A new, all-electric, 14-passenger shuttle-bus is currently in the development pipeline of Phoenix Motorcars. Those of you familiar with the company will no doubt recall that it went bankrupt just a few years ago — and subsequently began a shift away from the development of light-duty vehicles. The new bus … [continued]
Called the Little Box Challenge, Google announced recently that it will be offering a $1 million prize for inventing much smaller solar power inverters. The challenge will be launched this summer, so currently few details have been released to the public. Note that Google Ventures is an investor in Transphorm, … [continued]
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) region is set to see massive growth in solar photovoltaic (PV) demand in the coming years, according to recent findings in the latest NPD Solarbuzz Emerging PV Markets Report: Middle East and Africa. Year-on-year growth in the market in 2014 is expected to be … [continued]
By Michal Bacia In April of this year, the British Government, through its Department of Energy & Climate Change, announced “…plans to turn the Government estate as well as factories, supermarkets and car parks into solar hubs.” This is huge! Translation? Government support for solar PV distributed generation (DG). Yay! … [continued]
If you’ve read my stuff for long, you know that I’m pretty critical of most electric vehicle commercials. I can’t say I love everything about the video below, but it’s a pretty darn good one, imho. It makes the Smart E-Bike look cool. It shows its many benefits in clever ways … [continued]
By Jamie Evans There’s no question about it, studies have proven most Americans agree that renewable energy is crucial to our future. In addition, while electricity rates across the country continue to increase, solar panels become more affordable and viable than ever. Yet, at a time when green technology is gaining popularity and … [continued]
Yingli Solar is sponsoring 10 Southeast Asian youths for the FC Bayern Munich Youth Cup. The team will consist of youths from Thailand and Myanmar. Currently, the team will practice until May 17th, then fly to Munich. Teams involved include: Germany, USA, Japan, China, India, Italy, and Austria. Finals begin May 22nd … [continued]
Originally published on Energy Post. By Rudolf ten Hoedt A first gold rush driven by generous subsidies led to an uncontrolled boom in solar power projects in Japan, of which, however, only a very small percentage actually got built. Now, however, the government has taken charge and serious developers are entering … [continued]
After a five year absence, Sharp Solar has returned to the top of the solar PV module shipment rankings during the first quarter of 2014, according to the latest findings from the NPD Solarbuzz Module Tracker Quarterly report. According to NPD Solarbuzz, Sharp was the PV industry’s market leader for 45 years … [continued]
By Byron Meinerth, Chelsea Eakin, and John Hanrahan What is it like to rent an EV in Beijing? Over the Labor Day holiday, we decided to find out. For all the articles about Beijing’s air pollution problems and ambitious goals for electric vehicle adoption, we had trouble finding one that covered the … [continued]
