Published on January 17th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
I suspect a few Harley-Davidson riders might not know what to make of this electric LiveWire motorcycle, but after spending a few minutes on a stationary display at CES, I can say it will have a unique sound and a nearly perfect riding position... Read More →
Published on January 17th, 2019 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
History is sometimes ironic. The French state saw Carlos Ghosn's refusal to merge Nissan into Renault as an obstacle to the growth of the former national car company. They attributed it to his megalomania, and not to sentiments within Nissan and Japan. He could only keep his job at Renault when he promised to make the alliance irreversible, nearly as good as a full merger. That job would be for his successor... Read More →
Published on January 17th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Researchers at Purdue University say that using drones to conduct traffic accident investigations could reduce the time to complete the process dramatically and reduce deaths and injuries from secondary accidents caused by traffic slowdowns and blockages. ... Read More →
Published on January 17th, 2019 | by Carolyn Fortuna
The numbers of desalination facilities across the globe are increasing, but so, too, are brine byproducts... Read More →
Published on January 17th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Ford execs told the press in Detroit this week that a battery electric Ford F-150 is in the works, as well as a plug-in hybrid version of the world's best selling pickup truck. ... Read More →
Published on January 17th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
Falling costs will eventually make the rooftop solar issue moot in many communities, but the challenges to social equity will remain... Read More →
Published on January 17th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Trump's pick to run the EPA is like putting the fox in charge of guarding the hen house. His policies will be worse than doing nothing says a report by the Harvard School of Public Health. ... Read More →
Published on January 17th, 2019 | by Jennifer Sensiba
SpinLaunch, a startup company that aims to electrify space launches, chose Spaceport America in New Mexico for its initial operations. Spaceport America announced that this would bring additional jobs to the region... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
The air taxi space is crowded — if not on paper, then with prototypes and flying demos. Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, is a global helicopter leader and no stranger to the vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) world. It announced the Bell Nexus, a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft a few years ago at CES. This year, we caught up with the team at CES in Las Vegas to find out what it looks like and what it means for our future mobility needs by ... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
The new Tesla Wall Connector offers faster charging than the Gen 2 charger all Teslas come with at less cost than a hard wired wall mounted charger. Best of all, it's portable. ... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
More news is trickling in about the Qiantu K50 electric sportscar that will be assembled by Mullen Technologies. A limited 1000 series reservation is now open to the public... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
The latest energy and electricity forecasts from the US government has predicted that wind energy will outperform hydropower for the first time, providing a greater share of the country's electricity mix in ... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Though global clean energy investment again exceeded $300 billion for the fifth year in a row in 2018, it was nevertheless down on 2017 figures to $332.1 billion, hovering around the same mark as 2016 which was also down on the year previous. ... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
British banking giant Barclays has revised its stance on investing in fossil fuels which includes halting investment in coal mining and coal-fired power stations, but the bank has come under fire for not going far enough, with environmental organization Greenpeace comparing its lack of action with the bank's previous stance on apartheid, saying the bank is "once again on the wrong side of history."... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Rolls-Royce is well-known for its plush cars with infinite refinements. It is not generally known for its electric ventures. The company has dipped its fingers in autonomous electric ferries, as well as an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft concept. So why not the world's fastest electric airplane... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
A prototype of the world's largest announced wind turbine, GE Renewable Energy's 12 megawatt (MW) Haliade-X, will be installed in Rotterdam during the middle of 2019 for five years of testing... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
In his annual State of the State address, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday plans to significantly upgrade the state's renewable energy targets, including quadrupling its offshore wind target to 9 GW by 2035 and doubling distributed solar to 6 GW by ... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
China's National Development and Reform Commission and National Energy Agency announced big plans last week intended to drive the development of new subsidy-free wind and solar projects, providing the necessary political certainty that has been somewhat lacking since the Administration's decision to undercut the solar industry in May of ... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Nissan brought 2 new electric vehicle concepts this week, one an SUV and one it says is not an SUV. Are they anything to get excited about? You decide. ... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2019 | by Carolyn Fortuna
A new guide will empower banks to assess natural capital risk. A week before the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos, the Natural Capital Finance Alliance (NCFA) has launched the world’s first step-by-step guide to help financial institutions conduct a rapid natural capital risk assessment -- “not just greenhouse gases, but also how to build wider ecosystem resilience from rainforests to coral reefs.” ... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2019 | by Jacek Fior
The pace is fast here at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week — panels, press conferences, announcements, round tables, interviews, and more presentations. For an inexperienced rookie journalist like me, it feels like a rollercoaster. Thank God the rollercoaster stops from time to time, and today it stopped for me with a roundtable interview with Bader Al Lamki, Executive Director of Clean Energy at Masdar... Read More →
Published on January 16th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
A consortium consisting of French-based renewable energy company EDF Renewables and Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company Masdar has been awarded the contract to build the 400 megawatt (MW) Dumat Al Jandal wind farm, the first wind farm to be built in Saudi Arabia and the largest in the Middle East. ... Read More →
Published on January 15th, 2019 | by Jacek Fior
I toured Masdar City for the first time this week. It is difficult to not be overwhelmed with the vision and execution taking place there. If you are new to cleantech news, make sure you go to the Masdar City website and check out its amazing architecture, admire its focus on residents instead of cars, and share with others its ambitious energy efficiency targets (which, by the way, Masdar* often exceeds)... Read More →
Published on January 15th, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
YallaMotor, the Middle East’s largest and fastest-growing automotive portal, has announced a strategic partnership with Global EVRT to better understand electric vehicle buyers — their opinions, perceptions and purchasing intentions in the region... Read More →
