Clean Energy
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Because of consumer demand for electric cars, primarily in California, major automakers are introducing new models every year. Some manufacturers are ditching their gasoline-powered models and going all electric. But in 1976, electric vehicles were only the stuff of hobbyists. Take for example the small group of EV enthusiasts that met on the first Monday…
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Batteries set to overtake pumped hydro as largest source of utility-scale energy storage in U.S.
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If I’m reading the numbers right, this is the year battery storage will leapfrog pumped hydropower as the largest source of utility-scale energy storage in the U.S. Just four years ago, pumped storage, which is accomplished by strategically moving water uphill and downhill at hydroelectric power plants, accounted for more than 90% of the nation’s…