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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

EV Info

We have closed most of the coal plants and several the aging nuclear plants are moving offline as they close for repair of reach end of life. With the demise of the North Sea production as the fields empty we are increasingly reliant on the pipe that winds its way across Europe pumping Russian gas into Germany, France and other on route.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In the city of the future, could power suppliers be rivalled by innovative construction firms? An embryonic movement is growing in Europe to build “smart cities&# that will challenge the status quo. The reason the funding was dropped is not clear, but the challenge facing Europe’s big power generators is obvious ?

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