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US power grid boosts capacity by 20.2 GW in the first half of 2024

Baua Electric

California, Texas, Arizona, and Nevada were the hot spots for these additions. The majority of these retirements were natural gas (53%) and coal (41%) plants. GW of capacity set to retire in the second half of the year, mostly from coal (0.7 Battery storage is also on the rise. GW) of the new capacity in the first half of 2024.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Green Car Congress

February, 2009 : Record heat waves in late January and early February overloaded urban energy, water, and transport systems in the southernmost states of South Australia and Victoria and intensified hundreds of seasonal and man-made bushfires throughout the countryside, killing 374 people.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? Cheers — Al Louard 11. railways replacing cars and trucks, weatherizing homes, etc.),

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Even if you charge your EV with electricity made from coal fired generators you reduce your car’s pollution by half. She is an avid runner and hiker, having grown up camping most summers in the Sierra Nevada. Read more in this blog post: [link] — Gregory Hancock 5. If you charge with solar, is way less.

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