Here’s some top clean energy, dirty energy, and climate change news from the past couple weeks (beyond what we’ve already reported on):
Clean Transport
EVs
- Tesla Lawsuit Over Massachusetts Dealerships Dismissed A Second Time
- New Ford Fiesta ECOnetic Van Offers 71 mpg US
- Mitsubishi Sets Outlander PHEV Debut for Jan 24 in Japan
- Audi R8 e-Tron Back On Track
- Cadillac ELR Teased One More Time Before Official Reveal
- NHTSA Proposes Minimum-Noise Rule for Electric and Hybrid Cars
- UK Electric Car Sales Accelerated in 2012
- eBay Find: Deal of the Year on Hybrid High Mobility Scout Mongrel?
- Pike Research ranks ChargePoint, DBT as top EV charging equipment supply companies
- Zero Motorcycles Helps Deliver Tax Credits For Electric Motorcycles
- Fiscal Cliff Deal Extends/Improves 12 Alt-Energy Credits
- Nissan Begins U.S. Assembly Of 2013 Leaf Electric Vehicle And Batteries
- Video: Spanish Utility Company Hopes To Bring Wireless Fast-Charging To The Masses
Bicycles
- Liquid Aims to Make Bicycle Rental Easy
- Cycle Paths & City Traffic 1945-1995 in UK, Denmark, Germany
- Bicycle Tube Dispenser in Copenhagen
- Workshops Announced for National Bike Summit
Biofuels (Not Always So Clean)
- Biofuels Cause Pollution, Not as Green as Thought — Study
- Fiscal Cliff Deal Extends/Improves 12 Alt-Energy Credits
Clean Power
Wind Power
- Vestas Awarded Service & Maintenance Contract for 121 Wind Turbines in Iowa, USA
- French Wind Power Covers Record 10 Percent of Demand
- Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. Announces Acquisition of 109.5MW Shady Oaks Wind Power Facility
- Vestas Signs90 MW Purchase Agreement
- Vestas Receives 90MW Order Under Enel Green Power’s Global Supply Agreement
- Vestas Receives 54MW Order in Mexico
- Scottish Water Plans 54MW Wind Farm in Self-Sufficiency Push
Solar Power
- First Solar Leads U.S. in Solar Installations
- Electronics Bazaar Unveils 20 Leading Solar Companies in India
- Canadian Solar Project Named POWER-GEN International 2012 SolarProject of the Year
- Mitsubishi Acquires 50% Stake in 115MW French Solar Plant
- First Solar Acquires Chilean Project Developer Solar Chile
- Clean Power Finance Hires Burnham Energy Executive Greg Sellers as New Vice President of Field Operations
- Recurrent Energy Brings 38MW PV Project Online
- Canadian Solar Completes Purchase of Two Solar Power Projects Totaling 24 MW (DC) from SunEdison
- First Solar & Intermolecular Prep Disruptive New Approaches to CdTe Thin-Film Advancements
- Arista Power Announces Launch Of Community Solar Purchasing Program For Genesee County, New York
- Chile: 400 MW of Project Applications Submitted
- Concentrated Solar Power with Thermal Energy Storage Can Help Utilities’ Bottom Line, Study Shows
- Under Tamil Nadu Solar Policy 2012, 92 Developers Bid for 105 Projects Totalling 499 MW
- German Investment Company Acquires 50MW Solar Farm
Solar + Wind
- How Wind & Solar Complement Each Other in California
- 25% wind and PV in December
- Big Picture on German Electricity: Renewable Replacing Nuclear
Biomass
Other
Energy Efficiency
- Energy Benchmarking Key to Realizing $9 Billion in Savings in Apartments and Condos: Benefits for Owners and Renters
- Frontiers of Energy Efficiency: Next Generation Programs Reach for High Energy Savings
Smart Grid
Nuclear
- Work Restarts on China’s Biggest Nuclear Power Plant: Xinhua
- Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for December 28th, 2012 to January 3rd, 2013
Climate Change
- Video: 2012 Was The Year Climate Change Got Real
- Major Cuts to Surging CO2 Emissions Are Needed Now & Not Down the Road
- ‘Sprawling Heat Wave Of Historical Proportions’ Brings ‘Horrendous’ Wildfires To Australia
- Tell President Obama To Back Away From The Climate Cliff
- Farewell, 2012. You Taught Us Much.
- 2012 Is The Year Climate Change Got Real
Oil & Gas
- Hans-Josef Fell and Oliver Krischer on Peak Oil
- Shale Gas Uncertainty: How an Industry Talking Point Misses the Mark
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