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HP Commits To Reduce Emissions Intensity Of Its Products By 40% By 2020

Mridul Chadha — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 19:00:46 +0000

IT giant HP has set a target to reduce the emissions intensity of its entire product portfolio by 40% by 2020 from 2010 levels

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Middle East And Africa Bound For 12 GW Solar Pipeline

Joshua S Hill — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 15:30:14 +0000

The solar pipeline in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region has primarily been driven by South Africa and Israel, however, NPD Solarbuzz believes that that trend is set to change as numerous countries throughout the region begin pushing forward on their own projects. According to the NPD Solarbuzz Middle East and Africa Deal Tracker, the

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Solar System Installations Increasing Fast

Worldwatch Institute — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 16:00:36 +0000

Originally published on Worldwatch Institute. New analysis by the Worldwatch Institute examines global trends in the solar power sector Washington, D.C.—The year 2013 saw record-breaking growth for solar electricity generation as the photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) markets continued to grow. With over 39 gigawatts installed worldwide, the PV solar market represented one-third

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$63.6 Billion Global Clean Energy Investment For Q2 2014

Jake Richardson — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 19:00:21 +0000

The second quarter of 2014 showed an increase in clean energy investment, with China leading the pack, and projects around the world receiving funding

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Shai Agassi & Project Better Place’s Downfall

Andrew Meggison — Fri, 02 May 2014 00:50:06 +0000

Originally published on Gas. How would you run a whole country without oil? Israeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi wanted to find out, and the result was a company called A Better Place. Through a network for charging stations and robotic battery swapping stations, Agassi had grand ambitions to banish oil from the world. But his grand

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Solar Hybrid Technology Capable of 24/7 Power Generation (CT Exclusive Video)

Scott Cooney — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:50:09 +0000

Aora Solar’s TulipTM System is a groundbreaking technology that can provide clean power 24/7 with none of the intermittency of other large-scale solar developments. It’s also gorgeous. The technology is founded on reflecting mirrors that track the sun and concentrate the sun’s energy into the receiving tower: It’s a fairly normal distributed solar thermal (DST)

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A Travelogue Through A Changing World: Windfall, The Booming Business Of Global Warming

Guest Contributor — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 19:50:28 +0000

With this week’s release of the latest IPCC report, over 300 scientists, citing 12,000 scholarly reports, determined that no one on the planet will be untouched by the damaging effects of global warming in coming decades. In fact, climate change impacts and risks are already becoming apparent as the report catalogues the present and future risks to life

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Tesla Model S Is Best Selling Car In Norway — Busts Norway’s Monthly Sales Record… For Any Car

Christopher DeMorro — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 07:53:42 +0000

Originally published on Gas2. Norway may seem like an odd place for electric cars to thrive, but the 1,493 Tesla Model S new registrations last month set a new single-model sales record. That’s more than sales of the two next-best selling models, the Volkswagen Golf and Nissan Leaf, combined. In fact, so far this year, the Tesla

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Solar & Electrified Vehicle News Roundup (Tesla Stock & Models, Chevy Volt App, Bill Maher on Solar, Etc.)

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 05:30:29 +0000

I spent most of the weekend covering a bunch of stories I’ve been wanting covered but no one has been able to get to, as well as a few new stories that popped up. Of course, CleanTechnica doesn’t have an infinite budget, which is one key reason I started a few other sites about a

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290 MW Of Solar PV Added To Israel’s Development Quota

James Ayre — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:10:12 +0000

290 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity has been added to Israel’s development quota as a result of altered quotas for concentrated solar power (CSP) and wind energy. The decision to make the switch is the result of the country’s recognition of the comparatively lower costs and greater ease of solar PV development as compared

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Alstom To Build Israeli Hydro Storage Power Plant

Joshua S Hill — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:40:49 +0000

Alstom announced on Thursday that it had signed two separate contracts to supply two pump-turbines for the 300 MW Gilboa pumped storage power plant in Israel. The company will provide two 150 MW pump-turbines “with the associated balance of plant equipment” as well as Alstom’s Distributed Control System, alongside an 18 year operation & maintenance

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Israeli Man Converts Box Truck Into Solar-Powered RV

Jo Borrás — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:30:01 +0000

A professional illustrator living in Israel, 50-year old Joseph Tayyar, saw a Mitsubishi box truck and wondered what it might be like to build it into a luxurious, off-grid motor home. The end result is a $225,000 realization of a dream that makes clever use of wood and efficient solar power a work of art.

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Renault Fluence ZE Owner In Israel Will Never Switch Back To Gasmobiles, Sets 24-Hour World EV Record (CT Exclusive Airplane Interview)

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:55:18 +0000

On my flight back from Ukraine in September, I happened to get into a conversation with one of the other passengers about Apple products — I was working on my iPad Mini and Macbook Air up until the second I had to board (of course). It turned out that he was an electric car owner

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Top Solar States vs Top Solar Countries (CleanTechnica Exclusive)

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:50:44 +0000

Following our top solar states rankings and our top solar countries rankings, below are rankings that mix the two. The rankings are for total and new solar power capacity per capita as well as total and new solar power per GDP. I thin the results are very interesting…. If you missed these previous rankings, also

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Top Solar Power Countries Per Capita & Per GDP (CleanTechnica Exclusive)

Zachary Shahan — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:50:37 +0000

–> Update: Also see the new top solar power countries vs top US solar states rankings. Following up on my top solar power state rankings, below are rankings of the top solar power countries per capita and per GDP. These solar power by country rankings are key to seeing who the solar power leaders are in

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America Isn’t Always #1 (Future360 Video)

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:14:13 +0000

The United States prides itself on being “#1.” Unfortunately, we actually aren’t number one on a long list of things, and we’re pretty far down there on some important indices. In this video and post below, Sarah Backhouse of Future360 runs down a few of the cleantech categories in which we aren’t #1: Operation Cleantech

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Crowdsourcing Your Bus Wait-Time

Chelsea — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:00:31 +0000

It’s painfully chilly waiting for the bus in Minnesota these days, which makes even minor delays seem like hours. But knowledge is power and knowing that the bus is one, three or ten minutes delayed helps riders cope with the wait. Since most transit users don’t have ESP, the Moovit crowdsourcing app delivers just what

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Electric Carsharing Program To Open In Tel Aviv

James Ayre — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:20:10 +0000

The Israeli city of Tel Aviv is now planning the creation of an extensive electric carsharing program. For obvious reasons, the country could significantly cut back its reliance on imported fossil fuels. The new electric car sharing program is good step in that direction. The unstated eventual goal, is of course, an oil-free Israel.

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BrightSource Energy, Alstom Collaborate On 121MW Solar Thermal Power Plant In Israel

Mridul Chadha — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:45:49 +0000

Megalim Solar Power Limited, a special purpose vehicle of BrightSource Energy and Alstom, has won a tender for the construction of a 121MW solar thermal power plant in Israel that is expected to come online in 2017. It is one of the three projects selected under Israel’s Ashalim 250MW tender announced in 2008. The project

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US DOE, Israel Ink $3.5 Million Deal To Support 4 Renewable Energy Projects

Mridul Chadha — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:56:40 +0000

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) and Israel’s Energy and Water Ministry have jointly allocated $3.5 million budget towards the development of four American-Israeli renewable energy projects. The projects will receive financing under the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program. BIRD Energy has announced that each project receiving funds will be

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