Not to be outdone, England just flipped the switch on the world's largest wind farm, and in Paris, Schneider Electric set up kinetic energy-harvesting tiles that generate power from runners in the Paris Marathon.
But if, as many predict, the shift from cars with conventional combustion engines to electric cars is set to remain slow for years yet, there is another, less visible, electric motoring revolution taking place.
The "order, " however, came from a new electric vehicle distributor set up by a pair of hedge funds.
The franchise did its part to set an electric atmosphere and crowd was entirely complicit.
The first hydro-electric power station was set up in Mysore in 1902.
The Scottish government, keen to promote take-up of electric vehicles, has set up a body called E-cosse to address some of the issues facing public and private users.
President Obama has set goals of having one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015 and generating 80% of our electricity from a diverse set of clean energy sources by 2035.
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He set fire to an electric guitar alone onstage in front of a stunned crowd at the opening of Clarion Hotel Union Brygge in Drammen. (The newest addition to his empire opens Wednesday in Oslo, a luxurious art hotel named The Thief.) In Britain in 2002 he chained himself to the gate of a waste treatment plant to protest nuclear power.
Chile's Chilectra, the electric utility, has its Chilean tariffs set for two more years and is improving efficiency at its Peruvian, Argentine, Colombian and Brazilian subsidiaries.
Chile's Chilectra, the electric utility, has its Chilean tariffs set for two more years and is improving efficiency at its Peruvian, Argentinean, Colombian and Brazilian subsidiaries.
Soon after I took office, I set a goal of having one million electric vehicles on our roads by 2015.
Later, at a nearby farm, Ms. Nassauer set a round tiller blade atop an electric-fence post, so that it resembled a sunflower.
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With the blessing of founder and Karma-designer Henryk Fisker, the tiny VL team set about converting several extended-range electric Karmas to gasoline-only propulsion.
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The huge and splendid bath provided a walk-in shower, twin basins set in a black marble vanity, electric lighting and extravagant amounts of hanging space.
Electric and natural gas utilities that provide partial (or full) service to consumers are heavily regulated by government agencies, which set the price utilities charge customers for electric and gas service, the terms of that service, capital budgets and construction plans and so forth.
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Second, one of the first actions that the President took was to set a goal of 1.5 million electric vehicles on the road by 2015.
Whether the solution is carbon capture or nukes, the capital cost of keeping carbon out of the air is going to be gigantic, and the economically painful process will probably set off a wave of mergers in the electric power business.
Of course, riding an electric bike, like riding today's electric cars, is an adventure not suited to the Lexus set.
In 2009, Chinese leaders set a goal of producing up to 5 million electric vehicles a year by 2020 but have informally backed away from that after development proved tougher than expected.
Only electric vehicles are capable of meeting a "zero-emission" standard set by California, New York and Massachusetts.
She said that the Scottish government needs to set an example, to enable the roll-out of electric vehicles.
"These draft designations set us on the path to modernize our constrained and congested electric power infrastructure, " says Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman.
First he made the Tesla roadster, an eco-friendly electric car for the ultra-rich speed-freak, then he set to work as CEO of a private space company.
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And the groups of crofters and villagers who have bought them on a community basis have eagerly set about all sorts of enterprises, ranging from hydro-electric power schemes to holiday cottages.
The startup takes orders from homeowners, works with solar equipment manufacturers to assemble solar electric systems, ships those systems to homeowners and then arranges for installers to set up the systems on the rooftops.
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Set Ghalia is in her 30s, sturdy of build, with an electric smile.
"It's in a good state now: it's clean, the plumbing's working, the wiring's working, the electric is working, the air conditioning works, the medical clinic is pretty much set up, " he told BBC Sport Wales.
He set up a one-man lab in Boston, where he invented and patented an electric vote-counting machine.
Baldor Electric had a fine day today surging ahead nearly 10% and approaching its 52-week high set in April.
For the gigging musician, this could be an excellent investment, especially if your set list calls for the sound of a nylon classical guitar on one song and an electric sitar on another.
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