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Aren't Electric Cars Really Just Burning Coal? Dell Offering Clean Charging Stations. By Domenick Yoney, autobloggreen, October 22, 2009. "Dell has just completed construction of a Solar Grove from Envision Solar that not only produces carbon-free energy for their corporate headquarters in Round Rock, Texas but can also provide power to parked plug-in vehicles. Connected to the eleven 'trees' are two CleanCharge stations which utilize Coulomb Technologies ChargePoints to provide at least part of the answer to that frequent postulation, 'Aren't electric cars just really burning coal?' Capable of producing 131,000 kWh a year, the 110.62 kW array is composed of 516 individual solar panels that should shelter 56 cars from the sun. We can only imagine the positive impact if every large parking lot had similar capabilities. Envision is strategically partnered with Coulomb Technologies, battery maker Axion Power International and aluminum structure builder SAPA to produce the CleanCharge stations."