It was recently announced that the HERO financing option of Renovate America is estimated to have created over 25,000 jobs. Renovate America is a leading provider of home-improvement financing in the US. Greg Frost, the organization’s National Communications Director, answered some questions for CleanTechnica.
Construction of a 28 megawatt (MW) utility-scale solar power plant has been completed by Kyocera TCL Solar LLC in the town of Taiwa, Kurokawa District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The solar power plant started operations in late June 2018.
Cobalt mining is done mostly in the Congo where conditions on the ground can the make process troublesome. There are a number of issues: child labor, pollution, tunnel collapses, political instability and punishing work conditions. Enter Conamix, a New York-based startup focused on the development of cobalt-free battery technology.
Sun Exchange, a solar micro-leasing marketplace and Powerhive, a rural mini-grid solutions provider, have partnered to provide solar power to 175,000 Kenyans. Proceeds from sales of the Sun Exchange SUNEX digital rewards token for pre-financing of solar power installations are expected to raise $23 million dollars in order to install 150 solar power … [continued]
Two New York City Housing Authority developments will have community solar installations at 27 sites courtesy of a partnership between Bright Power, Solstice Power Technologies, Sol Purpose Development Company, Green City Force, and Solar One. The low and moderate-income residents of the affordable housing structures will experience electricity savings of … [continued]
The solar power nonprofit GRID Alternatives recently celebrated reaching the mark of 9,800 California solar power systems installed for low-income people. All this work was accomplished in just 14 years, so it is obviously a huge accomplishment. GRID answered some questions for CleanTechnica about its achievements. You have reached thousands … [continued]
Thirty-one new solar power plants will be installed in Portugal with a total of over 1,000 MW of production capacity by 2021, according to an article on Dinheiro Vivo. The total value of the projects has been stated to be about 800 million euros. “By 2021 we will be able … [continued]
Eric Way recently uploaded a review video of the Chevy Bolt’s regenerative braking to YouTube. It contains many comments and insights about how the regenerative braking system works, so it seemed natural to reach out to him for more details. Thankfully, he obliged and we are excited to share what … [continued]
The state of Texas Light-Duty Motor Vehicle Purchase or Lease Incentive Program is providing rebates to purchasers and leasers of new electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in that state. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is accepting applications for the rebates, and answered some questions for CleanTechnica about the program. … [continued]
According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), over 10 million highway vehicle fires caused about 19,000 deaths and over 70,000 injuries in the United States from 1980–2015. According to the NFPA, a highway vehicle is, “any vehicle designed to operate normally on highways, such as automobiles, motorcycles, buses, trucks, and trailers.” The good news about the data is that highway vehicle fires have been decreasing since 1980, which was the peak year at 456,000 fires.
