Published on September 21st, 2017 | by John Farrell
Determining exactly how much local renewable generation can reach Xcel Energy customers in Minnesota hinges in part on how many of these projects the existing grid can accommodate. To that end, the state’s Public Utilities Commission compelled the utility last year to report on more than 1,000 “feeders” delivering electricity to homes and businesses across its Twin Cities service territory... Read More →
Published on September 21st, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
Yingli Green Energy, also known as Yingli Solar, published its second quarter earnings report this week, and its again good news mixed with bad, with record shipments of 1,146.6 MW but increasing net and operating losses. ... Read More →
Published on September 21st, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
San Francisco and Oakland have sued 5 oil companies, asking them to pay into a fund to indemnify the cities against the cost of combating rising sea levels. ... Read More →
Published on September 21st, 2017 | by James Ayre
As part of its bid to reduce dangerously high air pollution levels, authorities in China will be instituting a halt to "major project" development in areas of high pollution, the country's official news service Xinhua has reported... Read More →
Published on September 21st, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
French multinational oil and gas company Total has announced two separate acquisitions this week which will serve to expand both its renewable energy and energy efficiency businesses, acquiring an indirect interest in French renewable energy company EREN RE, and acquiring French energy efficiency company GreenFlex. ... Read More →
Published on September 21st, 2017 | by James Ayre
The cities of San Francisco and Oakland in California have filed separate lawsuits against 5 of the largest oil companies in the world for the roles played by those companies in anthropogenic climate warming and rising sea levels, public documents have revealed... Read More →
Published on September 21st, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
US automotive behemoth GM has announced it will purchase 200 MW worth of wind energy to meet 100% of the electricity needs of its Ohio and Indiana manufacturing facilities. ... Read More →
Published on September 21st, 2017 | by Tina Casey
Despite the President's happy talk about oil and gas, his own Energy Dept. foresees replacing them with renewables including a big dose of seaweed biofuel... Read More →
Published on September 21st, 2017 | by James Ayre
Tesla has now delivered the first 50 of the 200 Model S sedans and Model X SUVs that were ordered as part of a deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that is intended to eventually lead to the deployment of an autonomous taxi fleet, as we reported a couple of months back... Read More →
Published on September 21st, 2017 | by James Ayre
Wärtsilä is introducing a new portfolio of tug boat designs, dubbed the HYTug series, that make use of the company's hybrid propulsion technology and were created with "environmental sustainability" in mind, according to a new press release... Read More →
Published on September 21st, 2017 | by James Ayre
The German utility firm EnBW has purchased 117 new electric vehicle charging stations from the Swiss engineering firm ABB for installation along cross-country networks in Germany, according to recent reports... Read More →
Published on September 21st, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
Nikola Motors and Bosch are teaming up to create Class 8 electric trucks that use hydrogen fuel cells and Bosch's self contained e-Axle. ... Read More →
Published on September 21st, 2017 | by James Ayre
Contrary to common political arguments for their use, diesel cars are actually responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions over a full lifecycle basis than gas/petrol cars are, according to a new analysis from Transport & Environment... Read More →
Published on September 21st, 2017 | by The Beam
Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) just released newly updated ‘heat maps’ that help identify countries and regions around the world making the most progress -- and facing the biggest challenges -- on key sustainable energy issues... Read More →
Published on September 21st, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
Reports coming out of Central American country Nicaragua say that the country's President Daniel Ortega has confirmed his country will finally sign the Paris Climate Agreement, leaving the United States and Syria as the only two countries in the world not to have signed it. ... Read More →
Published on September 20th, 2017 | by Zachary Shahan
As I noted in my article earlier today, Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Future of Energy Summit just wrapped up in London. Michael Liebreich, BNEF's Founder* and now Chairman of the Advisory Board, knocked the ball out of the park in his keynote presentation (whoops, wrong continent for that metaphor)... Read More →
Published on September 20th, 2017 | by James Ayre
The powertrain system to be used in Nikola Motor Company's Class 8 hydrogen-electric truck offering is being developed jointly with Bosch, and will utilize Bosch's eAxle, according to a new press release... Read More →
Published on September 20th, 2017 | by James Ayre
British Airways is partnering with the renewables fuels firm Velocys on a new program that will see household waste converted into jet fuel at a number of specially designed waste processing facilities, according to a press release on the matter... Read More →
Published on September 20th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
RE100, the world's leading 100% renewable energy target campaign, has once again made big news at Climate Week NYC 2017, announcing four more companies joining to commit to sourcing 100% renewable energy, including Citi and JPMorgan Chase & Co... Read More →
Published on September 20th, 2017 | by Zachary Shahan
Bloomberg New Energy Finance's London Future of Energy Summit just wrapped up. As usual, the highlight of the show was the presentation from Michael Liebreich, Founder* and Chairman of the Advisory Board. This article and the next one were kicked off by a couple of tweets Karl Graves sent my way that featured two of Michael's brilliant slides... Read More →
