Originally published on Sustainnovate. Supported by the Chinese government’s generous electric vehicle (EV) incentives, interest in the country’s market has been growing rapidly in recent years. As a result, Chinese investors have been showing increased interest in US-based EV companies and startups — sometimes to the point of being all … [continued]
Originally published on Unleash the Powerwall. As per the tweet I sent the other day, my solar system has now generated over a MWh (Megawatt Hour) since it was installed in late January with the Powerwall. Essentially that means my panels have generated… wait for it… zoom in to close up … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy by John O’Brien The Australian CleanTech Index rose from 42.97 to 43.89 over the month of February recording a 2.2% gain. This compared to the S&P ASX200 loss of 2.5% and the S&P ASX Small Ordinaries Index gain of 0.7%. The Australian CleanTech 20 rose 2.3% … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. February 2016 was the most anomalously warm month — 2.43° Fahrenheit (1.35° Celsius) warmer than the average from 1951 to 1980 — in 135 years of record keeping, according to NASA. February 2016 was the warmest February on record by a substantial margin as well — … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. The Spanish utility company Endesa purchased 410 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of solar electricity during a recent solar energy auction for Portugal and Spain, according to recent reports. The solar auction in question ended with a price of €39.6/MWh/megawatt-hour ($43.82). The aforementioned 410 GWh of solar electricity equates … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. The province of Jujuy in Argentina will be developing 700 megawatts (MW) of new solar photovoltaic (PV) projects with the German company Photovoltaic Park following the signing of letter of intent between the two, according to recent reports. The new solar PV generation capacity will be … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. Electric vehicle sales and production will double in China in 2016, according to recent reports. This refers of course to both all-electric vehicles (EVs) and also to plug-in hybrids (PHEVs). This matches a similar claim made by BYD founder and chairman Wang Chuanfu in an interview … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. The UK government will be enshrining the net-zero emissions climate change goal that resulted from the COP21 talks in Paris into law, following advice from the Committee on Climate Change, according to recent reports. The news was revealed by the UK’s Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom to … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. The Japanese electronics giant Panasonic, a 2015 Zayed Future Energy Prize winner, has joined the Solliance perovskite solar research and development project — which aims to develop a scalable roll-to-roll production process for perovskite solar cells, amongst other things. The Japanese company joined the European research … [continued]
Originally published at Wind Works. By Paul Gipe Rumors are swirling in Germany that Volkswagen (VW), under pressure to reach a settlement with US and California regulators by March 24th, is considering the creation of two mitigation funds and possibly building a new factory in the US to build Electric … [continued]
