“This is a noisy beast!!” That was the first thing that came to my mind and lips when I turned on the Audi A3 TDI 2.0 that I rented last week. And no, it wasn’t a positive thought — well, I guess you could say it became one as I thought about … [continued]
The year is wrapping up, and I think the stats are solid enough at this point that we can share the top 20 stories of the year. (If there’s a shocking, last-minute change in the ranking, I’ll be sure to let you know.) See if you’ve read all of these: Electric Cars … [continued]
Think Progress recently shared some great NASA charts, which were tweeted by Dr Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS), earlier this month. Here’s the first chart/tweet: 2015 will be a scorcher relative to all other years in the record. Even with sampling uncertainty: pic.twitter.com/wvTvzA1GC2 — Gavin Schmidt (@ClimateOfGavin) … [continued]
Going along with the massive collapse in solar PV tariff bids seen in the recent months, the Indian government has reduced the fixed tariff on offer for a 2 GW tender. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has announced that the fixed tariff of Rs 5.43 per kWh (US¢8.35 … [continued]
More than 200 winning solar power projects, with 800 MW of total capacity, have been announced by the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Feed-in tariffs apply to the projects: the tariff for large rooftop solar projects is €129/MWh with €124/MWh for ground-mounted solar installations. It was reported that 50% of … [continued]
The Indian government is planning to significantly increase financial support for rooftop solar power projects in an attempt to meet the huge target of having 100 GW of solar power capacity operational by April 2022. The Cabinet of Ministers recently approved a plan to increase subsidies for rooftop solar power … [continued]
LEDs-as-a-Service? I know what you might be saying – it seems like everything has an “as-a-service” model these days – is this for real? Yes indeed and we have all the details on how it’s setup and why it might actually make sense to do for many commercial and industrial properties. … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. David Dunn, Fleet and Facilities Division Manager for the City of Orlando, kicked off his EV Transportation & Technology Summit presentation by explaining that the City of Orlando has a deep sustainability focus, and an aim to adopt transformative technology as soon as it is practical to do … [continued]
Battery storage is already showing itself as a hotly contested race in the US, even before the 2016 widely expected retail launch of the Tesla Powerwall. This storage race has been fueled further by German-based Sonnenbatterie launching its plug-and-play home battery system in the US prior to Christmas. As reported by pv-magazine, … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. GM’s Britta Gross, Director of Advanced Vehicle Commercialization Policy, gave perhaps my favorite presentation at the EV Transportation & Technology Summit. Her presentation was essentially split into two (or three) sections. She first talked about Drive Electric Florida, then Drive Electric Orlando, and then got into matters concerning GM’s electrification … [continued]
