WASHINGTON, D.C. – Concerned that a prolonged government shutdown could do long-term harm to the U.S. economy, SEIA President and CEO Rhone Resch this week issued the following statement: “As an industry organization representing 120,000 workers – and as Americans concerned about our nation’s future – we are deeply disappointed … [continued]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As a way to help bolster the U.S. economy, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today released a comprehensive new report outlining ways to create 50,250 new American jobs and save more than $61 billion in future energy costs by expanding the use of innovative and cost-effective solar heating … [continued]
The government of China is now offering a 50% tax rebate to photovoltaic solar panel manufacturers, effective since October 1, 2013. This is a value added tax (VAT) PV rebate which will end on December 31, 2015. China has been the greatest exporter of solar panels in recent years, and it … [continued]
Some more cleantech eatin’s: Solar Power $8 Billion Hit For Spanish PV Generators Spain’s PV industry body UNEF says generators will lose a fifth of the payments they could have expected from 2010 to 2020. The reductions are part of the Madrid government’s determination to reduce renewables subsidies. Big Clean … [continued]
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield of Plugin Cars recently had a very interesting article on a car company we almost never discuss here on CleanTechnica — Chrysler. Chrysler doesn’t really sell any electric cars. Technically, the Fiat 500e is available somewhere, but it’s just in a very limited number of places and only a … [continued]
IKEA has long been a leader in powering itself with renewable energy — wind and solar. Now, it’s also starting to offer whole solar panel systems for consumers. Check out more in this Think Progress repost. By Ryan Koronowski British consumers will now be able to buy solar panels at their … [continued]
What’s better than solar power? Unsubsidized solar power that’s already cheaper than still subsidized fossil fuels. And Chile’s getting it. Notably, one of the big solar PV projects it now has planned is to be built by a US company that has mostly just been involved in the manufacturing of … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. At the beginning of the year, I had the strong sense that it was a good time to invest in Tesla. I had never bought stock before, but from covering the Tesla Model S and other electric vehicles, I got the sense that a ton of people … [continued]
Sayin’ it like it is: Of course, it’s an ad for an electric car produced by Nissan, but there are numerous reasons why Nissan has jumped into the electric vehicle market, and why it genuinely sees electric cars as the future. You can view the above commercial as simply an … [continued]
There have been some chuckles about the BMW i3, but it seems clear that BMW is actually quite serious about the assertions that electric vehicles are the future, and that it is enthusiastically jumping into that future. BMW has actually now stated that it intends to make plug-in hybrid electric versions of … [continued]
