Published on February 20th, 2019 | by Charles W. Thurston
A novel combination of high-grade spacecraft solar cell material and advanced light-concentrating lenses has yielded solar panels with a record 29% efficiency that may become available for general rooftop use by 2022. The crux in the commercialization of the planar optical micro-tracking technology will be cost-controlling manufacturing process, which is the current stage of study for Insolight, the cell developer... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
No yards, no golf courses, rutted roads, very expensive water and not being able to play outside at anything for most of the summer doesn’t sound like a lot of fun... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2019 | by World Resources Institute
Electrification is a key step to creating low-carbon cities. Replacing fossil fuel-powered vehicles, stoves, furnaces with electric alternatives reduces emissions and creates a host of other benefits. But not all cities are equally suitable for electrification. In some cases, electrification is impractical or can actually increase greenhouse gas emissions... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Researchers at Wood Mackenzie studied electricity usage in the US during the recent polar vortex weather event and determined that there is insufficient renewable energy resources and battery storage available at present to keep the electrical grid operating during such times of high stress. ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
The Asia Pacific region installed a total of 24.9 gigawatts (GW) of onshore wind in 2018, according to figures released Tuesday by the Global Wind Energy Council, bringing the region's cumulative capacity up to an impressive 256 GW. ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Silicon Valley solar manufacturer SunPower published its Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2018 financial results last week revealing relatively mixed results across the board, showing quarterly growth but well down on yearly metrics and falling well below market consensus. ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2019 | by Carolyn Fortuna
New England is joining the frontrunners in the renewable energy movement, with a little help from the results of November's elections. With shared power sources and relationships that depend on interconnected infrastructures, the 6 New England states are poised to surge ahead to reduce carbon emissions. ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Germany's latest onshore wind tender was again under-subscribed with only 476 megawatts (MW) of capacity being awarded of an available 700 MW. ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Global oil major BP published its annual Energy Outlook last week and predicted that renewable energy will become the dominant global source of power generation by 2040 at the same time as energy demand increases by around a third, driven primarily by rapid growth in Asia. ... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
Green New Deal or not, the big bucks are heading over to California where the offshore wind industry could create thousands of new green jobs... Read More →
Published on February 20th, 2019 | by The Beam
“Engaging people on the ground is a fundamental aspect of our work. Only through collaboration and careful listening are we able to get to exponential impacts,” explains Nithya Ramanathan, CEO of Nexleaf Analytics.
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Published on February 20th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
I reported 11 days ago that the Tesla Model 3 was the best selling electric car in the world in 2018 (special thanks to Jose Pontes and EV Volumes for the data). What the data also showed, which I didn't specifically highlight, is that the Tesla Model 3 became the first passenger electric vehicle to cross 100,000 sales in a single year. At 145,846 sales, the car actually crushed that milestone... Read More →
Published on February 19th, 2019 | by Jake Richardson
BMW sold 142,617 electrified vehicles to customers around the world last year. This figure includes MINI vehicles as well as BMWs, and of course plug-in hybrids as well as fully electric vehicles. Over 50% of the sales occurred in Europe. Wieland Brúch, an expert on BMW Group Electromobility, answered some questions about the sales for CleanTechnica... Read More →
Published on February 19th, 2019 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
The China EV sales count for January 2019 is in. China recorded 91,175 passenger electric vehicle sales in the month, and around 96,000 when adding on commercial vehicles sales. Meanwhile, with total vehicle sales dropping in China almost 16% year over year this January, gasmobiles continue their inevitable fall whilst EVs inexorably rise... Read More →
Published on February 19th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
The Electric Vehicle Road Trip (EVRT) Middle East tested the limits of today's electric vehicles in a region of the world that would not be at the top of the list for EV adoption. This year, EVRT Middle East took participants up to the top of the highest peak in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to put the participating vehicles to the test in the Regeneration Challenge... Read More →
Published on February 19th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
New Mexico proposes to create a renewable energy training program at its School of Energy to meet the needs qualified wind and solar technicians in the area. ... Read More →
Published on February 19th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Honda has announced it is closing its factory at Swindon, UK because it needs to adjust its manufacturing priorities for the coming of electric cars. Some observers are skeptical, saying it's all about Brexit. Either way, the world of auto manufacturing is changing and may never be the same. ... Read More →
Published on February 19th, 2019 | by Charles W. Thurston
Michigan’s Consumers Power has sparked a storm of protest over its inability to keep up with new solar requests for grid interconnection in its territory. Since the utility received over 2,400 interconnection applications in 2017 and 2018, compared with 215 in 2015, the increase in interconnection applications was “too substantial and too sudden” to cope with, it complained to the Michigan Public Service Commission... Read More →
Published on February 19th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
ABB is making headway in India with a new train deal worth $42 million with Indian Railways. ABB will supply its traction equipment across the rail network to improve the efficiency of existing equipment and to improve the reliability of the Indian rail network... Read More →
Published on February 19th, 2019 | by Erika Clugston
Recycling made easy by Loop’s delivery service, for the small price of a refundable deposit fee.
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Published on February 19th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
News reports like to suggest that Tesla automobiles are prone to battery fires but often fail to focus on what's important -- people tend to walk away from violent collisions when they are riding in a Tesla. ... Read More →
Published on February 19th, 2019 | by John Farrell
I’ve been asked a lot of questions about Minnesota’s community solar program over the past couple years and it’s time to make one thing clear: Minnesota’s program is the best in the country. Why? Because there 10 times more community solar projects in the queue—400 megawatts—in Minnesota than have been built in the history of community solar in the United States (40 megawatts)... Read More →
Published on February 19th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Three big-name European energy companies --- Ørsted, Total, and Elicio --- announced on Monday plans to partner to bid for the Dunkirk offshore wind farm project for a power capacity of up to 600 megawatts (MW)... Read More →
Published on February 19th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Japan's nascent offshore wind industry is expected to increase dramatically over the next ten years, according to energy analysts Wood Mackenzie, who predict that by 2028 the island country will boast upwards of 4 gigawatts (GW) of offshore capacity, a 62-fold increase on 2018 figures. ... Read More →
