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Electricity ’
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Electricity: the fuel of electric vehicles (EVs). The price of electricity: a key determinant of their economic viability. Policies to support renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions tend to push electricity prices up. Under ...
Posted Monday, August 16th, 2010 at 3:00 pm | Filed in: Economics, Electric Utilities, Electricity, Electrification, Energy Demand
The Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf will be available by the end of 2010 - the first wave of mass-produced electric vehicles (EVs) to hit the American auto market. Anticipating this, power companies are setting special rates for th...
Posted Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 at 12:44 pm | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electricity
There is a considerable amount of confusion on whether electric vehicles (EVs) bring about environmental benefits in the form of lower CO2 emissions when compared to conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles.
Who s...
Posted Monday, August 2nd, 2010 at 1:24 pm | Filed in: Electricity, Electrification, Environment, Transportation
An unfortunate decision that should remind us all how the implementation of policy and regulations can imperil our energy security is reported this morning in the Energy Daily (http://www.theenergydaily.com/publications/ed/EPA-Rej...
Posted Thursday, July 8th, 2010 at 8:25 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Electric Utilities, Electricity, Energy Security
This week, as the Senate is considering GEV legislation in Washington, senior policy staff for the Electrification Coalition is participating in a World Bank mission to learn about the electric vehicle industry in China and share ...
Posted Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 at 11:18 am | Filed in: Electricity, Electrification, Energy Security
Multiple media cover the release today of recommendations from an impressive group of CEOs -- the American Energy Innovation Council (www.americanenergyinnovation.org). Like the CEO and retired military-led Securing America's Fu...
Posted Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 12:04 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Electricity, Electrification, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Environment, Legislation, National Security, Nuclear, Oil Dependence, Renewables, Solar, Wind
Last Thursday, both the House and the Senate introduced bi-partisan legislation to advance the large-scale deployment of electric vehicles around the United States. The members of Congress agreed that electrification of light-duty...
Posted Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 at 9:53 am | Filed in: Electricity, Energy Security, Legislation, Transportation
Energy and water are inextricably linked. This relationship is already under considerable strain and will be exacerbated by population and economic growth, and global climate change. More water-intensive energy development pro...
Posted Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 at 7:54 am | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electricity, Environment
43 years after Andy Williams recorded the song whose first line is excerpted above -- and 10 years after the NIMBY battle over the Cape Cod wind farm began, the Administration yesterday approved America's first off-shore wind farm...
Posted Thursday, April 29th, 2010 at 6:49 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electricity
