Published on November 13th, 2018 | by Jose Pontes
The Netherlands had 2,058 plug-in electric vehicle registrations in October, up 147% year over year (YoY), which translates into a plug-in electric vehicle share of 6.8% in the country. That also pulls the year-to-date count to 17,035 units, with the 2018 plug-in electric vehicle share now growing to 4.3%... Read More →
Published on November 13th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
Tesla President of Automotive Jerome Guillen recently opened up about Tesla's plans for expanding and optimizing Gigafactory 1 in Sparks, Nevada. As usual, Tesla is keeping a watchful eye on the future with the construction of its new Shanghai Gigafactory, but Gigafactory 1 isn't yet close to reaching its own max potential... Read More →
Published on November 13th, 2018 | by Charles W. Thurston
A trifecta of solar advocates is targeting Nevada’s closed mines for new solar projects or other renewables to help the state meet its new 50% renewable energy portfolio standard by ... Read More →
Published on November 13th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
New figures publicized on Monday by WWF Scotland have revealed that wind energy generated the equivalent of 98% of the country's electricity demand in October, or enough electricity to power nearly 5 million homes across the country... Read More →
Published on November 13th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
Two reports released within days of one another have highlighted the increasing value of the energy storage market as a necessary tandem to a low-carbon society... Read More →
Published on November 13th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
The top 24 fossil fuel companies spent less than 2% of their 2018 budgets on renewable energy investments. They want us to think they are concerned for the Earth, but nothing could be further from the truth. ... Read More →
Published on November 13th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
One of the United States' leading residential solar-plus-storage services, Sunnova, announced earlier this month that it was expanding its offerings in the Lone Star State, as it makes its SunSafe solar-plus-batter storage offering available to homeowners in its home state of Texas... Read More →
Published on November 13th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
Volkswagen chief Herbert Diess tells the press his company will build 50 million electric cars using the new MEB chassis. Should Tesla be worried? ... Read More →
Published on November 13th, 2018 | by Tina Casey
It's 200th anniversary is just around the corner, but the global company Schneider Electric is ready for the renewable energy revolution... Read More →
Published on November 13th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
Clif Bar is slashing the carbon footprint of its Twin Falls, Idaho bakery with the installation of a 2 megawatt (MW) ground mounted solar farm that will be installed adjacent to the bakery. When completed next June, the new solar farm will supply 30% of the annual electricity needs of the 300,000 sq ft facility... Read More →
Published on November 13th, 2018 | by The Beam
We talked with Fairphone CEO and Founder, Bas van Abel, about the challenges and complexities that come with the design and production of Fairphone. ... Read More →
Published on November 13th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
An interesting mixture of inspiration and disappointment have pushed CleanTechnica to launch a new campaign and article series — Clean Revolution... Read More →
Published on November 13th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
What car classes do electric car drivers want? How much range do they need? What features do they require or strongly desire? Read on and check out our many charts on these topics to learn more... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Jo Borrás
When you think of the countries that are driving the EV revolution, you might think of China, or Norway, or — being the birthplace of Tesla and all — even the United States. One country you probably don’t think about, however, is India. You should think of India, though, because there are more than 1.5 million electric tuk-tuks on India’s roads right now... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
Tesla has unlocked free Supercharging for its customers in the vicinity of the California wildfires this week to make it that much easier for Tesla owners to stay charged and safe... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
One enterprising Tesla owner hacked together a homegrown solution to charge his Tesla only when his rooftop solar system is producing energy, allowing him to drive on sunshine... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
The one factor that makes conventional generation riskier than renewables is the cost of fuel. When it comes to long term planning, the cost of sunshine and wind is fixed. No need to worry about embargoes, shortages, or one nation cornering the market and driving up prices. The era of renewables is upon us, and not a moment too soon... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by George Harvey
We have a reason to cheer! Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis – Version 12.0 has been released. There are times that I love numbers. And these are great numbers... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Carolyn Fortuna
With EV exponential growth expected over the next 5 years, we must advocate and lead by example in helping others who are not familiar with the functioning of EVs to fill in their gaps of knowledge, sometimes referred to as the "neighborhood effect." Rabbi Abraham concurs that we must all play our roles to help each other to understand the power and potential of an EV future... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
Ford and DHL have formed a partnership to manufacture the Work XL electric delivery van. The chassis will be manufactured in Turkey, then shipped to Germany where it will be fitted with a body designed by DHL. ... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
Australian electricity generator and retailer Snowy Hydro announced earlier this month that it has signed 8 wind and solar contracts which are expected to total 888 megawatts (MW) and will provide electricity to 500,000 households. ... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
A partner in Baillie Gifford, the asset management firm that is the third largest shareholder in Tesla, isn't worried about Tesla's future, but it is concerned about the future of many legacy automakers as they approach their own personal "Kodak moments." ... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
The silence was deafening at the Buttonwillow raceway in central California this past weekend as Mountain Pass Performance (MPP) headed off to the raceway to support customer and longtime racer Cameron Rogers in his assault on the track in his brand spanking new Tesla Model 3 Performance... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Saurabh
India has recorded perhaps its highest-ever renewable energy penetration in overall energy generation in the quarter of July-September 2018. The event is on expected lines after the country reported a historically high monthly share of renewable energy generation in July and August ... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Saurabh
India continues to add record volumes of solar and wind energy capacities even as the net capacity additions in the coal sector remain stunted... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Tina Casey
Getting Mars right (or not): Nat Geo's new TV series makes the case for a successful mission to Mars, if only we could all just get along... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Loren McDonald
In August, 1 out of 10 (9.90%) new vehicles purchased in the state of California were EVs (PHEVs + BEVs), according to the latest numbers from the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Advanced Technology Vehicle Sales Dashboard... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
While the federal government is busy propping up coal and natural gas, governors in several states won elections in which they pledged to ramp up renewable energy goals, with many aiming for 100% renewables within 20 years. ... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
Editor's note: For many moons and months, TeslaMondo was perhaps my favorite thing on the internet. It is a blog that offers insightful and hilarious commentary on Tesla. Hold on, let me rephrase that — it offers tremendously insightful and insanely hilarious commentary on Tesla. Alas, for more than one year, the person* behind TeslaMondo stepped deeper into the shadows and TeslaMondo went silent (*no, that person isn't me, despite what some people have claimed and how much I wish that were the case)... Read More →
Published on November 12th, 2018 | by The Beam
A critical look at the sustainable development narrative. ... Read More →
