Author Archives: Zachary Shahan


About Zachary Shahan

I'm the director of CleanTechnica, the most popular clean energy website in the world, and Planetsave, a leading green and science news site. I've been covering green news of various sorts since 2008, and I've been especially focused on solar energy, electric vehicles, bicycling, and wind energy for the past few years. You can also find my work on Scientific American, Reuters, Think Progress, GE's ecomagination site, several sites in the Important Media network, & many other places. To connect on some of your favorite social networks, go to zacharyshahan.com or click on some of the links below.

33 Top Electric Vehicle Stories Of 2013 (So Far)

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33 Top Electric Vehicle Stories Of 2013 (So Far)

This article was originally published on CleanTechnica sister site Planetsave. First, two fun videos to get us rolling: We’re trying to get more electric vehicle (EV) stories going on Planetsave. To catch readers up, below is a roundup of the 33 top EV stories of 2013 so far (according to me). To keep an eye on upcoming (or older) EV stories, bookmark and scroll through our EV category from time to time. It’s pretty hard to actually … Read More

New York City Bike Share Launches — New Tech, Reactions, & How To Use The Citi Bikes

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New York City Bike Share Launches — Reactions & How To Use The Citi Bikes

This article originally appeared on Bikocity. New York City (NYC) has finally rolled out the beginnings of its large bicycle-sharing program, Citi Bike, with 6,000 bikes and 330 bike-sharing stations hitting the streets on Monday. The stations are initially located in Manhattan and Brooklyn. It’s far from the largest such project at the moment, but it’s the largest in the US, and it plans to get up there with other major world bike-sharing programs eventually. … Read More

1BOG Launches “Expedia” For Solar Power (Déjà Vu?)

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This article was originally published on Solar Love. In February, I reported on EnergySage’s launch of the “Expedia of solar power,” a comparison shopping site aimed at getting customers multiple quotes for a solar power system on their homes or businesses. At the time, I wrote that 1BOG (with which we have a partnership*) offered essentially the same service. My understanding was that 1BOG got the best quotes they could from installers in the region … Read More

EU Votes 18–4 Against Provisional Chinese Solar Duties

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This article was originally published on Solar Love. Rather than take the course the United States took, EU member states have overwhelmingly voted against imposing provisional anti-dumping duties on solar imports from China. The vote was 18 opposed, 4 in favor, and 5 abstaining. A proposed 47% average anti-dumping duty could still be implemented (this vote just concerned provisional duties). But that is far from certain, especially following this week’s vote. The vote follows intense … Read More

Heads Of Germany & China Meet To End Solar Trade Dispute

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This article was originally published on Solar Love. Update: Provisional duties on solar imports have been overwhelmingly voted down, but the 47% duties may still move forward. Will we finally see the end of the Chinese solar trade soap opera? Maybe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese premier Li Keqiang this week called for an end to the EU-China portion of the Chinese solar trade disputes that have been ongoing for the past couple years. The … Read More

Four Solar Stocks That Did Even Better Than SolarCity Last Week

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This article was originally published on Solar Love. I don’t follow stocks much, but my interest in cleantech stocks has been growing since I’ve been covering this sector for years. I recently ran across a couple of interesting posts on solar stocks that I thought were worth a share. First, Solar Power World’s Frank Andorka recently conducted a very interesting interview with Peter Lynch — an advisor to Principal Solar Institute, an investment banker, and an … Read More

We’ve Been Hacked, But We’re Back (Maybe)

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You may have noticed some weirdness on CleanTechnica the past couple days — not publishing for long periods of time, then publishing a bunch of articles in a spurt. The story is, we were hacked. Since Monday morning/afternoon, our team hasn’t been able to log in to the backend (where we write and publish articles). We haven’t even been able to access the login pages. Actually, this happened across our network (Important Media) and on … Read More

Fox Fails — Bashes Tesla For Years, Then Forgets It Had Government Loans! (i.e. Lies Through Its Teeth)

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This article was originally published on EV Obsession. FOX NEWS (“news,” I should write) is so lame I’m not sure if it’s sad or funny. It bashed the heck out of Tesla for years due to the fact that the company won a $450 million government loan. It equated it to the tiny percentage of loan-receiving companies that have failed and repeatedly called it a failure (despite Tesla’s numerous groundbreaking successes). Tesla has just paid … Read More

Top 22 Bike Stories Of The Year (… So Far)

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Reposted from sister site Planetsave, below are 22 of the top bike stories of 2013 so far — the 22 biggest ones I could think of or find. For more bicycling stories, check out our bicycling archives. 1. Bike Commuting Is Skyrocketing, Especially In Bike-Friendly Communities. Bicycling is on the rise across the US, but in cities with better bicycle infrastructure, activism, and communities, bicycling is taking off. (Warning: beautiful infographics in link above.) 2. Off-Road Bike … Read More

California Electric Car Rebates Mapped (Interactive!)

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California is one heck of an electric car leader, and not just because it’s home to Le Tesla. See the stats below, as well as this, this, this, this, and this post. (Though, I have to admit, it’s not all good news.) Anyway, check out this EV Obsession post below for some info on the cool map tracking California’s EV progress and some EV fun facts, and be super thankful that the state is also making … Read More