Masdar* has launched its third annual Engage Blogging Contest, which offers an excellent chance to visit Abu Dhabi, and, of course, Masdar City, during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. The winner will have an all-expenses paid trip to Abu Dhabi the week of January 17, 2015, and will be Masdar’s guest … [continued]
Ah, how I hope one of our wonderful CleanTechnica readers wins this one! SunPower*, one of the world’s top solar companies (and one of my absolute favorites), is running a sweepstakes in which a lucky homeowner in California, New York, Hawaii, Arizona, or Colorado can win a home solar panel installation … [continued]
Although $1 per gallon fuel seems like a distant memory, over 260,000 people in the US and Canada pay less than that for every mile they drive. They are the early adopters of electric cars and almost all of them share the same sentiment: they will never buy another gas-burning car. … [continued]
If you haven’t noticed, I fancy solar power and electric cars quite a bit. (For some history, I founded SolarLove.org and ElectricLove.org… but then changed ElectricLove.org to EVObsession.com when the owner of another “Electric Love” wasn’t too fond of my entrance into the EV blog space.) So, what do I … [continued]
This article is part of the ‘Think Further’ series, sponsored by Fred Alger Management, Inc. For more ‘Think Further’ content and videos, visit thinkfurtheralger.com. We’ve been all over MIT researcher Donald Sadoway’s new “dirt cheap” liquid metal battery ever since it was a glimmer in his eye, so when Sadoway’s … [continued]
Out of an obsession for alliteration, I almost made the title of this article: “Wind willy woks fo’ winners.” But I was afraid the Elmer Fudd impersonation wouldn’t come across right, or that it was simply too cartoonish of an idea. Anyhow, the point is the same: wind jobs are bloody … [continued]
TripGo*. It’s a simple concept. Provide people with an app that lowers individual transportation emissions by efficiently coordinating, navigating, and planning travel routes. Yet it’s a very real, available technology solution in line with the findings in last month’s report, A Global High Shift Scenario, published by the University of … [continued]
By Patrick Foot, financial markets writer at IG*, a leading provider of online stockbroking, CFDs, and currency trading. The distance that Tesla has travelled in the past 18 months has been truly remarkable, even if its stock retracted to more realistic levels this week. The company has been overcoming its … [continued]
By Patrick Foot, financial markets writer at IG – a leading provider of CFD trading, spread betting and live forex prices* This earnings season has seen several major stories play out, with battles raging in several technological sectors and Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and Google all taking centre stage. On Thursday July … [continued]
Although topping the 2012 Green Economy Index and named the European Green Capital 2014, Denmark and Copenhagen are not ready to rest on their laurels. Their green ambitions include carbon neutrality for the greater Copenhagen area by 2025 and energy self-sufficiency from oil by 2050. In order to reach these goals, Denmark needs to recruit … [continued]
