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Batteries … PHEVs/Hybrids to drive market?

April 26th, 2007 · Comments Off on Batteries … PHEVs/Hybrids to drive market?

Power storage is a key challenge for many paths forward to a better energy future. Whether finding a power storage system as efficient as gasoline or a path for cost-effectively storing intermittent power to enable renewable sources like wind and solar to pick up baseload power requirements, storage is a real challenge.  And, for hybrids/plug-in […]

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Tags: automobiles · batteries · hybrid

Making Green by Going Green: New Hampshire and Renewable Power

April 26th, 2007 · Comments Off on Making Green by Going Green: New Hampshire and Renewable Power

In The Economic Impact of Renewable Energy, Steven Lacey of Renewable Energy Access  examines the economic impact of New Hampshire’s moves toward a renewable portfolio standard (RPS).  An RPS creates a standard for a certain percentage of energy (electricity) to come from renewable sources. Lacey’s conclusion — based on work done by the University of […]

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Tags: renewable energy · research