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Google builds largest EV charging network for electric vehicles

Google has stated that it is counting itself as the largest electric-vehicle charging station operator in the United States with new and faster Level 2" chargers installed at its headquarters in Mountain View, California. The new installation will bring in the total capacity of charging points to 200 chargers with 250 on their way. Moreover, Google is also including new generation of plug-in vehicles in its Gfleet car sharing program along with expanding its EV charging infrastructure. READ MORE »

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Vehicle-pole accident causes power outage in Lahaina. Maui Electric responders en route.
Public Technologies
2018-07-22
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Kuwait provides fuel to Iraq to overcome electricity crisis
Kurdistan24
2018-07-22
Many in Iraq rely on private neighborhood generators as the national system is unable to provide the required amount of energy. (Photo: Archive) ......
 
Texas using a record amount of electricity
Longview News-Journal
2018-07-22
With a heat wave sweeping the state, Texans’ demand for power broke records two days in a row this week, prompting the state’s electric grid operator — which predicted the scenario months ago — to...
 
New database to help give electric car owners confidence to travel long distances
TVNZ
2018-07-22
A new database to verify electric vehicle charging stations will help give drivers confidence to travel long distances says the Associate Transport Minister. EVRoam provides information across various...
 
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In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, anti-riot Iranian police prevent university students to join other protesters over Iran weak economy, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017.
'Desperate to find a way out': Iran edges towards precipice
The Guardian
2018-07-20
In the words of Mohammad, a graphic designer out of work for four months, life in Iran is “like being a fish in a rapidly shrinking puddle of water, under scorching sun in the middle of desert”. Iran...
 
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Massive solar projects will power Facebook's Prineville data centers
The Oregonian
2018-07-19
Facebook will finance construction of six large solar projects to offset power use at its Prineville campus, which the company says will generate enough clean electricity to run all five data centers...
 
The satellite image, which was captured by Sentinel-2A on July 9, 2018, provided by European Space Agency esa on Tuesday, July 18, 2018 shows a huge iceberg perilously close to the village of Innaarsuit on the west coast of Greenland.
Iceberg So Large It's Visible From Space Inches Closer To Coastal Greenland Town
WorldNews.com
2018-07-18
An iceberg continued to drift closer to a Greenland village and is so large the European Space Agency could see the threat from space on Tuesday, according to ABC News. The ESA released an image which...
 
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Rolls-Royce plans for take-off in flying taxi market
Deccan Chronicle
2018-07-16
British jet engine maker Rolls-Royce has designed a propulsion system for a flying taxi and is starting a search for partners to help develop a project it hopes could take to the skies as soon as...
 
A large generator is moved down the Hudson River as seen from Fort Lee, N.J., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. A 130-foot-(40-meter)-tall steam generator built along the Hudson River outside Albany is on a barge heading south for a New Jersey power plant. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
UK Government Proposes Floating Generators For Northern Ireland If Brexit Talks Fail
WorldNews.com
2018-07-12
A flotilla of barges would be sent to the coast of Northern Ireland with electrical generators after Brexit to keep the region’s lights on in the event of no deal, according to reports on Wednesday,...
 
People walk, past the bodies of two men lie outside a burned and looted store after two days of protests against a planned hike in fuel prices in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, early Tuesday, July 10, 2018.
Haitians Call On President Moise, Prime Minister Lafontant To Resign After Violent Protests
WorldNews.com
2018-07-12
Haitians continued to protest on Wednesday to call for the resignation of President Jovenel Moise after the leader increased the price of gas by 38 percent, diesel by 47 percent, and kerosene by 51...
 
Emergency teams rest outside of structural damage caused by heavy rains, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Hiroshima, Japan.
More Than 100 Dead After Record Rainfall Sparks Flooding, Mudslides in Japan
WorldNews.com
2018-07-09
More than 100 people are believed to have died after record rainfall caused massive flooding and landslides in western Japan, a government spokesman said on Monday. The Associated Press reported...
 
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Electricity potential answer to the mystery of 'flying' spiders
The Jakarta Post
2018-07-06
Cloudy with a chance of... spiders? The phenomenon of "flying" spiders gliding into the air and traveling like balloons for hundreds of miles (kilometers) has a new possible explanation: the...
 

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