Originally published on ScienceBlogs. By Greg Laden Look at the graph at the top of the post. This is a graph from the now famous Exxon documents that date to 1981, explaining how Exxon scientists were projecting global warming with continued release of the greenhouse gas CO2 into the atmosphere. … [continued]
Originally published on Same Facts. By James Wimberley Update: Kevin Drum estimates 3,700 extra deaths worldwide. His back-of-the envelope calculation uses different methods from mine, which suggests we are in the right ballpark. We do need a professional estimate. (h/t to a famous campaign of the 1970s against Nestlé’s marketing … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. Solar energy accounted for just 6.77% of Spain’s electricity generation mix during the months of June, July, and August of this year, according to the latest data from Red Eléctrica de España (REE). This figure includes both solar photovoltaic (PV) generation (3.87%) and solar thermal generation … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. A solar conversion efficiency of 25.1% has been achieved for the first time for a “both sides-contacted silicon solar cell,” by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, a 2014 Zayed Future Energy Prize award winner. The achievement marks the setting of a new world … [continued]
Editor’s Note: This is an excellent comment we received on CleanTechnica last week that I thought would be nice to share with EV Obsession & CleanTechnica readers. Enjoy! (Slight modifications implemented to fit our style guide and to arrange it more like an article.) By Carl Sparre They don’t want to … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath Award-winning Australian solar technology start-up RayGen Resources is one step closer to building a $5 million manufacturing plant in its home town of Melbourne after securing $2.5 million in funding for the project from its Chinese joint venture partner, JuYe Solar. The proposed … [continued]
Originally published on LinkedIn. By Roger Atkins Amidst the marvel that is the UK’s impressive Millbrook Test Centre – squirrelled away deep in the Bedfordshire countryside far from prying eyes – much of what is up and coming to EV Land has just been on display for a couple of … [continued]
Originally published on Energy Post. By Sonja van Renssen European environment ministers have agreed a negotiating mandate for the EU for the UN climate conference in Paris in December (COP21). Under the influence of Poland and other Eastern European countries, they couched the EU’s ambitions in terms of “transformation” and … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath Australia has been named as one of the first markets – along with North America – that will receive deliveries of Tesla’s much anticipated Powerwall residential battery storage system. Tesla said on Thursday that it would be launching its 7kWh home energy storage … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath The point of “mass adoption” of household battery storage could arrive in Australia as soon as 2020, a new report from UBS has predicted, at which time the payback period for storage systems for solar households would be just five to six years. … [continued]
