Assault of the Batteries

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 20:31:43 +0000

It appears that Australia is in the middle of a massive assault of new battery installations. Will this decade be for batteries what last decade was for rooftop solar? Highly likely. After the success of the Hornsdale Battery Reserve in South Australia (the “Tesla Big Battery”), grid managers, policymakers, businesses, and homeowners are seeking more […]

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ClearVue & Its Solar Glass Come Home

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 20:21:58 +0000

ClearVue looks like regular glass, but better, as it turns any window into a solar panel. It’s better for the consumer and better for the environment. The whole building can become a solar array and thus energy self-sufficient. Imagine being able to save 40% of your buildings power bills. Clearvue solar film technology could be […]

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Great Wall ORA Test Drive

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 02:00:01 +0000

Although Great Wall Motor has marketed a whole litter of “Cats” in China (Good, Black, White, and IQ), Australia is only receiving one version. It will be marketed as the GWM ORA. I hope that the other versions will make it here eventually. In the meantime, we went for a Great Wall ORA test drive! […]

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NIO Unleashes Another Wonderful, Beautiful Electric Car

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 01:23:49 +0000

I’m not going to lie — if NIO sold cars in the USA, at least one of its models would be on my shortlist. The latest drool-worthy electric model it’s brought to market (not in the US) is the ET5 Touring. The company claims this is the “first smart electric tourer.” The ET5 Tourer’s older […]

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USA Needs To Protect Its Farmworkers From “Danger Season”

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:01:53 +0000

Farmworkers face many hazards while performing the labor that props up the $1.264 trillion US food and farm economy, yet a new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found that federal agencies focused on agriculture and health invested an average of only $16.2 million dollars per year in farmworker health research projects between […]

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Neoen & Tesla Will Install A 197 MW/788 MWh Battery In Western Australia

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 21:37:39 +0000

French energy company Neoen is starting construction of a new 197 MW battery storage project with four hours worth of capacity in Western Australia.

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You Can Now View All 9 Tesla Camera Feeds In Your Car (Well, Some Of You)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 19:25:02 +0000

There have been several times, if not many times, that I’ve wanted to see what my Tesla Model 3’s cameras see. The car has 9 cameras — 8 external and one internal. I’ve wanted to view different camera feeds for various purposes, but the reason I’ve probably been most interested in seeing what my car’s […]

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Building Decarbonization Movement Leads Stealth Attack On Fossil Fuels

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 18:15:33 +0000

Knowledge is power: New building decarbonization technologies are mainstreaming, with an assist from new financial instruments.

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Most e-Mopeds In Bogota Could Be Rendered Illegal This Year

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 17:20:04 +0000

Laws take time to catch up with technological changes. And, worse, lawmakers are usually abysmal at predicting technological innovation and, more importantly, how that innovation is going to affect society. An event related to this seems to be unfolding here in Bogota in real-time. Because the country wanted to be prepared, laws were put in place […]

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