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This Engineer’s Solar Panels Are Breaking Efficiency Records

Cars That Think

The show highlighted rooftop solar panels in Germany, explaining that the panels generated electricity to power the buildings and even earned the owners money by letting them sell extra energy back to the electricity company. Invented in 1983, PERCs are used today in nearly 90 percent of solar panels on the market.

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Letting in the Light

Electric Auto Association

Gerhardt had joined with Ed Benjamin of the Light Electric Vehicle Association (LEVA) to offer training programs—and certification— to aspiring ebike mechanics. Ten years later, 11 TEVA of NC members, representing 1 out of every 10 people in the chapter, had followed Gerhardt into becoming Certified Light EV Technical instructors.

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New Lectric XP Lite 2.0 e-bike pre-order offers, Save $2,200 during Jackery 3-day flash event, Velotric EV sale, more

Baua Electric

It has a 1,400W solar power input, and can fully charge in up to two hours while using six 200W solar panels, or via a wall outlet. More power station discounts: Bundle discounts: Explorer 300 Plus, 288Wh capacity with 40W solar panel: $300 (Reg. 400) Explorer 1000 v2, 1,070Wh capacity with 200W solar panel: $999 (Reg.

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Inside the Universe Machine: The Webb Space Telescope’s Trailblazing Optics

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Its mission is to study the infrared universe, and that requires shielding the telescope and its sensors from both the heat of sunlight and the infrared glow of Earth. micrometers, whereas Webb is built to observe infrared light that stretches to 28 ?m meter-diameter light-collecting area. Not so with the JWST. m in wavelength.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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Several factors combine to make Puerto Rico an ideal place for solar power and microgrids. Ultimately, such technology could benefit any part of the world where the electricity network is vulnerable to outages and where increasing amounts of solar and wind power are being integrated into the power grid.

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Univ. of Michigan and Shanghai Jiao Tong University Team Up On Li-Air Batteries, 5 Other Renewable Energy and Biomedical Technology Projects

Green Car Congress

The University of Michigan and Shanghai Jiao Tong University are awarding a joint research team $200,000 to support a project investigating high-capacity Li-air batteries for electric vehicle applications. Large-panel integrated-light transmitting and solar energy-harvesting façade systems for net-zero energy-efficient buildings.

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California Air Resources Board breaks ground for new $419M lab, headquarters in Riverside; $154M from VW settlement

Green Car Congress

CARB chose the site near the University of California, Riverside, in March 2016 and completed environmental studies in June 2017. Solar panels affixed to roofs and walls, and panels over the parking area, together will supply at least 3.5 Federal, state and local officials spoke at the event before an audience of more than 400.