Published on August 21st, 2019 | by The Beam
Kenya taps most of its energy needs from dams built between 1970 and early the ’80s along Tana River, the country’s biggest river. Several other dams built on other rivers bring the total installed hydropower capacity to 743 MW, which makes up more than half of the country’s power sources... Read More →
Published on August 21st, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
Those of us who have followed the electric vehicle market for several years (or, for some of you, decades) can easily get complacent about where the EV revolution is and where it's headed. We can be lulled into a semi-sleeping state by monthly sales reports, by routinely seeing EV market share of 1–2% in some markets, 5–10% in others, and 50% in Norway. We can be blown away by the Tesla Model 3's success, while at the same time underestimating what it means... Read More →
Published on August 21st, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
During Tesla’s most recent shareholder meeting, Elon said the company might get into another line of business — mining. He implied that taking control of the supply chain for the raw minerals used in its batteries might be a necessity as Tesla scales up production and adds more vehicles to its lineup... Read More →
Published on August 20th, 2019 | by Years of Living Dangerously
It’s still early days for the Green New Deal, a ten-year policy that aims to solve climate change at the pace and scale the crisis demands. Earlier this year, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey introduced a non-binding resolution to Congress. The goal of the resolution is to lay out the scope of the plan’s ambitions, but the nitty-gritty of the policy details are still to come. ... Read More →
Published on August 20th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Fiat and Mercedes are taking very different approaches to electrifying the small passenger car market, but Volkswagen may be poised to steal market share from both of them. ... Read More →
Published on August 20th, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
In 2022, new wind energy will get zero financial assistance of any kind and new solar will get very little, while fossil fuels will continue to get $4.6 billion annually in the best possible accounting, $27.4 billion in a reasonable accounting and $649 billion in a full accounting including negative externalities... Read More →
Published on August 20th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
A study of 6 urban areas in the US conducted over 18 years finds pollutants from burning fossil fuels lead to higher levels of lung disease and early death. Does that mean we should do something about the problem? ... Read More →
Published on August 20th, 2019 | by Erika Clugston
To learn more about Planted’s plans to scale up and tackle meat consumption, we put our questions to co-founder Pascal Bieri... Read More →
Published on August 20th, 2019 | by Saurabh
Siemens Gamesa continues to win fresh orders under the auction regime of the Indian wind energy sector. The latest order is among the company’s largest to-date after the introduction of competitive wind energy auctions in India... Read More →
Published on August 20th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
183 members of the Business Roundtable, including the CEOs of some of America's largest corporations, issued a revised Purpose of a Corporation statement which says increasing shareholder value should no longer be the sole and exclusive focus of an incorporated business. Companies must also invest in their employees, deliver value to their customers, and deal fairly and ethically with their suppliers... Read More →
Published on August 20th, 2019 | by Saurabh
Amidst poor response from project developers for several solar power tenders in the past few weeks, India has issued yet another solar power tender, this time with an obligation for project developers to use solar cells and modules manufactured in India... Read More →
Published on August 20th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
The world's largest electric vehicle never needs recharging, thanks to a 65 ton payload, regenerative braking, and a 13% grade. ... Read More →
Published on August 20th, 2019 | by Saurabh
As uncertainty over the future of power purchase agreements, as well as a liquidity crunch, plagues the country, the Indian government has taken measures to address some of these issues... Read More →
Published on August 20th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
An economy-wide coalition of UK companies and organisations has called on the country's new Energy Minister, Kwasi Kwarteng, to support the development of new onshore wind farms in an effort to extricate the technology from its current persona non grata status so as to further boost the country's efforts to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. ... Read More →
Published on August 20th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
ZeroAvia announced this week it has been conducting test flights of a hydrogen fuel cell powered electric airplane under the auspices of the FAA. It plans to build 10 to 20 passenger airplanes for flights up to 500 miles. ... Read More →
Published on August 20th, 2019 | by Paul Fosse
For those of you who have followed the Norway Tesla registration statistics this quarter, it has been very slow since the end of quarter flurry in June. Tesla delivered most of its shipments in June and the country has been waiting for a ship since then... Read More →
Published on August 19th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
Tesla, Tesla, Tesla — we know all about Tesla's EV leadership. But who's going to put the nail in the coffin of automotive laggards? Could it be Volkswagen... Read More →
Published on August 19th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Electrify America has created a new educational campaign designed to take away the fear of electric cars. It says EVs are the new normal. ... Read More →
Published on August 19th, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
As the next season of the CNBC show "Jay Leno's Garage" kicks off on August 28th, the legendary talk show host, comedian, and car enthusiast recently shared some positive comments on the future of Tesla. And this wasn't the first time he's voiced his support. Over the years, Leno's appreciation for Tesla and Elon Musk have grown... Read More →
Published on August 19th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
A new study says Europe, including Russia and Turkey, could generate enough wind power to meet the energy needs of the entire world in 2050. ... Read More →
Published on August 19th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
President* Trump perpetually pooh-poohs wind power in favor of fossil fuels, but a new DOE report indicates he's pampering the wrong pony... Read More →
Published on August 19th, 2019 | by Carolyn Fortuna
Two coasts are tackling land conversions to solar by drawing on local knowledge... Read More →
Published on August 19th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Power For America and the Utility Workers Union of America have created an apprenticeship program in Michigan to train the workers needed to build the wind and solar power facilities of the future. ... Read More →
Published on August 19th, 2019 | by Jennifer Sensiba
A few days ago, I woke up to an interesting notification on my phone. It was from the Burger King app, and the company wanted me to taste test the Impossible Whopper. To make it a fair test (and one that enough people would want to take a chance on), the app offered a special deal: one regular beef Whopper and one Impossible Whopper for $... Read More →
