Canadian Solar’s subsidiary Recurrent Energy has signed a partnership agreement with Southern Company’s subsidiary Southern Power over a 157 MW Texas solar project. The two parent companies announced on Monday that their subsidiaries had signed the partnership agreement over the 157 MW Roserock solar facility in Texas. Southern Company’s subsidiary … [continued]
US researchers tease “white graphene” a little closer to commercial application in next-generation solar cells and other clean tech devices.
Following in the wake of fellow-German energy rival E.ON, RWE has announced plans to spin off a subsidiary company dedicated to managing its renewable energy assets. The German-based electric utilities company announced on Tuesday that it would transfer all its renewables, grids, and retail operations in Germany and overseas into … [continued]
From the original blog of Dr. Timothy Cadman, Research Fellow at Griffith University Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law, Coffs Harbour Area, Australia. … Sources have identified several key issues that have emerged in preliminary climate talks. Most governmental Parties to the Convention (155 so far) have now submitted their nationally determined contributions to reducing … [continued]
When the Green Car of the Year Award finalists were announced, we were dismayed and a bit confused. When the winner was announced, it was anticlimactic. But with the list of finalists for the “Green SUV of the Year Award,” it’s just plain ridiculous. A press release announced the 2016 finalists and … [continued]
Some people are just inspirational and we have a habit of featuring one such fellow here on CleanTechnica quite a bit — Elon Musk. We caught him over on TheWrap after a prescreening of Racing Extinction and, like usual, he busted out with a few quote-worthy impact statements. Before I jump into … [continued]
It was time for the world’s heads of state to have their say on the climate change problems and opportunities. They have now done so at COP21. Presidents and prime ministers of nearly 150 nations — an unprecedented 75% — converged in Paris on Monday at the climate summit to … [continued]
Originally posted at ilsr.org. Kansas City, MO, has neither the abundant sunshine nor high cost of electricity that have driven solar installations in other cities. Despite this, the city has close to 1.5 MW of solar in 59 separate installations on municipal properties. Thanks to utility rebates, two department leaders, … [continued]
Wha…? President Obama’s position at the COP21 Paris climate talks just got a huge shoutout from 21st Century Fox, the parent company of Fox News Channel.
Originally published on EV Obsession. The first sodium-ion battery in an 18650 format was recently developed by researchers in the RS2E network (Réseau sur le stockage électrochimique de l’énergie) in France, according to recent reports. The new sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery prototype possesses an energy density of 90 Wh/kilogram — putting … [continued]
