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Report: Lawn equipment spews ‘shocking’ amount of air pollution
“Really inefficient engine technology is pound for pound more polluting than cars and trucks.”
Battery storage expands in Texas as power grid struggles with record heat
This summer, industrial scale batteries have helped boost the energy supply during critical evening hours. Battery storage represents a small fraction of Texas’ energy mix now, but it’s expected to rise sharply in coming years.
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Kate Aronoff: Elon Musk's German Gigafactory has issues
"Giga Berlin" may be hiring, but it's also using huge quantities of water and alarming locals.
Someday soon a car could power your home in California, say PG&E and General Motors
it’s the latest corporate collaboration exploring this new use for the largest battery most people own. And it could minimize power disruptions from rolling blackouts or emergency shutoffs during dangerous weather.
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Why not turn airports into giant solar farms?
Airports have vast swaths of empty land and rooftops. But it’s not so easy as just covering everything with solar panels.
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The US just hit a major milestone for energy storage — which is also great news for solar
The United States has now added the capacity to store a billion watts of power for one hour, and it may double that total in 2018 alone.
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Rechargeable battery weathers extreme cold conditions
Rechargable batteries perform poorly when it's cold out. Now researchers have designed a new lithium-ion battery that still works at –70 °C.
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