Rooftop Solar Power Mandate on New Homes? It Could Happen!
Every new building should have solar power. Now, they may have to!
Rooftop Solar
How To Get Solar On Leased Premises
Lawrence Lau is a pharmacist who leases space in a medium-sized shopping centre. He also drives a Model X and is very aware of the cost savings from the use of renewable energy. But, his business space is in a shopping centre with a shared roof. On Saturday at the … [continued]
Polkadot LivingFree Tiny House with Starlink
Written by Jimmy Hirst The Polkadot LivingFree tiny house will be a star attraction at the upcoming Noosa Electric Vehicle Expo on Sunday, 19 June. Here are a few of the features that will be demonstrated in this working prototype of a self-powered tiny house on wheels that is affordable, … [continued]
Seeing Climate Solutions Clearly Through Biases & Missing Data Is Challenging
I urge everyone to examine their own biases and blindspots, whether they are in the following short list or not. You’ll help the world more that way.
Why Automotive Outlets Keep Butchering Solar Vehicles (& Why They’re Wrong)
A recent article at Slash Gear attempted to tackle the problem of solar-powered cars. The topic did hit the news last month with cars like the Vision EQXX concept and Hyundai’s hybrid Sonata sporting solar panels, and if those cars were all we had to go on, the science mentioned … [continued]
Yotta Energy Raises An Additional $3.5 Million, Is Awarded $1.97 Million For Military Installation
Yotta Energy, headquartered in Austin, Texas, was founded by Omeed Badkoobeh and Vikram Iyengar in 2017. The company makes PV solar panel-level energy storage, a microinverter, and energy management software for the commercial and industrial rooftop market. Recently, Yotta announced two new major developments. The company raised additional funding of … [continued]
Reduce High Energy Costs With Solar Power — Texas Edition
In this post, I’ll cover how electricity from a new Texas residential solar system is already cheaper than grid electricity costs. I previously wrote an article about which solar system to use, where I compared Tesla versus SunPower for the better system, and I’ll also follow that up with the … [continued]
RVs, Van Life, & Camping Are Leading The Way To Efficiency (Part 2)
In Part 1, I explained how clean technology made camping a lot better (and safer) for my brother. I then got into the challenges that come when you park an RV somewhere other than an RV park, and you can’t plug it in. Now, I’m going to discuss the ways … [continued]
Rich Rebuilds Test Drives Aptera Prototypes
Last year, I had a chance to visit Aptera and take a ride in its prototype vehicles. It was a fun experience, and we could see that Aptera is fundamentally on the right track to making a decent vehicle. We were pretty mild-mannered when we visited, but from what I … [continued]
Betting A Billion Dollars On Low-Carbon Grid Transformation Tech
Virtually all of those technologies are mature and robust today. We don’t need to invent a lot of new technology, we just need to deploy existing tech.
