An “affordable” flow battery technology is currently under development by researchers at Ann Arbor–based Vinazene Inc, in partnership with Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center and its Chemistry Department. The new project — which is funded by a DOE Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant — is based around … [continued]
I can’t believe how fast and busy this year has been. Below were the 30 most popular stories of 2014 here on CleanTechnica. If you have some extra reading time on your hands and missed any of these, check them out (note that there are actually links on the titles below … [continued]
The Chinese government is planning to extend its extant subsidies for low-to-no-emissions vehicles all the way to 2020, according to recently published draft rules. Previous to this decision, the current subsidy plan was set to expire at the end of 2015. The decision was no doubt at least partly made … [continued]
As an Australian, 2014 was not a good year for me as a clean technology reporter. My country’s new conservative leadership seemed to be going out of their way to make bad policy decision after bad policy decision. Here’s a brief look back at the year that was for Australia … [continued]
A new government fund totalling £35 million has now been made available to cities and towns looking to reduce air pollution through support of electric and hybrid cars, according to recent reports. The fund administrator, the Department for Transport, has asked for interested local authorities to put forward workable ideas … [continued]
Ever since I started writing for CleanTechnica I have been irrepressibly fascinating with wind energy. I believe it to be the most likely and legitimate of clean energy technologies to take us into a coal-free future — and many of the statistics and news stories that follow back me up. Unlike … [continued]
A new class-action lawsuit out of New Jersey is alleging that General Motors sold the 2011–2014 model years of the Chevy Volt despite knowing that the plug-in hybrid electric vehicles featured a faulty (allegedly) steering wheel that occasionally freezes up while driving, according to recent reports. The class-action lawsuit was filed … [continued]
Researchers from MIT and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have now completed a relatively thorough and systematic evaluation (one of the first) of the performance of spinel-structure compounds as multivalent intercalation cathode materials, according to a recent press release. The evaluation — which was performed utilizing high-throughput, first-principles calculations — spanned a “matrix … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The new year is upon us, and it’s time to run down another list of the new electric vehicles that should be arriving in the US and Europe in the coming 365 days. Without much knowledge of the EV markets outside of North America and … [continued]
Another punch in the gut for fossil fuels: Trina follows up its solar cell efficiency record with a new solar power output record for Honey Plus modules.
