Germany’s Renewable Energy Revolution & Social License
The video from Germany Trade and Invest, which details the country’s adoption of renewable energy, shows what a nation can achieve with the collective will.
The video from Germany Trade and Invest, which details the country’s adoption of renewable energy, shows what a nation can achieve with the collective will.
America’s number one solar power provider, SolarCity, just announced the launch of GridLogic, a microgrid service that it plans to make available worldwide. GridLogic combines distributed energy resources such as rooftop solar or ground-mounted solar, with battery storage, “to deliver and balance energy” for communities. The technology is sold as … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. North Carolina is one of North America’s fastest growing markets for clean energy. The state’s cleantech sector grossed $4.8 billion in 2014 and, based on their previous experience, most companies expect to grow between 30% and 35% this year. Close to ¾ of this money went … [continued]
Combining energy storage and EV charging will help five California schools and colleges smooth out power demand and save $1 million on their electric bills.
To kick off this cleantech news & views link drop, below is an awesome talk given by Envision Solar CEO Desmond Wheatley (…3 years ago). Chris wrote about it a bit on EV Obsession, but I just want to highlight that it’s one of the best talks on the topic of … [continued]
National Grid UK’s ability to react to grid fluctuation comes from National Instrument’s CompactRIO platform, which let them to see harmonics 400% better.
The time is ripe to take advantage of a newly available talent in the smart grid space. Silver Spring Networks is spending $12 million in cash this quarter to acquire Detectent, a company providing data analytics for utilities. Meanwhile, Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire Structure, a provider … [continued]
If you were checking in over the holidays, you probably noticed that I’ll be one of the speakers at a hot new conference called “Renewable Cities.” There were already several great speakers lined up back then, but a few new ones have just been added that are worth highlighting. The newly … [continued]
I hope those of you who haven’t already watched the Zayed Future Energy Prize Awards Ceremony videos will go ahead and do so, as they are really inspiring and interesting to watch. Once you’ve done that, you can learn a bit more about the winners via the following videos, which … [continued]
This year’s Zayed Future Energy Prize winner in the “Large Corporation” category, as you already know, was Panasonic. I was excited, since Panasonic is involved in a few disruptive cleantech markets — battery storage, solar power, smart technology — and is especially well known for its electric vehicle battery leadership … [continued]