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How a government program created global smart grid players

Please see the story below, first published in The Ontario Technologist Magazine. The feature photo is Jessie Ma, PhD., a former hydro engineer and a Senior Research Fellow for the
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Start a new year with a plan

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Five ways businesses benefit from clean energy

It’s time to advance your business or career by recognizing what is misinformation and what is reality. 1. Operating cost: Save on lighting, cooling, heating, equipment operation, motors, and fleet operation.
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Four Key Victories for Clean Energy in North America

My thing is to be positive. I try to focus on solutions and priorities and not get too mired in dwelling on the negative effects of climate change, or the
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These 5 home improvements pay for themselves fast!

Some people in North America are building net-zero for the same cost as a conventional building, but these are the determined construction veterans. Still it indicates what’s possible…
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Cast aside these 6 electric vehicle myths

During the life of the car you will save about $20,000 on fuel and a few thousand on maintenance, when compared to a gas car. Fleet vans travelling 300,000 miles save about $97,000 in fuel costs…
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CLEAN RUNNING Vehicles

I love my bike

July 10, 2018 One comment

BIKES I love my bike. I love the chill morning air as I slip through damp city streets at daybreak. I love flitting through the

BP & Shell have bought electric car charging companies

July 3, 2018 Leave a comment

I’m tempted to laugh. I’m tempted to wonder cynically if they’re just appeasing progressive shareholders, or will they try to buy all the electric car

Elon Musk is the leading visionary of our time

May 21, 2018 Leave a comment

He has the pitching skills of Al Gore, the instincts of Thomas Edison, the vision of Steve Jobs, and the heart of Nicola Tesla…

Green airplanes? Really?

March 18, 2018 Leave a comment

Congratulations to Alaska Airlines and others who have been taking steps to green their operations…

Fully electric Ford F-150 & Chevy Silverado pickup trucks

February 5, 2018 Leave a comment

“The F-150 is America,” says Mitchell Yow, who has done something a lot of people will be very interested in. He has developed a true bolt-on fully electric package for the Ford F-150…

GM is now clean energy player

February 5, 2018 Leave a comment

The Chevy Bolt had a terrific first year, selling 23,242 vehicles in the US and increasing sales in virtually every month of the year. It was the best selling fully electric car…

Hyatt Sacramento Hotel installs chargers

January 28, 2018 Leave a comment

An intelligent billing and data system allows the hotel to choose to provide charging for free, for a nominal fee, or at market rates, depending on whether the user is a guest, an employee,…

Millions saved on sales fleet vehicles

January 28, 2018 Leave a comment

Hanko Keissner at Packsize Packaging has a fleet of 50 electric company vehicles, mostly used by salespeople. He has 53 charging stations in front of his packaging plant in Salt Lake City, and a 200,000-watt solar PV system on the roof…