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Software: the glue that will hold cleantech together
The transition to a low carbon economy will lead to a more decentralised energy infrastructure whereby energy will be generated from far more locations – such as from domestic roof-top solar panels. This contrasts with the current infrastructure which entails electricity being generated and distributed from a few centralised power plants.
If you couple this with the fact that many of the main sources of renewable energy generation are intermittent, then one cannot escape the conclusion that the amount of energy-related information that the world will need to process is going to jump to unheard of levels.
Better Place’s battery-swap stations for Tokyo taxis get investor approval
August 26, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley -
Tokyo’s largest taxi operator Nihon Kotsu is expected to put four electric taxis to a road test using Better Place’s model.
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Beyond prices at peak oil: $20 per gallon
August 14, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley -
SUV plants shut down, the airline industry collapses, public transportation is revitalized and farms go local as gas prices skyrocket, predicts Forbes writer Christopher Steiner in a new book.
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New lithium-air cell could make car recharging obsolete
July 27, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley -
Could new technology out of Japan's science and technology research institute give Better Place's battery swapping plan a new option?
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ECOtality pulls $15M to build EV charging network in China
July 6, 2009 - by Emma Ritch -
Arizona company also secures $2.5 million for its U.S. efforts to deploy rapid charging stations for electric vehicles.
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MIT's new alloy has chrome’s shine but not its toxins
June 5, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley -
Marlborough, Mass.-based Xtalic has licensed MIT’s technology on a worldwide level and thinks it has a commercially viable product.
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Amsterdam picks Coulomb's EV charging stations
May 29, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley -
European city is first to install EV charging stations from California’s Coulumb Technologies, with plans to deploy 200 units before 2012.
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Who's zooming who?
March 11, 2009 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
"When one calls the city of San Francisco and other places, you find that they don't have any contracts with Better Place."
— ECOtality President and CEO Jonathan Read challenging the announced customer wins of EV charging co. Better Place (story »)
Nissan and ECOtality envision an even Better Place
March 6, 2009 - by Dallas Kachan -
New electric vehicle fast charging network in Arizona, announced today, repudiates Better Place's battery swapping model, say principals.
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