Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon Winning cities for the Go Ultra Low City Scheme — intended to help support the adoption of electric vehicles in the UK — have been selected. The 4 winning cities — London, Bristol, Nottingham, and Milton Keynes — will each get a slice … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon The UK will add 1 gigawatt (GW) of new energy storage capacity by the year 2020, according to IHS forecasts. The primary driver behind this expansion will be the renewable energy industry — in combination with ever-rising consumer electricity prices, an already established … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath The mayor of the NSW city of Dubbo has laid claim to being the first in Australia to drive a fully electric mayoral car after his council invested in a Nissan Leaf just before Christmas. The $27,999 LEAF is the third electric vehicle … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon The Middle Eastern country of Jordan recently signed new agreements with the Swiss company ABB, a 2014 Zayed Future Energy Prize winner, and the UAE-owned company Masdar that will see a number of large new solar energy projects built in the country, according to announcements … [continued]
Originally published on the blog of the Union of Concerned Scientists. By Mike Jacobs Some sales efforts work from a false starting point. Some try to lead the gullible consumer by pretending to share an insider’s secret with them. Some fall back on old slogans. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce … [continued]
Originally published on CSRtist and Masdar.ae. By Melissa Schweyer In 2015, we witnessed what is possible when large groups of people come together to change the world. But with the adoption of both the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement, we have a lot of promises to keep and … [continued]
By Ken Munson Most of the discussion about the role of storage and customer-sited generation revolves around consumers who have ready access to the grid. For them, the move to renewable generation and intelligent storage is all about reducing their reliance on the grid, their energy cost, and their carbon … [continued]
Originally published on World Future Council. By Anna Leidreiter and Stefan Schurig How the transition of the global energy sectors challenges the world as we know it. And why this is good news! Delegates from more than 130 countries and world`s leading renewable energy experts meet for the next three … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon The North African country of Algeria installed around 268 megawatts (MW) of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in 2015, going by new figures from the country’s renewable energy research institute (CDER). Much of the growth — which occurred mostly in the southern and … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon The newest Solar Jobs Census from the Solar Foundation was recently released, giving us some interesting insights into the US solar industry. Amongst the most interesting of the report’s notes is that the solar workforce in the US grew 20% in 2015 (for … [continued]
