Global Wind Turbine Order Capacity Increased 31% In 2018, Finds WoodMac
Global wind turbine orders increased by 31% in 2018 thanks in part to a 20% fourth-quarter increase which saw 18 gigawatts of new capacity added.
Year: 2019
3 Charts On Tesla Quarterly Delivery Trends
I’ve got a lot of numbers to crunch and articles to publish now that Tesla has released its 1st quarter production and delivery numbers. Stay tuned for approximately 20–30 more charts and several articles putting Tesla’s vehicle sales numbers into context.
Wind Turbines Don’t Cause Cancer, But They Are Absolutely Killing Coal
Wind turbines are sprouting all over the US landscape like mushrooms after a rain, and there is nothing the Commander-in-Chief can do about it.
8 Things I Learned From Tesla’s Q1 Delivery Announcement
Congrats to Elon & Tesla for an excellent quarter! These were a unique set of challenging circumstances and Tesla did great. I would like to apologize to Maarten. I shared with him many of the tweets and links on expectations for Tesla’s Q1 results. Enraged, the G.O.M. (“grumpy old man”) valiantly made a prediction. He took the blow instead of me.
My Tesla Q1 Forecast Was FUBAR
I have to eat crow. That is the civilized way to say it. What I wrote was completely off. It was logical, believable, and wrong. After submitting it, I thought I should have included that famous line about complex problems having simple answers that are completely wrong — a point I did prove. Another way of saying it, it was FUBAR.
Tesla Model 3 Performance Racing … Tesla Model Y … Tesla Model 3 Costs vs.…
The top CleanTechnica stories of March? A Tesla Model 3 beating a much, much more expensive Porsche. A semi-image of the Tesla Model Y from Tesla. Tesla Model 3 cost of ownership versus the 10 best selling cars in the United States. A new solar panel out of Belgium. Powerful new solar panels from SunPower. Tesla’s wonderful navigation system and how it makes road trips sooooo smooth and easy. The Tesla Model 3 versus 21 “competitors.” And much more. Have a stroll.
The Tesla Model 3’s Norway Invasion — Model 3 Outsold ALL Pure-Fossil Cars In March
Editor’s note: Maximilian Holland already published a superb accounting of Tesla, especially Tesla Model 3, sales in Norway in March. Key highlights were: 31% of new car deliveries were Teslas. That’s more than the 23% of deliveries that were pure-fossil vehicle sales (all models combined). 58% of deliveries were fully electric vehicle deliveries.
Was Fiat The Surprise EV Hero Of Geneva’s Motor Show?
This year’s hotly anticipated Geneva Motor Show offered the best proof of the relentless progress electric mobility continues to make in the auto industry. Electric cars quite literally stole the show. But in all this display of electric goodness, which car surprised the most?
Tesla Deliveries Up 110% In Q1 2019 vs. Q1 2018
Tesla delivered 110% more vehicles in the 1st quarter of 2019 versus the 1st quarter of 2018. The Q1 2019 delivery total was approximately 63,000. That said, the deliveries were 31% less than the 4th quarter of 2018, due in part to a high number of vehicles in transit, over 10,000.
California Community Choice Aggregators Bid For Partial PG&E Takeover
The escalating war over the potential break-up of PG&E has rallied California’s 19 Community Choice Aggregators, which are seeking to assume a greater role as owners and/or managers of solar and other other renewable energy resources in the state.
