Is it possible to run a brewery without a grid connection? Do solar window coatings make sense? How does an augmented cogeneration system reduce electric costs? Do slate roofs and solar thermal go together? What in the heck is going on with the UK’s energy and climate change department? Is … [continued]
Could the iconic fruit company be interested in motorsports? Who is Edna, and why is she so fast? Why did CARB reject a VW emissions fix? Will the new BMW 3-series compete with the Muskmobile III? And what’s the deal with big rigs and predictive cruise control? All this and … [continued]
You probably know that China, the USA, Japan, and Germany are the four countries that produce the most cars, but can you name who comes in 5th? Well, given the title, I think you can guess that it’s South Korea. 😀 While several Chinese, US, Japanese, and European automakers are producing electric vehicles … [continued]
New Era, Hip Hop Caucus, and The Solutions Project are collaborating to put ‘100% thinking’ on and in more heads. During a time when social injustice, energy poverty, and environmental and health disparities are very apparent (at least to those who are paying attention to something beside celebrity booty photos … [continued]
The Solar Foundation recently released a paper at Intersolar North America about how the growth of energy storage could impact solar jobs in the United States. One figure within the paper which particularly jumps out is the estimate that by 2021, there could be 27,000 jobs related to solar and … [continued]
Originally published on Planetsave. With a state of emergency covering four Florida counties, the stench and slime from toxic blue-green algae blooms in the state are covering the international media. It’s not a sweet sight, but it smells conspicuously like sugar. Big Sugar, to be exact. Environmental scientists and experts … [continued]
Air quality improvements associated with policies such as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan go a long way toward mitigating climate change—but do you know that they also directly lower human healthcare costs? About 17,000 people die every year as a result of generating electric power. Many more suffer … [continued]
Theresa May’s appointment as the United Kingdom’s new Prime Minister has scrapped the Department of Energy and Climate Change, and appointed a new environment secretary. Theresa May was appointed as the United Kingdom’s new Prime Minister on July 13, following David Cameron’s announcement that he would step down following the … [continued]
Clean energy investment in the second quarter of 2016 reached $61.5 billion, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. According to new figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), the amount of clean energy investment reached $61.5 billion in the second quarter — up slightly by 12% on Q1’16, but down … [continued]
Two new studies have, in comparing the economics of all major fuel supply chains, unearthed the true value of fossil fuels and solar PV. Two new studies published in the MRS Energy and Sustainability journal recently have both highlighted the social and economic benefits of solar PV compared to fossil fuels, in … [continued]
