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Anti-Dumping Duties Will Hurt The US Solar Industry

Roy L Hales — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:20:19 +0000

According to Jigar Shah, anti-dumping duties and tariffs invite retaliation, and escalate a global trade war which benefits no one in the solar industry

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Tariffs-Smariffs, We Can Already Make the World’s Lowest Cost Solar Modules — Here In The US

Guest Contributor — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:33:36 +0000

By Brad Mattson, CEO Siva Power and author of The Solar Phoenix The stiff solar tariffs recently imposed by the US on Chinese panels have made quite a splash. I think it is great my government is pushing to level the playing field so more solar companies can make products from a technology we invented. However,

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Chinese Technology Billionaire Plans To Surpass Tesla In Electric Car Market

Cynthia Shahan — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 09:36:25 +0000

With an aptitude for expertise that may match Tesla CEO Elon Musk, an equally young (2 years younger, actually) and motivated Chinese technology billionaire plans to surpass Tesla Motors by venturing into the production of electric cars in China, via his tech company, Leshi. His goal is not simply more money or conquest, as expressed in

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Hanwha SolarOne, Solar Holdings, & Q CELLS Merging Into One Entity, Will Be Largest Solar Cell Manufacturer

James Ayre — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 08:29:16 +0000

There will soon be a new company claiming the title of largest solar cell manufacturer in the world, thanks to the recently announced upcoming merger of Hanwha SolarOne Co, Hanwha Solar Holdings Co, and Hanwha Q CELLS Investment into a single entity. The merger will see the creation of a business with a total production

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Will Seeo’s 400 Wh/kg Battery Fulfil Expectations?

Roy L Hales — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 10:15:19 +0000

Originally published on the ECOreport. Forbes, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Giacom, Green Car Congress, Xconomy, Reuters Pe Hub, The Green Optimistic, VentureBeat, and the MIT Technology Review have all written about the California start-up company Seeo. Korean electronics giant Samsung led in the recent $17 million round of series E investments. The other two investors, Khosla Ventures and Beijing-based GSR Ventures,

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Daimler Expands Manufacturing Capacities for Lithium-Ion Batteries

James Ayre — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 21:08:02 +0000

The German manufacturing powerhouse Daimler AG will be substantially increasing its production capacity with regard to lithium-ion batteries over the next few years — with ~€100 million in new investments via the Deutsche ACCUmotive subsidiary. As part of this new push, the company is currently constructing a new facility that’s set to be completed by

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Tesla Roadster Can Now Travel 400 Miles, Go From LA To San Fran Without Recharging

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 20:41:47 +0000

Elon Musk got on Twitter last night (or early this morning) to announced a Christmas present for Tesla Roadster owners. The Tesla sports car, with a new upgrade, can travel 400 miles without recharging. As Musk noted in the tweet, that’s enough to get from Los Angeles to San Francisco without taking a break to

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India Announces 1,300 MW Solar Projects To Support Domestic Manufacturers

Anand Upadhyay — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 11:55:22 +0000

Close on the heels of announcing Ultra Mega Solar Power projects of 21,000 MW, The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (India) has approved another scheme for installation of 1,000 MW of grid-connected solar power projects by Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) and government organisations. This capacity is planned to come up during 2015–2018, and will be supported using a “Viability

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India’s Rolta Power Seeks Chinese Partner For Solar Cell Facility

Mridul Chadha — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 11:52:45 +0000

With the Indian government’s plan to mandate use of domestically manufactured solar power equipment, Indian companies are now planning long-term investments in the manufacturing sector. Rolta Power is looking to partner with a Chinese technology provider to set up a solar cell manufacturing facility. The initial capacity of the facility will be 60 MW and

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Hanergy Plans 300 MW CIGS Solar Module Manufacturing Facility In China

Mridul Chadha — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:07:32 +0000

After a slew of acquisitions in the thin-film solar power technology market, Hanergy is now taking steps to add them into its existing production infrastructure. The latest news is that thin-film solar module manufacturer Hanergy Thin-Film Power Group Limited plans to establish a 300 MW flexible CIGS manufacturing facility in Changde, which is located in the Hunan province

