Published on January 15th, 2019 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
Having recently criticised GM for aiming to increase its focus on electric vehicles, Trump has now called VW's new EV production investment in Chattanooga "A big win!" What's up with that... Read More →
Published on January 15th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Volkswagen has settled on Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the location of its new US EV factory. It also announced at NAIAS a new partnership with Ford to build medium-size pickup trucks and commercial vans. The two companies will also work on autonomous technology together. ... Read More →
Published on January 15th, 2019 | by Jake Richardson
Approximately 75% of Kenyans have access to electricity from grid and off-grid sources, according to the World Bank, but the Kenyan government wants to increase that to 100% by 2022. The Kenya National Electrification Strategy (KNES) references mini-grids, independent solar power plants, and off-grid technology as options to utilize. ... Read More →
Published on January 15th, 2019 | by Jesper Berggreen
Today, in a press release in my home country of Denmark, the Denmark-based first responder and ambulance operator Falck announced that it has developed an ambulance on the platform of the Tesla Model ... Read More →
Published on January 15th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
A total of 16.9 gigawatts (GW) of US power generation was retired in 2018 according to figures published by S&P Global Market Intelligence including 11.8 GW worth of coal-fired power capacity, accounting for nearly 70% of all 2018 power retirements and solidifying the country's trend away from coal. ... Read More →
Published on January 15th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
What could end up being one of Australia's largest wind farms, the Golden Plains Wind Farm, received planning approval from the Victorian Government last week, and now awaits approval by the federal government... Read More →
Published on January 15th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
The International Renewable Energy Agency met last week for its Ninth Assembly in Abu Dhabi and, amidst the various other announcements made, announced that the Assembly had selected Francesco La Camera to be the Agency's next Director-General, replacing the Agency's current and first Director-General, Adnan Z. Amin... Read More →
Published on January 15th, 2019 | by Charles W. Thurston
NEXTracker is currently involved in close to 750 megawatts of new bifacial solar tracker projects, following recent bank approval of the first utility-scale project with bifacial panels on its single-axis NX Horizon, says Dan Shugar, the founder of the company... Read More →
Published on January 15th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Elon Musk says the Tesla Roadster will be able to fly. Get out your slide rules and follow along with Wired to learn what it would take to make a Roadster fly. ... Read More →
Published on January 15th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
A few new Tesla Supercharging spaces in China have some added security thanks to a new parking protection system that was recently added. Twitterer JayinShanghai posted photos of the new devices, which come as a welcome solution to widespread reports of gas and diesel vehicles intentionally parking in Tesla Supercharging stations... Read More →
Published on January 15th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
Our friend Vincent regularly tweets about all things Tesla, and as a Model 3 owner, he also recently took to YouTube to show how the white seats in his Model 3 hold up to a glass of admittedly cheap red wine. To make it even more interesting, he enlisted his child to come do the clean-up, and the results are impressive... Read More →
Published on January 15th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
After becoming frustrated with recent break-ins to the rear corner window in Tesla Model 3s, a few owners banded together to solve the problem once and for all by creating a new device that prevents the rear seats from being unlatched... Read More →
Published on January 15th, 2019 | by Chanan Bos
This past week was one of the most positive and least negative we have had so far with regards to Tesla headlines in the mainstream media, but it doesn't actually break any records. There were a few unusual things about the news coverage this week. For example, Bloomberg was extremely positive. That said, a lot of news can't be categorized easily in a topic group of recurring headlines, and more so when not related to Tesla stock. Two good examples this week... Read More →
Published on January 15th, 2019 | by Andrea Bertoli
In November, the CleanTechnica team traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland, to cover the 2018 Climate Launchpad Global Grand Final event. This event, bringing together hundreds of participants from as many countries, is billed as the "global green business competition." It’s a fascinating event, full of energy and innovation from climate-focused entrepreneurs and experts... Read More →
Published on January 14th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
The solar energy industry keeps on plowing forward (or shining forward?), even in the winter. Below were notable developments in the industry last month — not just big project news, but industry-changing news. Enjoy!... Read More →
Published on January 14th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
Here's another edition of "What Changed?" It is not the last EV summary for 2018, as a full-year piece is on the way, but it is a summary of notable EV industry updates from the month of December. Read on for details about Tesla, electric cars from other automakers, EV charging, EV batteries, EV sales, EV policy, and more... Read More →
Published on January 14th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
More electric buses are coming to Hawaii, New York, and Estonia as the world continues the transition away from diesel engines for its transportation needs. ... Read More →
Published on January 14th, 2019 | by John Farrell
Originally published at ilsr.org. Rural communities formed rural electric cooperatives as a way to get energy where no one else would provide it. In the 21st century, some cooperatives have found an additional economic benefit in pursuing local [&hellip... Read More →
Published on January 14th, 2019 | by World Resources Institute
One hundred years ago, 1919 was a really big year: Countries signed the Treaty of Versailles to end World War I, Mahatma Gandhi began his nonviolent resistance against British rule, the Grand Canyon became a national park. And on a lighter note, pop-up toasters entered kitchens for the first time!... Read More →
Published on January 14th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Cadillac will have a concept electric SUV on display at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week. Few details about the car are known, other than it is expected to have a range of more than 300 miles. ... Read More →
Published on January 14th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Abundance Investment, the UK's leading peer-to-peer ethical investment company, announced last week that it has closed its largest fund-raise to date, securing £7 million for Scottish tidal energy company Orbital Marine Power for the construction of what will be the world's most powerful tidal stream turbine. ... Read More →
Published on January 14th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
i1Tesla was one of the first YouTube channels to show how to upgrade the frunk struts on the Model 3 to stronger ones that gave it enough oomph to open the frunk all the way with just the tap of the button on the app. Now, he's released a new YouTube video that shows the process he followed to accomplish the same for the trunk, though it requires a bit more effort and a few more parts... Read More →
Published on January 14th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Hawaiian Electric Companies submitted contracts earlier this month for seven grid-scale solar-plus-storage projects to be built on three of the state's islands which will add approximately 262 megawatts (MW) worth of new solar capacity and 1,048 MW-hours worth of energy storage. ... Read More →
Published on January 14th, 2019 | by Saurabh
The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has announced a policy to set up a solar-wind hybrid power policy. As per the policy, the state intends to set up 5 gigawatts of hybrid capacity over the next five years. ... Read More →
