Published on April 19th, 2018 | by Michael Barnard
Nori, a company which recently emerged from stealth, is creating the Noriton. It’s a cryptocurrency token that represents a ton of CO2 removed from the atmosphere and sequestered in one of a number of potential ways. This isn’t a cap-and-trade or carbon-tax system, but a market mechanism which values removed tons of ... Read More →
Published on April 19th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy announced this week that it had been awarded the contracts to build multiple wind projects across India totaling 140 megawatts (MW) in capacity. ... Read More →
Published on April 19th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
Total, the French multinational oil and gas giant, announced on Wednesday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire French electricity utility Direct Energie in a move which is intended to fast-track the company's expansion into the French and Belgium electricity and gas markets. ... Read More →
Published on April 19th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
We've been covering the development of the Sun Flyer electric airplane (e-plane) for quite some time now, and we are happy to report that its successful maiden test flight has been completed at the Centennial Airport near Denver, Colorado... Read More →
Published on April 19th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies and Aldar Properties have signed an agreement to construct the world's first hyperloop system in Abu Dhabi in time for Expo 2020. ... Read More →
Published on April 19th, 2018 | by James Ayre
During the first quarter of 2018, the BMW Group sold 26,858 electrified vehicles -- across its BMW and MINI brands... Read More →
Published on April 19th, 2018 | by John Farrell
Why should a city seeking 100% renewable energy focus on local generation? ILSR’s Director of Energy Democracy, John Farrell, provided a short presentation to a University of Minnesota forum in Rochester, MN, with three reasons to buy energy locally... Read More →
Published on April 19th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
A new study published this week by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the US has found that nearly half of all the residential rooftop solar potential in the country is available atop low- to moderate-income households, representing a 320 gigawatt (GW) opportunity. ... Read More →
Published on April 19th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
5 self-contained solar charging stations from Envision Solar have been installed in Pittsburgh to help the city meet its climate action goals. ... Read More →
Published on April 19th, 2018 | by Tina Casey
Everybody knows that offshore wind farms cost a lot, but the US Department of Energy looks at Atlantic coast offshore wind energy from a new angle -- and likes what it sees... Read More →
Published on April 19th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
An internal email from Tesla CEO Elon Musk to all Tesla employees was obtained by Jalopnik and provides insights into Tesla's progress to date on Model 3 production rates as well as the path forward for Model ... Read More →
Published on April 19th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
In London this week, OVO Energy took to the stage and dropped not one new product but four product bombshells that are aimed at creating a new energy ecosystem that is accessible to residential energy consumers... Read More →
Published on April 19th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced on Twitter that SpaceX will build the rocket colloquially known as the BFR — which may or may not stand for the Big Falcon Rocket — in Los Angeles... Read More →
Published on April 19th, 2018 | by James Ayre
As part of its settlement agreement with the US government in relation to the diesel vehicle emissions scandal, Volkswagen was ordered to put $2 billion into the development of electric vehicle charging stations throughout the country. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 19th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
Portugal is taking an early lead in renewables to such an extent that for the month of March it produced 4.3% more renewable electricity, at 4,812 GWh, than its total electricity consumption of 4,647 GWh. Perhaps more impressively, Portugal put up these numbers in the face of a massive 9.7% year over year increase in electricity consumption versus ... Read More →
Published on April 19th, 2018 | by James Ayre
Following our earlier article about the Canadian government's pledge to provide aid to ensure that the Kinder Morgan TransMountain oil pipeline expansion project gets built, it seems worth highlighting here the recent announcement that the government's Sustainable Development Technology Canada program has awarded C$3.4 million in new funding to a noted lithium-ion battery tech firm... Read More →
Published on April 19th, 2018 | by Jesper Berggreen
According to Ingeniøren, the latest projection of energy consumption in Denmark by the Danish Energy Agency shows there will be more electric cars on the roads in the country by 2030. However, although cars are generally [&hellip... Read More →
Published on April 18th, 2018 | by Carlo Ombello
Two weeks ago, Tesla revealed production numbers for Q1 2018 on its website. The much awaited news got analysts and media crunching numbers to obtain guidance on the company's near term progress and longer term expectations. Among the most important news is the confirmation that despite difficulties, Model 3 production is finally ramping up quickly with almost 10,000 cars produced this quarter, 2,000 of which were just in the last week of March... Read More →
Published on April 18th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
Norway is proud of its reputation as a center for electric cars in Europe but until now, its public transportation fleet has not been as green as it might be. That will change when 70 new electric buses are added to routes in and around the city of Oslo by the summer of ... Read More →
Published on April 18th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
China says it will eliminate its rule requiring foreign car makers to partner with local companies by the end of this year. But is there more going on here than meets the eye? ... Read More →
Published on April 18th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
Wind energy is one of the fastest growing forms of electricity generation in the United States, with the largest share renewable electricity generating capacity in the country, and according to new information from the American Wind Energy Association, wind energy now supplies more than 30% of the electricity in four states --- Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, and South Dakota. ... Read More →
Published on April 18th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
The speed of global renewable energy adoption needs to increase by at least a factor of six if the world is to meet the goals set out in the Paris Climate Agreement, but which would also result in the growth of the global economy and global welfare, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency. ... Read More →
Published on April 18th, 2018 | by Tina Casey
The Trump Administration talks a good game for fossil fuels but continues to fund solar energy research leading to the death of fossil fuels. What's up with that... Read More →
Published on April 18th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
In a move being billed as a "new chapter in American solar panel manufacturing" SunPower, one of the world's leading solar manufacturers, has announced that it will acquire 100% of SolarWorld Americas, one of the two companies who filed a Section 201 trade case that led to the imposition of 30% tariffs on all imported solar cells and modules into the United States... Read More →
Published on April 18th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Reading, seeing, watching, or listening to what passes off as news these days can inevitably bring a sense of doom, uncertainty, and fear (FUD) that some politicians love to bathe in to justify their middlemen role and push whatever pet project they have for their business buddies. But there is also good quality news out there if you let independent journalists communicate what they know best, fields they master for the purpose of bringing more light to important matters... Read More →
