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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

Green Car Congress

The system will be essentially maintenance-free and will allow large amounts of energy to be stored in a cost-effective and efficient manner. The most significant maintenance cost of a CSP plant is cleaning and replacing the mirrors, and thus this new reflector design could have a significant impact on total plant cost.

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Study Claims EVs Will Not Save the Environment, All Cars Are Bad

The Truth About Cars

The study, lead by University of Edinburgh PhD candidate Patrick Miner, also seems to have been influenced and goes into great detail outlining the specific harms caused by driving.& If average vehicle weights continue increasing, so will the roadway maintenance schedules requiring massive construction equipment that belch smoke.

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Dannar brings a multipurpose electric platform to the off-highway market

Charged EVs

Electric off-road equipment offers a long list of advantages over legacy diesel equipment: lower fueling and maintenance costs; lack of idling; quiet, vibration-free operation; and less wear and tear on hydraulic components. After 30-plus years, most attachments are pretty universal. We know that things work better with electricity.

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