SolarCity is now leasing a 200,000-square-foot facility in Fremont, California, formerly used by the doomed and media-loved solar energy company Solyndra. While the news of the leasing appears to have mostly slipped under the radar, it is quite noteworthy — and certainly seems to say something about the growing strength … [continued]
The largest energy storage deployment in the US, ever, was just announced by the energy storage provider Alevo and the energy services provider Customized Energy Solutions (CES). The joint operational agreement between the two companies will see Alevo coordinate with the emerging technologies team at CES to provide 200 megawatts … [continued]
Japan is now home to more electric vehicle (EV) charging points than gas stations — with there now being more 40,000 EV charging points as compared to 34,000 gas stations, according to recent reports. That’s not even including normal electrical sockets, where electric cars can also charge. Of course the comparison … [continued]
The recent policies enacted by the Indian government to promote solar power capacity may finally be reaping positive results for the domestic solar module manufacturers. One of the emerging module manufactures in India — Waaree Energies — will increase its production capacity to 1 GW per annum, the company has … [continued]
The Jordanian government has kick-started its ambitious renewable energy program by allocating 200 MW of solar and wind energy capacity. The first renewable energy tender issued by Jordan has reaped encouraging results, with a total of 200 MW awarded to project developers, including a 52.5 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project. … [continued]
The Innovative Transportation Index is a report (PDF) that lists the top cities when it comes to having a synchronized union of “technology and transportation” (i.e., transportation apps). The reason for the ranking is that a good system of transportation apps improves the ability for “more Americans to live full and engaged lives without … [continued]
A rather interesting new approach to stabilizing the cathodes of Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) batteries was recently explored by researchers at the China University of Geosciences — stabilization achieved through the addition of DNA. Apparently, all that it takes is the addition of a “fine” amount of DNA into a carbon/sulfur composite … [continued]
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once famously declared: “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” Mr. Churchill had his tongue firmly planted in cheek, but that doesn’t make his statement any less true. Just like any form of government, democracy is prone to corruption, manipulation, … [continued]
Over the past year or so, corporate climate leaders have begun to take responsibility when international agreements can only provide useful answers, not actions. We saw this demonstrated visibly last September when many Fortune 500 CEOs joined presidents, prime ministers, and ordinary people in New York to discuss climate at … [continued]
National Grid UK’s ability to react to grid fluctuation comes from National Instrument’s CompactRIO platform, which let them to see harmonics 400% better.
