Published on March 25th, 2019 | by Jennifer Sensiba
A couple of weeks ago, Sono Motors released the production design of its Sion solar/electric car. While the solar panels don’t do much to differentiate it from other cars, it does have some features that make it an interesting competitor in the EV marketplace. From the ground up, it’s designed to be the “Swiss Army Knife” of electric vehicles... Read More →
Published on March 25th, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
As any electric vehicle owner will explain, the higher purchase price of an EV is partially offset by the savings on fuel and maintenance, and for many buyers, by federal and state incentives. Tesla has always emphasized this fact — when you order a vehicle online, the website helpfully takes into account incentives and savings on operating costs to calculate your effective price... Read More →
Published on March 25th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
A team of white hat hackers swept all the top prizes at Pwn2Own 2019 in Vancouver last week, taking home $375,000 in cash and a new Tesla Model 3 for their efforts. ... Read More →
Published on March 25th, 2019 | by Andrea Bertoli
Did you miss our Plug&Charge webinar last week with Hubject? You can read about the webinar and watch the full conversation here. Hubject will be hosting another webinar in May, so be sure register in advance!... Read More →
Published on March 25th, 2019 | by Charles W. Thurston
West Virginia has called for a time-out in its four-year effort to rewrite solar net metering rules to the detriment of both solar hosts and solar installers, thanks to a massive campaign by Solar United Neighbors that mustered over 1,000 public comments... Read More →
Published on March 25th, 2019 | by Nexus Media
The impacts of the spill left an entire generation reeling from the impacts of oil pollution... Read More →
Published on March 25th, 2019 | by Nexus Media
The new system onboard the International Space Station will help scientists gauge how much carbon is stored in forests... Read More →
Published on March 25th, 2019 | by John Farrell
Host John Farrell speaks with Marie Donahue, ILSR researcher, and Neil Seldman, Director of ILSR’s Waste to Wealth Initiative, about the harmful impacts of burning trash to generate electricity. ... Read More →
Published on March 25th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Shell is rebranding FirstUtility, which it purchased last year, as Shell Energy and says it will offer its customers electricity from 100% renewable sources. ... Read More →
Published on March 25th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Copenhagen has an ambitious goal of becoming the first net zero capital city in the world as it prepares to address the challenge of climate change. Can cities overcome political foot dragging at the national level? ... Read More →
Published on March 25th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
Missouri breathes new life into a massive "zombie" wind power transmission project that will knock out coal and natural gas like bowling pins... Read More →
Published on March 25th, 2019 | by Saurabh
India’s largest independent power generation company in the renewable energy sector — ReNew Power Limited — secured yet another round of debt funding from international investors as it continues to aggressively push to expand its project pipeline. ... Read More →
Published on March 25th, 2019 | by Saurabh
The Indian government has issued the first tranche of the 12-gigawatt self-use solar power tenders as it looks to support Indian manufacturers of solar cells and modules. The self-consumption of power generated from these power plants shall be achieved through government-owned public sector companies. ... Read More →
Published on March 25th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
The University of Cardiff in Wales will be home to the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations, a collaboration between four British universities and charity Climate Outreach to explore ways in which society can tackle climate change and achieve the far-reaching emissions cuts that are necessary... Read More →
Published on March 25th, 2019 | by Saurabh
After three years of first floating the idea to classify large hydro power projects as renewable energy power plants, the Indian government has finally approved the measure. The announcement will result in India’s installed renewable energy capacity crossing the milestone of 100 gigawatts. ... Read More →
Published on March 25th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Chinese solar PV manufacturing giant JinkoSolar smashed its previous annual solar module shipping record in 2018, increasing by 16% from 9.8 gigawatts (GW) shipped in 2017 to 11.4 GW shipped in 2018, and the company is ramping up production to ship between 14 GW and 15 GW in 2019. ... Read More →
Published on March 25th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Canadian Solar, one of the world's leading solar manufacturers, saw its shares plunge 20% last week after the company announced that it expects its net profit for 2019 to be lower than in 2018, despite better than expected fourth-quarter earnings and yearly shipments in line with guidance and past performance. ... Read More →
Published on March 25th, 2019 | by Saurabh
In a move to fulfill its Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO), Delhi-based power distribution utility Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) has signed fresh power supply agreements to procure wind and solar power from projects located across the country. ... Read More →
Published on March 24th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
The most popular stories on CleanTechnica last week covered the hottest topics in cleantech, naturally. As it turns out, a certain Silicon Valley company is dominating "hotness" in this space. Tesla has made cleantech S-3-X-Y, and last week was particularly big due to all the ways people were inspired to write and read about the Model Y — as well as the Model 3, Tesla Solar Roof, and Model S & X. ... Read More →
Published on March 24th, 2019 | by Kurt Lowder
To the average person, a picture of the Model Y probably looks like a sedan. Some of the wider markets have not responded well to the Model Y because it does not look like a traditional SUV. Let's take a closer look... Read More →
Published on March 24th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
On March 16, California set a new all time record for solar energy production. Between grid scale solar and behind the meter solar, as much as 16 megawatts of solar electricity was available just before 3 pm on that day. ... Read More →
Published on March 24th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
New Mexico has passed new legislation that will move it toward 100% renewable energy no later than 2050;. As the pace of new solar and wind resources increases, it could reach that goal years ahead of schedule. ... Read More →
Published on March 24th, 2019 | by Vijay Govindan
Tesla Model 3 versus Tesla Model Y. And Long Range versus Standard... Read More →
Published on March 24th, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
Below is an excerpt fromInsane Mode: How Elon Musk's Tesla Sparked an Electric Revolution to End the Age of Oil by Hamish McKenzie.*... Read More →
