander PHEV," a plug-in hybrid SUV, Jan 24, 2013. Delete the scoop?
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It's electric! City charged up as new plug-in stations slide into placeSouthCoastToday.comIn Massachusetts, 900 electric cars are now registered with the state, about double from just one year ago, said Stephen Russell, the coordinator of the... Delete the scoop?
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Lee Teschler of Machine Design talks to Jake Edie, VP of Business Development at AllCell Technologies about a swappable battery system used in delivery scooters. Delete the scoop?
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World leaders seem to have their minds made up regarding what will fix world CO2 emissions problems. Their list includes taxes on gasoline consumption, more general carbon taxes, cap and trade prog... Delete the scoop?
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Pioneer Carlos Fernandez is developing a revolutionary car-sharing program with the Hiiriko--a100% electric vehicle that takes up 1/3 the space of a conventi... Delete the scoop?
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Infographics on Evolution of Automobile Cars in Automotive Success Industry for 100 years for getting best time to buy car, comparison of electric cars with petrol cars... Delete the scoop?
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News of 600 million people in India left without electricity last week after a major grid collapse caught the attention of the entire world. Several reasons and theories regarding what went wrong have been widely discussed. The factors blamed for the major outage include politics, corruption, power hungry states, SCADA power control systems and inadequate rainfall amongst many others. However, fundamentally the power outage was a result of mismatched supply and demand. So here are some thoughts on how the smart grid can help prevent such blackouts in the future
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Japan Broadcasting Corp (NHK) announced Aug 6, 2012, that it has completed the construction of a photovoltaic (PV) power generation system at its Shobu-Kuki transmitter in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Delete the scoop?
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Denso Realizes Rapid EV Charging at Home --- Tech-On! is a one-stop online technology news portal published in English, Japanese, and Chinese, and is run by Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. Delete the scoop?
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In the midst of the Tesla Model S rollout at the company's California manufacturing plant recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a startling prediction: "In 20 years more than half of new cars manufactured will be fully electric," he said, according to a Reuters article. "I actually feel quite safe in that bet. That's a bet I will put money on." Delete the scoop?
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In my view, wages are the backbone an economy. If workers have difficulty finding a job, or have difficulty earning sufficient wages, the lack of wages will be a problem, not just for the workers, ... Delete the scoop?
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Sony Corp will release a commercial storage battery that has a capacity of 6.0kWh and can realize a "stand-alone" storage battery system by using photovoltaic (PV) panels without a commercial power source March 1, 2013. Delete the scoop?
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Riken and Da Vinci Co Ltd, whose headquarters are located in Nara Prefecture, Japan, invented a "cogeneration system" that collects the thermal energy of sunlight including lights from the rising and setting suns with Fresnel lenses and heats up water stored in a heat storage tank to generate electricity and supply hot water. Delete the scoop?
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Japanese researchers succeeded in making a high-density carbon nanotube (CNT) wire that has an electric conductivity of 2,800S/cm and does not contain any polymer. Delete the scoop?
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Electree is a modern sculpture imitating a bonsai, the leaves of which are small photovoltaic panels. It allows to recharge your mobile devices without using any other energy than light.
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Nissan Motor Co Ltd made improvements to its Leaf electric vehicle (EV) and increased the drive range of the EV from 200km to 228km per charge under the JC08 test mode. Delete the scoop?
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Sharp to Sell See-through PV Cell Module as Window Glass --- Tech-On! is a one-stop online technology news portal published in English, Japanese, and Chinese, and is run by Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. Delete the scoop?
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Mitsubishi Electric Corp announced the "ZW series" of household air conditioners, which automatically switch to low-power consumption mode when there is no person in the room, Aug 21, 2012. Delete the scoop?
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Mitsubishi Electric Corp will start to test a system capable of directly providing surplus electricity that is regenerated through the braking of a railcar and cannot be consumed by trains running nearby to the facilities of a rail station. Delete the scoop?
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Lee Teschler of Machine Design magazine talks to John Robbins of Areva Solar about the technology that makes a Concentrated Solar Power Plant. Delete the scoop?
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While EVs (electric vehicles) may not be the norm in every garage, they are continuing to gain market traction. As the market for EVs matures, the need for associated services will grow as well, especially when it comes to charging infrastructure. Delete the scoop?
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