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Cheap solar panels from China are all over Europe – and everyone is freaking out

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Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Europe is installing more solar panels than ever before, thanks to a flood of cheap Chinese solar panels, driving installations by 40% last year. But it comes at a hefty cost: Local solar manufacturers are on the brink of a total collapse that could happen within weeks.

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Michelin doesn’t want you to buy as many EV tires

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And yet it acknowledges that EV drivers shouldn’t be buying as many tires as they are. Michelin sees a future in which its tires might be more expensive but last much longer and be much less impactful on the environment. It has to be cost-effective to recover and reuse materials, too. Michelin 45% sustainable tire.

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Amazon Vies for Nuclear-Powered Data Center

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When Amazon Web Services paid US $650 million in March for another data center to add to its armada, the tech giant thought it was buying a steady supply of nuclear energy to power it, too. Sweden is considering using small modular reactors to power future data centers. Susquehanna agreed to sell it.

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Future Tesla buyiers guide

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Looking for reasons to buy an EV ? and because electricity is cheap) You save on maintenance, as EVs are virtually maintenance free.

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Price drop on Tesla Model 3 - is now the time to buy?

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This significant reduction in price is intriguing for us EV enthusiasts as it bodes the question: ‘Is it the right time for me to buy a Tesla?’ Tesla’s aren’t cheap, we all know that, but this recent price drop has made the Model 3 slightly more affordable. Buying a car, especially an EV, is a pretty significant decision to make.

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IoT-ize Your Old Gadgets With a Mechanical Hijacking Device

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Connectivity usually comes at a premium, and it also usually involves buying a brand new whatever it is, because new hardware and software and services are required. I'd expect it to cost at least USD $100, although perhaps it could get somewhat cheaper in volume. Whether or not every device you own actually.

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Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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In a paper in Nature , they suggest that the use of such redox-active organic molecules instead of redox-active metals represents a new and promising direction for realizing massive electrical energy storage at greatly reduced cost. The design permits larger amounts of energy to be stored at lower cost than with traditional batteries.

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