Published on September 25th, 2017 | by The Beam
I would like to make the case that grids are needed to further increase the share of renewable energy sources (RES) in the system. Due to time pressure, we must find a way to integrate RES much faster. This requires the utilization of renewable resources where they are most abundant, where large generation sites can be developed... Read More →
Published on September 24th, 2017 | by Zachary Shahan
Most of you reading this are in agreement: electric vehicles will upend the conventional vehicle industry within the next 50 10–20 years. The pollution industry in the world of transport will be destroyed. Gasmobiles stinking up cities, garages, lungs, hearts, and minds will be retiring to scrapyards and history books. But the endgame is sort of boring — yes, awesome, but boring since it is the end of it all... Read More →
Published on September 24th, 2017 | by Steve Bakker
... With anchor Jane Curtin III. Tonight’s top story... The last automobile powered by an internal combustion engine was sent to the salvage yard today. We will have film at 11:00pm showing a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado convertible being towed into Monster Joe’s Auto & Trucks Dismantlers in Los Angeles, California. The car had been hidden in the bunker of a decommissioned Air Force Base ever since President Trump signed into law a bill confiscating all gasoline-powered vehicles from citizens during his third term in office... Read More →
Published on September 24th, 2017 | by Cynthia Shahan
Move over, tiny house, and take notes. German-based motorhome manufacturer Dethleffs recent e.home, an electric motorhome concept, is solar-paneled, clean battery-powered, comfortable, and bright. How about that for a sustainably sensible option for the camping family or the retired couple with wanderlust and a conscience. It's a beauty. The e.home is covered in 334 square feet of solar panels and has an estimated range of about 103 miles when fully equipped... Read More →
Published on September 24th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
The e-bike revolution is gaining ground quickly as more people discover the health and economic benefits of riding a bicycle versus driving, especially in crowded cities. ... Read More →
Published on September 24th, 2017 | by Cynthia Shahan
From eastern Kentucky, deep in the heart of "coal country," comes a short, sweet film from one of our CleanTechnica friends... Read More →
Published on September 24th, 2017 | by Cynthia Shahan
One way to bring more attention and funding to climate science is by using renewable energy to "uncover" cryptocurrency. Say what? Julian Oliver, who used wind energy "to mine cryptocurrency to fund climate research," explains further after the artistic picture... Read More →
Published on September 24th, 2017 | by Matthew Klippenstein
Hello again, listeners and readers. After a longer than expected off-season, Cleantech Talk is back! Season 3’s contributions should be a bit more regular than Season 2 was, given that I’ve moved — “pivoted” in Silicon Valley lingo — from my full-time engineering job to communications consulting, specifically to be able to dedicate more time to the podcast and related activities... Read More →
Published on September 24th, 2017 | by Carolyn Fortuna
In this third and final installment, we examine a series of positive ways that women in tech can rise up against an institutional climate of separation... Read More →
Published on September 23rd, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
The first Tesla Model 3 delivered outside of California has found its way to Austin, Texas, where the delivery process was videotaped and uploaded to YouTube by Matt Holm, a friend of the proud new owner. ... Read More →
Published on September 23rd, 2017 | by James Ayre
The China-based tech giant Baidu has released the newest iteration of its widely used open-source autonomous driving platform Apollo — which has been dubbed Apollo 1.5, appropriately enough... Read More →
Published on September 23rd, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
The 32nd annual International Coastal Cleanup took place on September 16 and provided hundreds of thousands of volunteers with an opportunity to help keep plastic trash out of the oceans. ... Read More →
Published on September 23rd, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
A report by Fleet News slams plug-in hybrid cars. But its analysis is twisted to show bias toward diesels. ... Read More →
Published on September 23rd, 2017 | by James Ayre
The world's periglacial zones, home to essentially all of the world's permafrost, will "almost completely disappear" by the year 2100 even in the most optimistic of scenarios concerning greenhouse gas emissions reductions, according to a new study... Read More →
Published on September 23rd, 2017 | by Andrea Bertoli
If we're going to scale up electric vehicle production, we need an abundance of lithium. Mining or production capacity is quite limited at this point, and it looks like the oil industry might be the best source of this valuable mineral going forward towards a more renewable future... Read More →
Published on September 23rd, 2017 | by Zachary Shahan
Electric car sales are increasing at very different speeds around the world. Some developed countries still only see a handful of electric car sales per month. Others are moving hundreds of cars off of lots and into garages every day... Read More →
Published on September 23rd, 2017 | by Kyle Field
Tesla is reportedly exploring the possibility of opening service stations to be co-located with its Superchargers, reports GrubStreet... Read More →
Published on September 23rd, 2017 | by James Ayre
Tesla is reportedly now working with the chip manufacturer AMD on the development of its own self-driving tech management AI chip, according to an unnamed source quoted by CNBC in a recent article... Read More →
Published on September 23rd, 2017 | by James Ayre
Sales of plug-in electric vehicles in the North American markets will be roughly 50% higher in 2017 than they were were in 2016, based on current trends, according to a new report from Navigant Research. That should come as no surprise to those of you who follow our monthly electric car sales reports... Read More →
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