The impact of wind farms on the price of houses in proximity has been an issue of hot contention for years now, with advocate groups on both sides of the issue claiming the high scientific ground with competing reports and mounds of anecdotal evidence to boot. A new study conducted … [continued]
The largest democratic process in the world kicked off on April 07, 2014. Over 800 million people are eligible to vote to choose their representatives for the lower house of the Indian parliament. It is only apt that the major political parties, and an attractive newcomer, sought to address a … [continued]
To many, electric cars are a completely new thing. However, they actually have a long history in the United States. For some time, they were the top dog. However, due to battery limitations many decades ago, they got replaced with gasmobiles. With recent advancements, electric cars are back. But it’s … [continued]
First of all, let me put out a side note that I think is very important: every major energy source in the world has been tremendously subsidized by governments. In fact, oil, gas, coal, and nuclear continue to receive insane subsidies. Many of those subsidies are typical government subsidies. However, … [continued]
The European Union’s executive body, the European Commission, announced new guidelines Wednesday that would govern the public support for renewable energy projects in an attempt to integrate the burgeoning (and, arguably, relatively mature) industry into the market-proper. According to the Commission, the new guidelines “will support Member States in reaching … [continued]
Originally published on Kompulsa. Jaguar Land Rover has switched on the largest rooftop solar PV power plant in the United Kingdom. The 5.8 MW, 21,000-panel system is supplying Jaguar Land Rover’s £500 million Engine Manufacturing Centre in the West Midlands with 30% of its electricity requirements, reducing emissions by an … [continued]
In order to help show how renewables can innovatively help meet the growing demand for electricity, GE & PowerStream have launched a microgrid demonstration project in Ontario, Canada. “The project will demonstrate how energy consumers and utilities may be able to generate and distribute their own energy using renewable energy resources … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. It seems that all of the solar financing companies have been completing big financing rounds lately. We just covered a new funding deal for SunPower and then got news of one for Sungevity. Sungevity has just raised $70 million in new equity financing, with cash coming from … [continued]
Originally published on Gas2. http://youtu.be/QP6xHEfGI7I Since Elon Musk’s announcement of the Tesla Gigafactory, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico have been in a race with each other to host the site. It’s been fun watching each state inch ahead only to be overtaken — at least in the news — with … [continued]
Mashable blogger Max Knoblauch recently decided to have a bit of fun scrolling through reviews of 10 of the world’s largest subway systems. I’m not sure how many reviews he looked at for each of them, but he shared one pro review and one con review for subway systems in: … [continued]
