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CPUC proposes revising Net Energy Metering rules to push customers to install storage with rooftop solar

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For more than 20 years, California has aggressively supported the rooftop solar market through its Net Energy Metering (NEM) program in Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) territories. NEM has enabled 1.3

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NREL, Swiss scientists create silicon-based multijunction solar cells that reach nearly 36% efficiency

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Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM), and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have created tandem solar cells with record efficiencies of converting sunlight into electricity under 1-sun illumination.

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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

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This year’s outlook is the first to highlight the significant impact that falling battery costs will have on the electricity mix over the coming decades. trillion of that going to wind and solar and a further $1.5 The result will be renewables eating up more and more of the existing market for coal, gas and nuclear.

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Tesla slashes prices across Europe on Model Y

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Electrek’s Take Europe has been rolling back on its EV incentives, with Germany ending its EV subsidy program in December after paying out €10 billion since 2016. Automakers VW, Stellantis, Mercedes, and Audi have said that they will absorb some or all of the costs of EV incentives, but it’s obviously not a long-term solution.

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Volkswagen Group to invest more than €62 billion up to 2016; largest-yet investment package for new models, advanced technologies and production facilities

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The ratio of capital expenditure to sales revenue will be at a competitive level of around 6% on average in the period from 2012 to 2016. Besides investments in property, plant and equipment, the total amount also includes additions to capitalized development costs of €11.6 The Volkswagen Group will invest around €62.4 billion (US$85.4

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Elon Musk talks Tesla Secret Plan Part 2, how it is going 8 years later

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In 2016, Musk released ‘ Tesla Secret Master Plan Part 2 ‘. Tesla did build the solar roof, but it hasn’t been the success it thought it would be—at least for now. At one point, Tesla talked about producing 1,000 solar roofs per week. Musk has often made predictions about Tesla delivering self-driving and they were all wrong.

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UPS-led SEUL consortium switches on smart-grid fleet charging solution in London; maxing out on EVs without expensive grid upgrades

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A UPS-led consortium has deployed new smart-grid charging technology in London that overcomes the challenge of simultaneously recharging an entire fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) without the need for the expensive upgrade to the power supply grid. SEUL is a two-year project that commenced in April 2017.

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