The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) recently awarded Accelerating Clean Transportation (ACT) grants to six Massachusetts school districts to electrify their school bus fleets. The grants are up to $2 million per fleet. They include funds for new buses and technical assistance to operationalize them, such as installing chargers and … [continued]
Jill Pestana is a California-based battery scientist and engineer who recently shared on X that she was researching electric vehicles because she intended to buy one. It’s quite rare to have an opportunity to see what a battery scientist might be considering when conducting EV buying research, so it seemed … [continued]
Barrio Electrico recently announced it is expanding its low-cost solar power and energy storage services in the municipality of Coamo, which is located in the south central region of Puerto Rico. (Coamo’s population is about 34,000 people). Last month, Barrio Electrico began installing more solar power and energy storage in … [continued]
Texas-based Universal EV Chargers recently announced that the company was selected by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to receive grants in order to install 176 new DC fast charging ports throughout the state of Illinois. The total dollar amount of the Illinois EV charger grants is $5.8 million. Currently, … [continued]
California-based Motiv Power Systems recently introduced the company’s new Argo Series electric trucks. They can be used for a number of applications, such as shuttle buses, box trucks, step vans, and refrigerated vehicles. Electric vehicles used for personal transportation tend to get the most press these days. There is also … [continued]
The world will not have a clean energy transformation without more workers to install the tremendous amount of urgently needed solar power, wind power, geothermal, energy-efficiency upgrades, and grid enhancements. These individuals will function as a critical component during the essential movement as clean renewables replace fossil fuels. To that … [continued]
The fact that the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provides clean energy benefits might be surprising to some people, or perhaps confusing because of the act’s name, which is unrelated to energy. The recent peak inflation period doesn’t, on the surface, have much to do with solar power and energy storage, … [continued]
The California Energy Commission just released energy data showing that solar power electricity production in California increased almost twenty times since 2012. The increase was 2,609 gigawatt-hours (GWh) to 48,950 GWh. Rooftop solar increased 10 times and the rest of the overall increase was from utility-scale solar. During the same … [continued]
In the summer of this year the American Lung Association released a report titled, “Driving to Clean Air: Health Benefits of Zero-Emission Cars and Electricity.” Typically a person might not expect that driving personal transportation could result in clean air because gas- and diesel-powered vehicles using internal combustion engines produce … [continued]
There’s quite a lot of misinformation and disinformation — deliberate misinformation — about electric vehicles online. One of the key bits of disinformation is the false notion that EVs aren’t that green because there are carbon emissions generated by mining for the materials in their batteries and manufacturing them. The … [continued]
