Bonnaroo Loves Solar; How Many Tesla Model S’sss Have Been Produced?… (Cleantech News Roundup)

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Other than our own stories, here’s some top cleantech and climate change news of the past few days:

Clean Power

Solar Power

• Bonnaroo Unveils First Permanent Festival Solar Array
• First Solar Begins Construction of Campo Verde Solar Project
• Arizona’s Black Mountain Solar Project Reaches Completion
• Financing Complete for Largest Solar-Powered US Military Community
• US: Solar Power Plants to Attract Over $20 Billion of Investment by 2016
• Clenergy Wins Bid for 30 MW in China
• GET FiT
• Huge Consolidation in Upstream Solar Predicted for 2013
• Andhra Pradesh Opens 1GW Solar Tender
• Solar Frontier and Development Bank of Japan to Set up PV Investment Firm
• Hanergy Snaps Up MiaSole in Latest Solar Industry Consolidation
• China To Add 49 GW of Renewables in 2013, Solar Stocks Soar
• 9 Crowdfunded Solar Powered Gadgets: Where Are They Now?
• MPowered’s Elegant Luci Solar Lantern Maintains a Single Charge for Three Months! 

 

Other

• Rethinking Wedges: We Need A Lot of Clean Energy To Stabilize Near 2°C Warming So We Better Start Deployment ASAP
• Green Jobs 2.0: Re-Framing The Politics Of Clean Energy Around The Climate-Informed Economy

 

Clean Transport

Bikes

• Infographic: Following MAP-21 Funding

 

Electric Vehicles

• Saab Heading To China To Build EVs
• Oregon Considers a Per-Mile Tax for Efficient Vehicles
• Pike Research Forecasts Automotive Li-ion Battery Market to Grow to Almost $22B in 2020; China to Become Global Leader in Production by 2015
• Volkswagen Wants to Be “the Leader in Electrification”
• Unofficial Tesla Model S Production Numbers Revealed
• Can Aluminum Make Electric Cars Cheaper?
• Bob Lutz Says Via Motors’ X-Truck Makes Prius Look Like a ‘Gas Guzzler’
• Vauxhall Ampera: Final Report
• San Francisco: Leading The Way In Hybrid Sales

 

Other Transport News

• Average Fuel Economy Rose Almost 3 MPG In 4 Years
• Smartphone App for Improving Driving Style; Improved Safety, Lower Fuel Consumption
• California Energy Commission Awards $3.27 Million to 6 Clean Transportation Projects

 

Climate Change

http://youtu.be/u_0JZRIHFtk

• Human Activity Continues to Warm the Planet Over the Past 16 Years
• Video And Charts Make Clear The Planet Is Still Warming — And There’s Only One Way To Stop It
• By The Numbers: Breaking Down America’s Hottest Year On Record
• Hacking The Planet: World Economic Forum Raises Concerns About ‘Rogue’ Geoengineering
• Explained in 90 seconds: What the @#% is Climate Change Doing to El Nino?
• Met Office Hits Back at ‘Inaccuracies’ in James Delingpole Article
• Climate Change Set to Make America Hotter, Drier, and More Disaster-Prone
• End Climate Silence Now: Draft Climate Assessment Warns Of Devastating 9°-15°F Warming Over Most Of U.S.
• Bill McKibben – Climate Change is an Environmental and Economic Issue:

http://youtu.be/xX7TQfHpwpU

Fossil Fuels

• Coal Loses Crown As King Of Power Generation
• Big Oil Lobby Claims The Industry ‘Gets No Subsidies, Zero, Nothing’
• … and Here’s What Gas Flaring Looks Like from Space:

 

Other

• Chart: Obama Has Protected Fewer Public Lands Than Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, And George W. Bush
• China’s Carbon Intensity Falls Over 3.5% in 2012: Official
• Obama’s First Term: Assessing Progress On Top Energy And Climate Priorities