March 30th, 2019 | by Karel Beckman
In Consumers, prosumers, prosumagers – How service innovations will disrupt the utility business model, Fereidoon Sioshansi helps readers grasp the spirit of the times, the importance of the stakes and the uncertainty of the outcomes. The 19 essays, written by experts in their respective fields, in this 550-page book, are divided into three parts
March 30th, 2019 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
What is a house doing at a motor show? It is not the first house we've seen on a show floor. Renault has a habit of showing houses. Those are around the electric concepts of their future visions — cars as part of your interior. Not so at Mitsubishi
March 22nd, 2019 | by NRDC
“Beneficial electrification,” a new catchphrase in the energy world, refers to the growing recognition that using clean electricity to keep our homes and businesses running is cheaper, greener, and a smarter way to meet our energy needs
March 9th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Most utility companies see electric vehicles as a threat to their business model, but a few see the potential for enormous profits and are positioning themselves to leverage the EV revolution.
February 23rd, 2019 | by Andy Miles
This article is about the UK "Electric Nation" EV Smart Charger Trial, in which I participated
February 17th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
WiTricity has acquired the rights to the QualComm Halo wireless charging technology, enhancing its position as one of the leading wireless charging companies in the world.
February 16th, 2019 | by Cynthia Shahan
As part of CleanTechnica's Cleantech Revolution Tour in Warsaw, Poland, Zachary Shahan began a panel discussion about the hurdles, potential, and best practices of EV charging infrastructure
February 13th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Honda has released teaser images of the interior of its Urban EV. From the photos, the car will be thoroughly modern in every respect, including side view cameras instead of mirrors.
February 2nd, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
Will future solar homes and EV owners be able to tango
January 26th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
The electric vehicle (EV) industry was booming in 2018. It was the most booming year of a booming decade for EVs. Below is a long, long rundown of notables changes in the industry in
January 19th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
I started covering the solar energy industry seriously in 2009. It seemed like a hopping, exciting time in the industry — growth was exploding. I remember one early story in which readers admonished me a little because I put "Solar Power Exploding" in a headline, and they thought I was referring to genuine explosions. In 2019, 2009 and 2010 progress looks like anthills
January 14th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
Here's another edition of "What Changed?" It is not the last EV summary for 2018, as a full-year piece is on the way, but it is a summary of notable EV industry updates from the month of December. Read on for details about Tesla, electric cars from other automakers, EV charging, EV batteries, EV sales, EV policy, and more
January 2nd, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
The EV charging stories have been building up, so here we go with another #NewsBonanza. Below are 10 notable EV charging stations we couldn't make time for, followed by 16 big EV charging stories we did cover before now
December 13th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
EDF Energy has partnered with Nuvve to install up to 1,500 new EV chargers with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capability in the UK that will serve as a healthy foundation for vehicle-to-grid capability on the charger side in the
November 22nd, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
Flexible energy options such as energy storage, smart-charging electric vehicles, demand response, and interconnectors are a necessary part of an optimal energy transition, without which electricity grids will be forced to rely on fossil fuels for backup and excess generating capacity, according to new research from Bloomberg New Energy Finance
September 25th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
Renault is moving ahead with its Smart Island program, which is designed to bring the benefits of renewable energy to places that have to rely on expensive and highly polluting diesel generators for power.
September 11th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
Cologne, Germany-based Next Kraftwerke has partnered with electric vehicle smart charging platform provider Jedlix on a new pilot that will aggregate electric vehicle charging stations as a deployable demand response unit aka secondary control reserve (aFFR) on its Virtual Power Plant (VPP) platform. The pilot was tendered by the Transmission System Operator (TSO) TenneT to assess the viability of aggregated demand reserve using a handful of new technologies
August 25th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
We sat down with Chicago-based S&C Electric's Andrew Jones to talk about the impact electric vehicles will have on the grid and found that, while there are some near-term challenges, the addition of these massive "batteries on wheels" to our grids hold the potential to add immense value
August 4th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
The latest study by GTM Research finds there will be as many as 40,000,000 public and private EV chargers globally by the year 2030. Its assessment is based on a belief that EVs will represent 11% of the cars on the road by that date, according to coverage in PV Magazine
July 1st, 2018 | by Michael Barnard
Only 8% of Americans own cryptocurrency, significantly under the Cleantechnica respondent's average of close to 40%
May 24th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
Vehicle-to-grid technology has been the ever-elusive golden egg for many renewable energy advocates, but always seems to get stuck because, among other things, it's expected the average buyer of a personal vehicle won't want to pay for it — which means manufacturers won't have an incentive to build the tech into their cars
May 9th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
American electric bus manufacturer Proterra introduced its new high-power charging solutions this week at the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). The three new solutions were introduced under Proterra's Power Control Systems line. They range from 60 kW to 500 kW, opening up new use cases for fleet operators around the world
May 6th, 2018 | by Loren McDonald
In part 1 of this two-part series, I outlined the first 13 of 25 factors that will (or could) impact sales of electric vehicles. These included obvious factors such as range, charging infrastructure, cost, and gas prices
April 19th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
In London this week, OVO Energy took to the stage and dropped not one new product but four product bombshells that are aimed at creating a new energy ecosystem that is accessible to residential energy consumers
