Faster Tesla Model S P100D Flagship To Join Updated Range

If the 3.0 second 0-100 km/h time of the 2016 Tesla Model S P90D isn’t quite impressive enough for you, hold onto your hat – an even faster P100D flagship is on the way.

As reported by TMR in March, the P100D is expected to raise the bar for Tesla’s flagship sedan, dropping sprint times below 3.0 seconds for Ludicrous Mode-equipped models, lifting the current car’s 397kW power output and 505km range.

The new variant, as decrypted by a US software hacker exploring a Tesla firmware update (illegally, we’d guess), will likely take the place of the current P90D, and continue to offer dual-motor, all-wheel-drive grip.

The shape of things to come: The Tesla Model 3

At the same time, the Model S range will be treated to a mid-life update that will bring exterior styling into line with the more recently introduced Model X SUV and smaller Model 3 sedan.

Changes are set to see the blacked-out front applique of the Model S reduced in size, while new front and rear lights, new exterior paint colours, and new alloy wheel designs will complete the makeover.

Inside, Tesla will turn its attention to adding more storage to the previously minimalist interior, with new door pockets, and a higher lidded centre-console taking the place of the open tray that currently fills the space between the front seats.

The Model X is set to donate its interior tech

The seats themselves are also likely to see an upgrade, borrowing from the Model X, which features the availability of heated and cooled seats in place of the heated-only seats of the Model S.

Another Model X spec highlight, ‘Bioweapon Defense Mode’ cabin air-filtration, will also make its way onto the Model S, capable of filtering out bacteria, viruses, allergens, and smog at levels hundreds of times higher than regular cabin air-filters.

A price rise is also tipped to arrive with the updated Model S when it debuts late in 2016. pricing for the current range starts at $122,208 for the Model S 70, up to $197,738 for the current Model S P90D before on-roads.

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'Green' energy: Red ink nightmare

‘Green’ energy: Red ink nightmare

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Another green energy company generously infused with taxpayer subsidies is circling the drain after reports that it overstated its cash flow.

According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing by a subsidiary, solar energy giant SunEdison faces a “substantial risk” of bankruptcy, USA Today reports. SunEdison also is under investigation over whether it exaggerated its cash position, according to The Wall Street Journal. Company shares have fallen 95 percent in the past 12 months and for the first time traded for less than $1, The Daily Call reports.

And once again, it’s not just shareholders who are on the hook.

SunEdison and its subsidiaries received nearly $650 million in government subsidies and tax credits since 2000. In comparison, Solyndra — the poster child for the government’s failed green dreams — picked up $535 million in loan guarantees before it declared bankruptcy in 2011.

Recently, the Spanish green-energy company Abengoa filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection after receiving $2.7 billion in federal loan guarantees.

Rather than shore up selected “winners,” government’s helping hand oftentimes prolongs the inevitable for too many green initiatives — which would have been better off on their own.

It is government’s incessant meddling that’s turned more than one green dream into a red-ink nightmare.

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Chinese team invents solar panels for rainy weather

KOLKATA: Power generation from solar panels stops during rains, an issue that has plagued the sector for several decades. Not anymore. A group of Chinese researchers have developed a system which can generate power from solar panels even when it’s cloudy and raining.

In a science journal, Angewandte Chemie, the researches claimed to have developed a technology that would make solar cells all weather. The solar panels would be covered with a layer of liquid graphene — a form of carbon.

During sunny days, the panels will use existing technology for generating power while during rain it will use the graphene-based energy transformation system thus keeping the power flow un-interrupted.

This could raise the capacity utilisation of solar panels to a great extent which, at present, cannot generate during rains.

According to the research paper, the scientists that have developed it hopes to advance the system from a lab-experiment to commercial development soon.

Chinese team invents solar panels for rainy weather

Diversify Oklahoma economy to include more solar energy

Oklahoma and Michigan go together like pan and oven mitt. Both have experienced economic busts within the past 10 years. Michigan has recovered soundly, yet Oklahoma is still struggling. The state should learn from Michigan’s recovery by diversifying its energy sector. Efforts to diversify Michigan’s economy have resulted in long-term stability. Motor vehicle and parts manufacturing filled just 7.6 percent of the state’s GDP in 2012 compared with 12.8 percent in 2000, according to a 2015 report by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The center also noted that chemical and textile manufacturing both added more jobs than auto and auto parts manufacturing from 2009 to 2012. By diversifying its manufacturing sector, Michigan has achieved long-term job growth and economic stability.

Oklahoma can emulate Michigan’s recovery by expanding within the renewable energy sector. The state already ranks fourth in installed wind capacity according to the American Wind Energy Association. Turbine projects continue to move forward throughout the state. However, solar power holds Oklahoma’s biggest opportunity. The state ranked 42nd in installed solar capacity in 2014, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. Diversifying the economy to include solar cell manufacturing and installation would not only make Oklahoma a national energy leader, but also give it much-needed economic stability.

