Energy Efficiency

You Direct CleanTechnica

I think one of the most important things we’ve done at CleanTechnica in the past several years is listen closely to readers. But you only get part of the story from the comments. We have relied quite a bit on our “annual” readers surveys in the past. Though, unfortunately, we … [continued]

Whole Foods Plan To Solarize 100 Stores With Solar Electricity Boosts NRG & SolarCity Share…

Whole Foods Market announced this week signing agreements with SolarCity and NRG Energy to install rooftop solar units at up to 100 stores and distribution centers. This quickly boosted the solar companies’ share prices, indicating that investors are starting to understand the competitiveness of solar electricity. Under the terms of this agreement, New Jersey–based … [continued]

Apple Issues $1.5 Billion For Green Bonds

The well-known tech leader Apple has issued a bit of uplifting environmental and health investment news. Apple’s head of environmental policy announced the largest green bond to be issued by a US corporation. Reported by Valerie Volcovici for Reuters, this amounts to “$1.5 billion in bonds dedicated to financing clean energy projects … [continued]

Mandates Better Than Carbon Taxes?, Tesla’s Quarterly Conference Call (Cleantech Talk #20)

In this episode of Cleantech Talk, Matthew Klippenstein and I tackle the stories on our own, with Kyle out for one week. We start off by discussing some interesting research Matthew pulled up on the choice between mandates & regulation versus carbon taxes for tackling global warming & climate change. We then dive into some of the … [continued]

MIT Launches 10 Climate CoLab Contests

Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has launched a set of 10 new contests, via the Climate CoLab, meant to spur action on climate change. The contests are actively seeking “high-impact proposals on how people, organizations and governments can tackle major climate change … [continued]