Electrify Everything — Save Tons of Money!
Running our energy system on renewable electricity will save every family in America thousands of dollars per year, create tens of millions of jobs and make our lives way more awesome.
Rooftop Solar
Estimating Solar Energy Potential On House Roofs Virtually — Total & Google Cloud Team Up
Total and Google Cloud are enthusiastically sharing that they have pooled their expertise and created a tool called Solar Mapper. With this tool, they aim to “accelerate the deployment of solar panels for individuals (B2C) by providing an accurate and rapid estimate of the solar energy potential of their homes.”
Elementary School District To Save $40 Million From Energy Efficiency & Solar
It’s long been clear — solar energy is super hot, fun, and exciting, but energy efficiency is really where the gold is. You mention “energy efficiency,” and many people’s brains turn off while their eyes scan for an emergency exit. However, starting with the savings and hammering them home is a good way to avoid that problem.
Solar Saves Austin Central Library $100,000 A Year
Austin Central Library (ACL) has gone solar, and it’s saving a lot of money as a result. Specifically, from a 180 kW solar array on its roof, the library is saving $100,000 a year. Austin, Texas, has a goal of reaching 100% carbon-free electricity by 2035.
Largest Rooftop Solar System in Europe Goes Online … on Audi Factory
Audi Hungaria has just turned on the largest solar roof in Europe. The solar PV roof is the size of 22.4 football fields (soccer fields), includes 36,400 solar cells, and has a power capacity of 12 megawatts (MW).
Top Solar States Per Capita 2012 vs. 2020 — CleanTechnica Report
After digging into an old spreadsheet to create a new report on top solar power states per capita, it crossed my mind to compare the results from the first half of 2020 with the results from 2012, which is the last time I had published such a report before today.
Presidential Climate Policy Report Card: Obama, Trump, & Biden — A CleanTechnica Exclusive
The climate action report card is much better for Obama/Biden and Biden/Harris than for Trump/Pence, which is unsurprising given President Trump’s rhetoric on the subject. The Obama/Biden administration could have done much more, and while a Biden/Harris administration would be much stronger on climate change action than the Trump Administration, it too has more work to do to get to a truly effective climate action plan.
Tesla As 17 Different Companies
Covering a couple of Elon Musk tweets, I recently wrote an article titled “Tesla = Approximately A Dozen Startups.” The company is involved in several different hardcore tech efforts as well as broader business like insurance and seat production.
Texas Leads Renewable Energy Revolution In More Ways Than One — CleanTechnica Interview
A Texas-sized renewable energy revolution is brewing under all those little rooftop solar panels (and little wind turbines, too).
What Is Tesla’s Contribution Toward Sustainability? Let’s Calculate
During Tesla’s Battery Day event, Elon Musk noted that wind and solar make up the majority of new electricity generation capacity in the USA this year. As reported in a recent CleanTechnica power capacity report, renewable energy accounted for 57% of new US power capacity in the first half of 2020.
