Buildings

Cleantech Breakfast Platter (Public Support For Energiewende, FERC Energy Storage Ruling…)

Here’s some more cleantech pickins for your morning news breakfast. Enjoy! Solar Helps Special Needs Family Get Medical Care Environmentally beneficial action is cool. Social service is cool. Environmentally beneficial action + social service? Hot! Apparently, Motech Americas, Habitat for Humanity, and Sungevity know that. Motech Americas recently donated solar panels … [continued]

Stained Glass Windows On Cathedral Are Solar Panels

Originally published on Green Building Elements (with minor edits). No, I’m not talking about letting sunlight into the room. These windows actually generate electricity! They are being installed in the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Saskatoon, Saskatechewan, and they are connected to the local electricity grid. Solar panels are usually connected to … [continued]

Image Credit: TUSK

Solar, Wind, EV News

Here’s some more EV, solar, nuclear, fracking, and other energy news from around the interwebs to start your week. Enjoy! EV Key Factors For Wireless Power Transfer Identified In New Research BMW Aims For “Meaningful” EV Sales Nissan And Ecotricity Put 13 More Rapid Chargers On UK Motorways Combining Electric … [continued]

Solar farm in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Image Credit: Marika Shahan / CleanTechnica

Solar & Wind News Roundup

Here’s more cleantech news from around. Well, actually, it’s just solar & wind news today. Solar How Much Do Solar Panels Cost? Solectria Renewables to Power the Largest College Solar Installation in North America On Rooftops, There Is A Growing Rival For Utility Companies PV Service Program Training Coming To … [continued]

Solar, Wind, & Other Cleantech News

Here’s some of the top cleantech news from the past day or so (to complement our own cleantech stories): EVs How We Became An All-Plug-In Electric Car Household Transit & Bicycling House Drops Debate On Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Bill House Pulls Its Disastrous Transpo Spending Bill As Senate Moves … [continued]