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Yingli & Huawei To Jointly Expand Solar Power In Thailand

Mridul Chadha — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 18:55:57 +0000

Yingli Green Energy Holding, the world’s largest photovoltaic modules manufacturer, has recently announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Yingli Green Energy Singapore Company Pte. Limited (Yingli Singapore) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Huawei, Solventina Solar Energy, and Kasikornbank to provide turnkey solar power solutions for power plants and distributed generation projects throughout

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1st Real Google Self-Driving Car Arrives

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 02:11:12 +0000

Originally published on Sustainnovate. Google introduced its own, built-from-the-ground-up, electric self-driving cars earlier this year. This has got to be one of the biggest tech stories of the year. However, at that launch, the self-driving mockup vehicle, as Google noted in a Google+ post today, “didn’t even have real headlights!” It has surely made a

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BMW Developing EV Charging Network To Challenge Tesla’s?

James Ayre — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 13:35:45 +0000

The pseudo-rivalry between BMW and Tesla Motors looks set to continue into the foreseeable future, judging by recent comments made by BMW’s head of EV sales and strategy for North America. BMW is apparently looking to spread its new DC charging stations all throughout the US next year — chargers utilizing an SAE standard plug,

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EV Transmissions Should Be Available Soon, Manager For ZF Powertrain Technology Says

James Ayre — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 13:24:53 +0000

It won’t be long until EV transmissions are available, according to the controls manager for ZF Powertrain Technology, James Potter — as they are apparently already under development and nearing market readiness. In an interview with Wards Auto, Potter noted that “two-speeds are coming out, and that will be the next generation. For passenger cars,

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EV Battery Experts Discuss Battery Costs & More (Interesting Video Discussion)

Zachary Shahan — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 20:53:43 +0000

Today is clearly a video catchup day for me. This last one of the day is a super interesting discussion about electric vehicle (EV) batteries. It includes the CEO of LG Chem (which provides EV batteries to GM for the Chevy Volt and Renault for its electric vehicles, as well as others), Prabhakar Patil; the

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JB Straubel Interviews & Presentations

Zachary Shahan — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:32:29 +0000

Following up on the Elon Musk interviews and videos I shared earlier today, I’ve also got a couple of great ones featuring Tesla co-founder and CTO JB Straubel, who I think really doesn’t get enough credit for his brilliance and passion. The Economist Here’s a great quote buried in an article in The Economist for which JB Straubel was

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BMW i3 Production Process (VIDEOS)

Zachary Shahan — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 17:06:49 +0000

In case you would like to see how the BMW i3 is made, the three videos below give an extensive view of the BMW i3 production process (over the course of 1 hr and 20 minutes). I’ll admit that the nuts & bolts (literally) of car production aren’t really my thing, but I’m assuming some

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4 Elon Musk Interviews, Tons of Awesome Quotes

Zachary Shahan — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 16:38:17 +0000

I’ve been saving up a number of Elon Musk interviews for awhile but haven’t been able to get to them. So, now I’m getting to them all at one time. Below are links to the full interviews, or videos of the interviews when they were videotaped, but I’ve also gone ahead and pulled out some of

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Tomahawk Electric Supercar Set To Be Released In 2017

James Ayre — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 11:21:45 +0000

Does Tesla Motors have a new rival in the field of “supercar” electric vehicles? Possibly. Based on what’s been presented in a recent press release from Dubuc Motors — an extended range of 275 miles, 0-60 mph in 3 seconds, a top speed of 140 mph, and a price-tag under $100,000. Not bad. But, of

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CODA Energy Installs Largest Behind-The-Meter Energy Storage System In Los Angeles Basin

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 16:16:10 +0000

CODA Energy, which was formed out of CODA Automotive when its electric car sales weren’t going too well, has just installed the largest behind-the-meter energy storage system in the Los Angeles basin. Using lithium-ion batteries, it is a 1,054kWh / 510kW system. CODA Energy has a contract with South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) regarding this project,

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