Tag: Featured Business
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Electrify Your Bike With Smart Wheel
A new product from FlyKly could be the answer for those who want the fuel and emissions savings of biking without the sweat and tired legs. The company has created the Smart Wheel, a replacement wheel for bikes that contains a 9-pound motor and lithium battery. The motor turns on once a biker begins pedaling.…
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EV Advocate Paul Scott Films Documentary ‘My Lunch With Obama’
The advocate who was on the cusp of a one-on-one discussion with President Obama figures the big screen is his best chance to inform the nation’s leader about the benefits of electric vehicles (EV). This week, Plug In America co-founder and Nissan LEAF salesman Paul Scott announced the production of a documentary, My Lunch with Obama.…
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Reports Unveil Roadmap to Clean Energy Future for Washington State
With hydropower accounting for 69 percent of generating capacity, Washington State has one of the nation’s cleanest energy profiles. Still, 14 percent of the state’s grid is powered by coal and that portion accounts for 81 percent of the state’s climate pollution from electricity. The majority of the electricity comes from a coal plant in Colsrip,…
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Solar: The Solution to America’s Energy and Economic Crisis
Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), praised the rise of the solar energy sector while attempting to galvanize its stakeholders at the three-day Solar Power International 2013 event in Chicago. Resch welcomed visitors to the gathering, which began Monday, with the following address: “Since 2006, when the solar Investment Tax Credit…
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Middle-Class Homeowners Biggest Buyers of Rooftop Solar
If you thought there was financial exclusivity in installing residential rooftop solar panels, think again. Households with middle-class income—$40,000 to $90,000—are adding panels to their roofs more frequently than any segment, according to a report from the Center for American Progress (CAP). “Middle-class homeowners are overwhelmingly taking advantage of rooftop solar,” said Mari Hernandez, a…