The following is a great post by Tuan Pham of PowerFin Partners on the often discounted economic benefits of solar. I ran across it on Greentech Media, where it was a featured guest post. Several points echo the benefits of solar that utility company CEOs mentioned in a round-table discussion … [continued]
SolarChargedDriving.com recently created a list of the top 10 states in the U.S. for electric cars. It’s got a nice, long intro to the topic and a paragraph for each of the top states. Below, I’m just going to share their list and some of the key points they … [continued]
Nuclear power is expensive, and the costs always seem to go up. And not just because of environmental catastrophes. The latest nuclear news out of the UK backs this statement up yet again. “The taxpayer will have to stump up almost £250m more to bail out the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in … [continued]
The options offered by smart phone technology and apps are virtually limitless. We’ve featured a number of green apps here on CleanTechnica, but I can’t remember hearing or reading about one for monitoring solar panel performance.. until now. SunPower has just unveiled one for its customers. Last week, SunPower, a world-leading … [continued]
It’s no secret that China is light years ahead of the U.S. on the development and use of high-speed trains. The latest news out of China is that it launched a super-fast high-speed rail (HSR) test train over the weekend. State-run media announced today that the train can travel up … [continued]
SolarTech, a non-profit solar industry consortium, has created a system for reporting and comparing solar energy quotes for customers. It is called the SolarTech’s Solar Energy Estimate Report (SEE Report) and is available on SolarHub.com (go straight to it on the link above). The site notes: “Solar contractors employ a variety of … [continued]
On Friday, Spanish wind energy giant Gamesa announced that it had received an order for 200 megawatts (MW) worth of wind turbines. The contract was signed with New & Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) for Egyptian wind energy projects in the Gulf of El-Zayt (in the Red Sea). “The project is … [continued]
This is one of the funniest videos I think I’ve ever seen. 😀 I think all wind energy lovers will get a kick out of it. And, well, even those who don’t love wind energy (maybe it will help to turn them around.) Great work by Epuron and the German … [continued]
This is a cool video on solar energy in Nicaragua. There, it’s not just about power, but also helps to provide people with drinkable water! Something to appreciate. It’s also nice to hear that the company featured in the video helps citizens to understand the system and maintain it. … [continued]
We’ve written about OLEDs (full name: Organic Light Emitting Diodes) a few times on CleanTechnica, including their flexible potential and some work in Germany to bring down their costs. Ernest Beck recently had an interesting piece on ecomagination on the breakthrough work of some OLED researchers from UCLA that we’ve … [continued]
