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Wrap Your Brain Around A Backpack That Creates Electricity

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November 3rd, 2014 by Tina Casey 

If you are among those of us who attribute your lingering back problems to the many years you spent schlepping a heavy backpack to school, this one is a little hard to get a handle on but it’s for realz: a backpack that generates electricity while you walk. The “electric backpack” concept has been getting a workout from that master of schleppers, the US Army, and they’ve just come out with an optimistic assessment of the technology.

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Energy Storage Already Makes Financial Sense In Australia

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November 3rd, 2014 by Giles Parkinson

RenewEconomy.

Energy storage is already making financial sense in the Australian market, and it won’t be long until battery storage solutions become a compelling investment for households as well as business customers and network operators.

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ABB Solar Power Plant With Solar Trackers In Nevada (VIDEOS)

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November 3rd, 2014 by Zachary Shahan 

A little more than one year ago, I got to visit an ABB/Southern Company solar power plant in Nevada that uses solar trackers. I’m proud to say that I have finally edited and published most of the video footage I took at the power plant.

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Small Town In Victoria Sets 100% Renewable Energy Goal For 2022

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November 3rd, 2014 by Giles Parkinson

RenewEconomy.

It seems that it is not just towns in New South Wales that are looking to meet all their own electricity needs with renewable energy – a small township in Victoria is also looking to become 100% renewable within a decade.

The small town of Yackandandah, about 120kms south of Albury Wodonga, will host the launch of the ”Totally Renewable Yackandandah” initiative later this month that aims to achieve the goal by 2022.

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Enel takes ¼ of capacity in Brazil's solar auction

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03. November 2014 | Global PV markets, Markets & Trends | By:  Christian Roselund

The Italian developer plans to build 254 MW of solar PV in the state of Bahia, which will require a US$400 million investment.

Enel Green Power has announced that it has been awarded 344 MW of wind and solar PV projects in Brazil's auction for reserve power held last Friday.

This includes a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the 254 MW Ituverava PV project, which Enel plans to build in the state of Bahia. PV Magazine was unable to reach Enel by press time to learn if this would be one large, single-site plant or a series of smaller plants.

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What Does A SolarCity/Tesla Storage System Cost?

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November 3rd, 2014 by Zachary Shahan

We’ve written about SolarCity’s residential and commercial storage systems a couple of timesbefore. But I don’t think I’ve ever seen a price tag on these. If you go to SolarCity’s home energy storage page, you can see that it asks you to “Get a free quote.” Not having a home in the US (and my legal home base in Florida not being in SolarCity territory), I couldn’t really do so even if I had thought to, but one of our readers (Kyle Field) actually went and got a quote.

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What Is The Current Cost Of Solar Panels?

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October 31st, 2014 by James Ayre 

If you’re considering solar, and you’re like most people, one of the first questions you may ask is: How much do solar panels cost? Solar is a great idea for many people, not only to cut their utility bills but also to reduce their dependence on their utility, while also cutting their own personal footprint. The cost of solar is one major element in the decision to go solar, however.

I can very easily answer the question “How much do solar panels cost?” (see below), but I think the real question you’re asking is “How much will it cost to put solar panels on my roof?” That’s a more complicated question to answer, but I’ll explain in more detail and provide some useful perspective on that in the article below.

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3D Printable Graphene Battery Developed

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October 31st, 2014 by James Ayre 

A completely functional 3D printable graphene battery — one based on graphene nanoplatelet functionalized 3D printing filament — was recently developed by researchers at Graphene 3D Lab.

The new prototype 3D printable graphene battery was unveiled at the recent Inside 3D Printing Conference that took place in Santa Clara, California.

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Renewable Energy = 68% of New Electricity Capacity In September

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November 2nd, 2014 by Zachary Shahan

US Electricity Capacity Update (Sept)

All figures are in megawatts (MW). "Solar" is actually only utility-scale solar (projects above 5 MW in size). Given that much of the country's solar power capacity is from residential and commercial projects on rooftops, this massively underrepresents solar power, but it's the best data known to be available on a monthly basis. Be sure to click through the tabs to see all available charts.

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