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Proposal To Cut EV Tax Credits In Georgia Fails For The Year

It looks like Georgia’s generous electric vehicle tax credit will live to see at least one more year, based on recent reports — as the state’s legislature ran out of time before voting on the proposed bill to scrap the credit. Just a couple of weeks ago, state Rep. Chuck Martin (R-Alpharetta) proposed bill HB

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By James Ayre | March 25, 2014 | Electric Cars |
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Tesla Wars — Bill To Allow Direct-To-Customer Car Sales In Arizona Advances

Tesla’s ongoing nearly nationwide war with the car dealership association appears to be entering yet another new phase, as the state legislature of Arizona has advanced a bill that would completely legalize the direct-to-customers sales model that the EV pioneer uses. Given the fact that Tesla is considering bringing its gigafactory — and all the

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By James Ayre | March 25, 2014 | Electric Cars |
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New Solar Cell Material Is Solar Cell By Day & Light Panel By Night

A new, next-generation solar cell material that’s capable of emitting light as well as converting light into electricity has been developed by researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The cells themselves glow when electricity is run through them, and, according to the researchers, the coloring of this emitted light can be easily and cheaply altered.

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By James Ayre | March 25, 2014 | Solar Energy |
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Warren Buffet: Utility Death Spiral Is Bull S*&^

We’ve covered the “utility death spiral” a lot here on CleanTechnica. Frankly, we haven’t really seen anyone claiming that a utility death spiral from the solar revolution isn’t something to worry about… until now. The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), an association of investor-owned utilities, published a report last year that discussed the great threat distributed

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By Zachary Shahan | March 25, 2014 | Solar Energy |
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Solar Power In A Bottle Thanks To Elephant Energy, USAID, & divi

Living off the grid necessitates and demands innovation. A happy new innovation for some off-grid, energy poverty–challenged folks is solar power in a bottle. The organizations to thank for this new option are the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Elephant Energy, and divi, Inc. Justin Gray and Vrinda Manglik, writing for the Huffington Post, cut to the

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By Cynthia Shahan | March 25, 2014 | Solar Energy |
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Google CEO Larry Page On Why He Would Leave His Billions To Tesla CEO Elon Musk

Google CEO and co-founder Larry Page recently shared his strong appreciation of Tesla CEO & Chief Product Architect, SolarCity Chairman, & SpaceX founder & CEO Elon Musk. The two seem to be kindred spirits, and are of course billionaires. They have also reportedly been friends for many years. Page’s statements in a recent interview acknowledged

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By Cynthia Shahan | March 25, 2014 | Electric Cars, Media, Solar Energy, Wind Energy |
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No Gas Fumes, & Even Toddlers Can Do It

I know some people somehow find pleasure in it, but the smell of gas fumes at the gas station is one of my least favorite things. Purely disgusting, imho… and I know the fumes aren’t good for me. I look forward to the day when there aren’t gas or diesel fumes anywhere, and I know

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By Zachary Shahan | March 25, 2014 | Electric Cars, Health, Media |
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Offshore Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Are Sinking Not Swimming

One of the persistent myths of wind energy is that vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) are better than the iconic three-bladed horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWTs). A wrinkle on this myth has surfaced over the past couple of years, that the balance of engineering compromises favours VAWTs for offshore applications. It’s true that offshore applications

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By Mike Barnard | March 25, 2014 | Wind Energy |
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Electric Cars On Front Page Of Country’s Largest Newspaper!

… Norway’s largest newspaper, that is. We’ll know that electric cars are mainstream in our own countries when our “top” newspapers are putting comparisons of electric cars as feature articles. In the meantime, we’ve got CleanTechnica, EV Obsession, Gas2, other similar sites… and Norway. Here’s a tweet a reader sent me last week: @zshahan3 Norway’s

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By Zachary Shahan | March 25, 2014 | Electric Cars, Media |
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Better Building Codes Save Bundles (Chart)

How much money could you and your neighbors save on energy? That depends a lot on the building code, which states (and sometimes cities) can use to set minimum standards for energy efficiency.  The U.S. Department of Energy has a nice chart of which state has adopted which code, but the following chart is useful in

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By John Farrell | March 25, 2014 | Energy Efficiency |
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