Joseph Van Harn, Norman

 

Diversify Oklahoma economy to include more solar energy

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Osage Utilities announces land purchase for solar array

OSAGE | Osage Municipal Utilities (OMU) has entered into a purchase agreement for a 3.5-acre plot east of Fox River Mills Inc.

The land will provide a site for the solar project OMU has been planning for nearly a year.

“We’ve finally secured what we feel will be a good site,” said Laura Kuennen of OMU. “We’ve been working on plans for the project and are very excited to move forward.”

While it’s anticipated to be a community solar project, Kuennen said it’s still in its infancy phase. OMU is encouraging customers who are seeking green energy options to consider the project for some of their energy needs. 

OMU customers will have the opportunity to subscribe to the output from the solar project in exchange for a bill credit based on the solar energy the array produces.

The project would also offer customers the benefit of renewable energy generated by the solar panels without having to use their own equipment. 

Kuennen said municipal utilities are getting into solar projects. “This is kind of the way things are going now,” she said. “We want to encourage green living and renewable energy.”

OMU has a long history of supporting energy efficiency programs and renewable energy projects for the Osage community and this project fits right into their future goals, she said.

The plan has entered the design phase, with OMU having hired KJWW Engineering Consultants of Des Moines to complete the electrical and structural engineering design specifications for the approximately 500-kilowatt system.

Once the design phase of the project is complete, OMU will bid the project. 

Timing is depended on the bidding process, Kuennen said. 

Chrystal Berche is a correspondent for the Mitchell County Press-News, another Lee Enterprises newspaper. 

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JEA board, staff discuss revamping solar plan

JEA staff shared options for its board to consider later this month as leaders at the publicly owned utility look to revamp how it handles solar power, a proposal unpopular with advocates of rooftop solar panels.

Staff members briefed the board of directors on Thursday to share their rationale for a reduction in the rate it compensates rooftop solar customers for energy they send back to the grid while simultaneously tripling the solar power in JEA’s portfolio.

The proposal has been criticized by environmental activists and those who install rooftop solar panels.

The JEA chief executive officer and chief financial officer recommended two implementation options to the board for changing how the utility compensates current rooftop solar customers who return unused power to the grid in exchange for credits from JEA:

n Grandfathering in existing net metering customers, giving them the current rate (about 11 cents per kilowatt hour) while changing the rate for new net metering customers to 7.5 cents

n Phasing in a new rate for all net metering customers beginning Dec. 31 with the current rate being gradually reduced to 7.5 cents.

“We’ll charge our customers what it actually costs us to buy that solar energy,” said CFO Melissa Dykes.

Board chairman Tom Petway said he believes either proposal is fair to current customers.

“Nobody was guaranteed a solar rate forever because they have solar on their rooftop,” he said.

JEA’s stated goal with solar rates is to treat all solar providers the same, to pay 7.5 cents per kilowatt hour, regardless of whether it is from a large solar farm or an individual customer.

Opponents of the proposal argue it is regressive and discourages people from installing rooftop solar by significantly reducing the economic return. Pete Wilking, owner of Jacksonville-based A1A Solar, said the premise of the JEA proposal is flawed. He questioned how the staff arrived at 7.5 cents to credit solar customers. He contends there are a number of factors that JEA did not consider, including the reduced need for capacity on the energy grid and green energy, which is needed as utilities are being required to move toward cleaner energy.

“The future of the grid is going to look so much different than it does today,” he said.

JEA is paying current net metering customers more than it will pay for solar through its new contracts. Rooftop solar advocates disagree those customers are being subsidized and point to the many benefits, stating the power is sent nearby to neighbors, not through the power grid, and that those customers – not JEA – funded the power source on their homes.

Petway said they must think about all 450,000 JEA customers when considering this proposed change that would affect about 500.

The current average electric bill for a JEA customer is $124 a month with average net metering customers paying $17. Under the proposal, that would increase to $33.

Also, as part of its proposed solar changes, JEA is entering into contracts that would add 38 megawatts of solar in the next 18 months at a cost of $5 million, adding enough power for 5,000 houses a year. JEA currently has 12 megawatts of solar available. Even with the expansion, solar would only be 1.4 percent of JEA’s energy portfolio. The board did not vote and did not allow public comment on Thursday, but Petway said the workshop was about education and board dialogue on the issue. Petway expects the board to vote on the proposal at its April 19 meeting, when there will be a public hearing.

Sebastian Kitchen: (904) 359-4161

JEA board, staff discuss revamping solar plan