Cleantech × Blockchain Survey Results
Only 8% of Americans own cryptocurrency, significantly under the Cleantechnica respondent’s average of close to 40%.
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Sydney Activates New Tesla Battery Storage As Part Of 50% Renewable Energy Goal
The city of Sydney, Australia has commissioned a new solar panel and battery storage facility that is an important step toward its goal of getting 50% of its electricity from renewables by 2030.
Irvine Ranch Water District Adds Tesla Powerpacks, Estimates Annual Savings of $500,000
The Irvine Water District and Michelson Capital announced the completion of the nation’s largest behind-the-meter energy storage project at the Irvine Ranch Water District’s (IRWD) Michelson Water Recycling Plant. The new 2.5MW/15MWh installation is a part of a distributed network of 11 energy storage installations at the water district’s recycling and pumping facilities that together total 7MW/34MWh.
Current By GE Brings Connectivity & Intelligence To LED Street Lights
LED lights are famed for their efficiency and low heat signature which created a market for outdoor LED street light fixtures that, as the cost of LED drivers has come down over the last 5 years, offer very attractive paybacks and significant energy savings and lower maintenance over the life of the fixture. We sat down with Current’s Chief Marketing Officer Bruce Stewart at Current by GE’s Hendersonville, North Carolina, factory to see where the brand is headed.
Solar & Batteries To Power London’s First ‘Virtual Power Station’
UK electricity network operator UK Power Networks has announced it intends to launch London’s first ‘virtual power station’ using only domestic solar panels and Powervault batteries.
Siemens’ City Performance Tool Connects Long-Term Goals With Today’s Solutions
Siemens has rolled out its new Siemens City Performance Tool that takes a snapshot of current city infrastructure and helps city leaders identify current as well as future actions cities can take to meet their climate, transportation, and energy goals. To learn a bit more about the new tool and the reports it generates, we sat down with Siemens’ Chief City Executive for California and Arizona, Dennis Rodriguez.
The Heila IQ Optimization System Brings Balance To Microgrids
Heila Technologies has built an impressive suite of microgrid solutions aimed at improving the resiliency and automation of microgrids in connected and islanded modes. The foundation of the Heila solution is the Heila IQ unit, which adds a cloud-connected brain to distributed energy generation (DEG) assets on a microgrid.
National Grid Unveils “80×50 Pathway” To Drastically Reduce GHG Emissions In US Northeast
National Grid, the electricity and natural gas supplier to the US Northeast, has unveiled its ‘Northeast 80×50 Pathway’ intended to “drastically” reduce emissions in its operating area by 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.
Record-Low Solar Power, Electric Car Startups, & The Mercedes EQ Brand (Cleantech Talk Today #4)
In this episode, we cover a number of clean power stories before jumping into our EV bread & butter.
New US Solar Record — 2.155 Cents Per kWh! (with Escalator for Inflation)
We have seen solar power in the Middle East come into the low 2 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) range. We have seen it under 2 cents per kWh in Mexico. Misguided, casual observers claimed these prices only occurred due to heavily exploited labor, but now we have also seen 2.155 cents per kWh in the United States. This contract was one of six contracts that Nevada Power recently signed. All six contracts came in under 3 cents per kWh.
