For Earth Day this year, Jeff Flowers of Living Direct introduced a detailed infographic showing a few things homeowners can do to cut energy use around their homes, save money, and help re-green the earth. Earth Day is essentially every day for us, so we’re just getting around to sharing … [continued]
Five schools in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District will soon be home to high-efficiency SunPower solar power systems, according to recent reports. In total, the planned installations will make up about 1.2 MW of new solar capacity. The school district estimates that — based on its current utility rates … [continued]
General Electric is reportedly in talks to buy Alstom SA — one of the biggest energy solutions and transportation companies in the world — for more than $13 billion. This would put the buying price about 25% higher than Alstom’s current market price. If completed, the acquisition of the French-owned … [continued]
Originally published on Lenz Blog. GTM Research has released some figures for last years’ solar panel market. Thanks to this Tweet by Kees van der Leun for the link. They show Yingli on the top spot for both production at 2.622 GW, beating second rank Trina by 0.062 GW, and for shipments at 3.234 … [continued]
Originally published on EnergyTorrent. The first Ukrainian solar hackathon will take place on June 6–8, 2014 in Kyiv. A joint event by EnergyTorrent and Geek Workspace will gather hacker teams willing to compete for the name of the best solar hacker team and a nice set of prizes. Focus on … [continued]
One of the largest solar PV module manufacturers in the world, Yingli Solar, recently announced that it has entered into a cooperation agreement with the managing entity of the Shanghai Sailing Capital Investment Fund, the Shanghai Sailing Capital Management Co, through one of its subsidiaries, Yingli China. The aim of … [continued]
Originally published in the ECOreport. The world’s transmission lines are believed to have dropped approximately 1.4 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity last year. That’s around 1.2 trillion metric tons of CO2 dumped into the atmosphere. Though it is unlikely these loses can be eliminated in the near future, there are ways to reduce … [continued]
Originally published on Ecotricity. Green energy entrepreneur Dale Vince believes the Prime Minister is putting the interests of his political party ahead of the interests of his country as the Conservatives promise to block any new onshore windfarms should they win next year’s election. A Conservative Party spokesperson said overnight: … [continued]
Originally published on Ecopreneurist. If you’d like to start turning your home into a smart house, but are overwhelmed by the seemingly complex solutions offered for smart home technology, a new system of open source wireless building blocks promises to give anything in your home a higher IQ. The smart house … [continued]
Tesla Motors and Sixt Leasing recently expanded their strategic partnership to include Switzerland — now both German and Swiss customers have access to the excellent leasing service. Those interested — and living in Switzerland — can now obtain a lease offer from Sixt Leasing that works out to about CHF … [continued]
