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The Solangelist Learns To Install Solar & Loves It

Creative Greenius

The extent of my electrical background heretofore consisted of installing lighting fixtures and new wall switches - so long as they were replacements for existing items that got wired the same way. The course is designed for: Prospective installers to enter the PV job market. Who deserves that more than me?

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Toyota to participate in smart grid pilot project with Duke Energy in Indiana; optimized vehicle charging scheme

Green Car Congress

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), in cooperation with Duke Energy and non-profit industry initiative Energy Systems Network (ESN), will participate in a joint smart-grid pilot project in Indiana, the United States. The aim of the project will be power-grid load-equalization and the establishment of an optimized vehicle-charging scheme.

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Porsche to Install 2MW Photovoltaic System on Roof of Parts Warehouse

Green Car Congress

Porsche is making a 40,000-square-meter area on the roof top of its central spare parts warehouse in Sachsenheim (Baden-Wuerttemberg) available to the firm Goldbeck Solar GmbH, Hirschberg an der Bergstrasse, in order to install and operate approximately 8,500 photovoltaic modules there. The system has a nominal output of two megawatts.

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Pike forecasts electric vehicle charging station installations to reach 7.7M worldwide by 2017; price drops of 37%

Green Car Congress

In the face of this trend, manufacturers will integrate their equipment with external storage units, home energy management systems, and smart grid equipment to add value and increase their revenue —senior analyst John Gartner. Sales of EVSE are strongly correlated with the sales of plug-in vehicles (PEVs), Pike notes. Earlier post.)

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Mercedes-Benz Trucks opens charging park for customers in Wörth

Green Car Congress

The installation of an MCS charging station (megawatt charging system) is possible as a next step. At the same time, the eTruck Charging Park also tackles important issues such as grid connection, local energy generation, energy storage, and intelligent management of charging processes.

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Greenius Gets Groove On with Greenpeace & GRID Alternatives

Creative Greenius

I’ve been up on roofs installing solar… among other things. In this case for GRID Alternatives at a low income home in my old neighborhood in Long Beach, California. GRID Alternatives is my absolutely favorite group to work hands-on with because we do so much more than just inform and build awareness.

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EGEB: 3 ways clean energy is making US grids more resilient right now

Electrek

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Here are 3 ways clean energy is boosting grid resilience right now in the face of extreme weather. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Massachusetts announces $1.6

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