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 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 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 →
Published on January 22nd, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Onshore wind installations in the United Kingdom during 2018 fell to their lowest levels since 2011, according to new figures from RenewableUK, plummeting by nearly 80% due in large part to the fact the UK Government has excluded onshore wind projects from competing for government-backed contracts. ... Read More →
Published on January 22nd, 2019 | by Charles W. Thurston
The top 10 trends in the 2019 global solar market include a skyrocketing jump in projected 2019 installations of up to 103.8 gigawatts, according to a new outlook by market analyst Wood Mackenzie... Read More →
Published on January 22nd, 2019 | by Tina Casey
If all goes according to plan, a blockchain solar trading project in Japan could blossom from 100 rooftops into 55,000 before the end of ... Read More →
Published on January 22nd, 2019 | by Charles W. Thurston
Arizona has finally begun to loosen the regulatory shackles from solar hopefuls in the state, proposing new rules for installing solar, energy storage, and other clean energy systems. The Arizona Corporate Commission (ACC) filed a draft rulemaking on January 16, after studying interconnection standards for 13 years... Read More →
Published on January 22nd, 2019 | by Carolyn Fortuna
Can a group of college kids and their mentors tackle neoliberalism and climate change... Read More →
Published on January 21st, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
The EV revolution continues to gather momentum as Infiniti says all its cars will be plug-in hybrids or battery electrics, Porsche and Audi say they are raising their EV production goals, and Ducati says it will have an electric motorcycle soon. ... Read More →
Published on January 21st, 2019 | by Jesper Berggreen
In Roskilde Municipality, close to a million miles is covered by bus each year, and silence is coming to all that travel. All of the city's old diesel buses are to be replaced by the electric alternative. When the electric buses are fully phased in, the transition from diesel to electricity will save the environment 1,400 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year... Read More →
Published on January 21st, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
The Nissan LEAF was the best selling car of all in Norway last year and the best selling electric car in Europe. Can it continue that performance in 2019? ... Read More →
Published on January 21st, 2019 | by Tina Casey
Carbon capture is still alive and kicking, thanks in part to new systems that use carbon dioxide to generate electricity and produce sustainable hydrogen... Read More →
Published on January 21st, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
A group of 45 prominent economists have signed a letter advocating that the US adopt a carbon fee program to address the existential crisis of climate change. Will anyone be persuaded by the logic of so many eminent people? ... Read More →
