Power lines and wildfires: Experts say communities can be better protected, at a high cost
No official causes yet for LA fires, but utilities have a deadly history of sparking blazes. Cut the power and bury the lines ...
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Los Angeles Fires Expose Serious Downside of Electric Vehicles
As wildfires raged across the greater Los Angeles area and forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate over the past week, many ...
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Researchers inch closer to perfecting a futuristic energy tech — here's how they achieved this breakthrough method
"This breakthrough screening technique will help us find these ‘needle-in-a-haystack’ materials." Researchers inch closer to ...
L.A. fires have added another concern for potential EV buyers: Power outages
Growth in EV sales continue to slide, but consumer appetite for hybrids has increased. Range anxiety has been one factor ...
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80% of energy projects withdraw from ‘inefficient’ US grid queues – Berkeley Lab
This could be a sign of a “healthy, competitive marketplace" according to research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...
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1,500 lose power at UC Berkeley and Southside, PG&E says
The outage area encompassed UC Berkeley campus, parts of the Southside neighborhood, and parts of the Berkeley Hills, ...
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U.S. retail electricity prices have stayed ‘mostly flat,’ but residential prices are outpacing inflation
A new Berkeley Lab report summarizes recent trends in retail electricity price levels and price drivers in the United States.
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In Norway, nearly all new cars sold in 2024 were fully electric
Fully electric vehicles accounted for 88.9% of new cars sold in 2024, up from 82.4% in 2023, data from the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV) showed. "Norway will be the first country in the world to ...
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Chinese electric vehicles gain market share in Norway
OSLO, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Chinese electric cars have surged to account for almost 10% of new car sales in Norway in only five years, data from the country's road federation (OFV) showed on Thursday.
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Berkeley, a Look Back: With a monkey in attendance, Cal wins New Year’s Day bowl game
Berkeley products ... china, equipment for electric laboratories, fertilizers, carbonic gas, bed springs, culvert, pipes and many other items including the largest plant for the growing ...
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Dodge Charger EV will officially launch overseas as the ‘World’s First’ electric muscle car
The Dodge Charger Daytona EV will live up to its name as the “World’s first and only electric muscle car” as it hits new markets outside North America. Dodge’s new electric Charger is ...
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A heat pump croons about ‘climatic healing’ in Berkeley musicians’ song
Mike Roberts, a longtime Berkeley resident, musician, music teacher and environmentalist, wants you to get a heat pump. Electric-powered devices that operate similarly to refrigerators to both heat ...