Published on January 20th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
With our US large luxury car sales report, US small & midsize luxury car sales report, US electric vehicle sales report, and other Tesla-related sales reports recently completed, it's time for another edition of Nasty Tesla Charts!... Read More →
Published on January 23rd, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
It’s clear that shifting to a renewable economy is viable, will have economic consequences for a subset of industries, and will be economically beneficial in multiple ways... Read More →
Published on January 23rd, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Swedish prime minister Stefan Löfven has announced that the sale of cars with gasoline or diesel engines will be banned in his country after 2030. Sweden now joins Denmark, India, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Israel on the list of nations which say they will ban the sale of cars with internal combustion engines by that date. ... Read More →
Published on January 23rd, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Waymo and Magna have announced they will open a factory to manufacture self-driving cars somewhere in southeastern Michigan and expect the first cars to come off the assembly line this year. ... Read More →
Published on January 23rd, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
The world's greenest and most sustainable companies have been highlighted in two parallel reports published this week by CDP, the non-profit global environmental disclosure platform, and Canadian media and research company Corporate Knights, with the common thread in both lists being the consistent economic performance of companies committed to fighting climate change and addressing environmental issues. ... Read More →
Published on January 23rd, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Surface melt in Greenland's southwest is causing the ice sheet to melt faster than previously thought... Read More →
Published on January 23rd, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Google has signed a PPA with solar energy companies in Taiwan to supply its local data center with 10 megawatts of zero emissions electricity. This is Google's first renewable energy venture in Asia. ... Read More →
Published on January 23rd, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Spanish industrial energy supplier FORTIA ENERGÍA and Nordic renewable energy producer Statkraft announced on Monday a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) which will see Statkraft provide 3 terawatt-hours of renewable energy over ten years... Read More →
Published on January 23rd, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
The energy regulators for France and Spain announced last week that they had rejected the controversial Franco-Spanish South Transit East Pyrenees (STEP) natural gas pipeline, the first stage in the larger Midi-Catalonia (MidCat) gas pipeline, citing costs and that it was not necessary... Read More →
Published on January 23rd, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Renewable electricity is on track to overtake fossil fuels to become the dominant source of electricity generation in Britain by 2020 according to a new report from British power analysts EnAppSys... Read More →
Published on January 23rd, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
China's National Energy Administration announced over the weekend that the country installed a total of 44.1 gigawatts (GW) of solar in 2018, down 16% on 2017 but still up on mid-year expectations, bringing the country's cumulative total to 174.63 ... Read More →
Published on January 23rd, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
The latest S&P Global Market Intelligence data shows that a total of 49 gigawatts (GW) of new power generation capacity will be added in the United States in 2019, but will also see the retirement of nearly 6 GW of coal... Read More →
Published on January 23rd, 2019 | by The Beam
Despite warnings from the latest IPCCC report on the emergency to transition to clean energy, new fossil fuel infrastructure projects threaten global climate safety... Read More →
Published on January 23rd, 2019 | by Charles W. Thurston
SunShare has crossed the 100 megawatt mark for community solar projects it has developed, providing it with the largest active residential subscriber base among all developers in the country. While many community solar developers focus on one or more commercial anchor tenants and backfill demand with resident subscribers, SunShare finances, develops, and operates primarily all-residential community solar systems within its portfolio... Read More →
Published on January 23rd, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
In November, GM announced plans to stop producing most of its sedans and close down five North American factories, including a plant in Lordstown, Ohio, that produces the doomed Chevrolet Cruze. Some have speculated that Tesla might be interested in buying some of the soon-to-be-shuttered plants, perhaps repeating the coup the company scored when it purchased its Fremont factory from Toyota for a song in 2010. Elon Musk and Ohio Governor John Kasich batted the possibility around on Twitter, but GM CEO Mary Barra recently threw cold water on the idea, saying that Tesla wouldn’t want to buy a unionized factory... Read More →
Published on January 23rd, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
There's lots of EV hype coming out of this year's Detroit Auto Show. Tesla, however, is absent. Phil LeBeau of CNBC reports, "Tesla may not be at this year’s North American International Auto Show, but it’s easy to feel the influence of Elon Musk’s company on the automakers unveiling new vehicles in Detroit."... Read More →
Published on January 23rd, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
After years of record sales and huge profits, legacy automakers are preparing for leaner times ahead. The US Big Three have killed off most of their sedans to concentrate on trucks and SUVs. GM is shuttering plants and laying off workers, and has pulled out of Europe and Russia. Ford has announced a substantial restructuring of its European operations as well... Read More →
Published on January 22nd, 2019 | by Erika Clugston
The company is set to kick-off the LimePod program, starting with 500 EVs in Seattle. ... Read More →
Published on January 22nd, 2019 | by Erika Clugston
A New Jersey indoor farm will use a solar microgrid to grow high-quality produce independent from the grid and natural seasons. ... Read More →
Published on January 22nd, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Researchers in the UK claim injecting high pressure air into the porous sandstone beneath the North Sea could store enough energy to meet all the country's energy needs during the winter. It might be the ideal way to store energy from offshore wind turbines. ... Read More →
Published on January 22nd, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Tesla is busy searching out ways to improve profitability whether by laying off workers, ending its referral program, or doing business with battery companies other than Panasonic. That's good news for long term investors as the company reaches maturity. ... Read More →
Published on January 22nd, 2019 | by John Farrell
The third quarter of 2018 saw notable reductions in the growth and total capacity of new natural gas and utility-scale solar nationwide, but continued growth in distributed solar and wind power... Read More →
Published on January 22nd, 2019 | by Karel Beckman
The world can meet the Paris climate targets at about a quarter of the cost of current subsidies for fossil fuels, according to a new climate study funded by the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation... Read More →
Published on January 22nd, 2019 | by Tina Casey
Microgrids have a secret weapon in gas powered co-generation engines, and renewable biogas could provide the missing sustainability link... Read More →
Published on January 22nd, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
The United States' largest private solar and storage developer, 8minutenergy, announced last week that it has entered into a joint venture with J.P. Morgan Asset Management to support 8minutenergy's current 10.7 gigawatt (GW) pipeline of solar + storage projects... Read More →
