Originally published on EV Obsession. The transportation sector of the global lithium-ion battery market will be boosted to a fair degree by declining lithium-ion battery costs through the year 2019, according to a new report from Technavio. The new report — titled Global Li-ion Battery Market in Transportation Sector 2015-2019 — … [continued]
Mercom Capital Group has revealed figures which show that total global corporate solar funding reached $5.9 billion in the second quarter, down on Q1. “Total corporate funding, including venture capital funding, public market, and debt financings, into the solar sector in the second quarter decreased to $5.9 billion compared to … [continued]
The 2016 presidential election and primaries are heating up, and one of the hottest topics at the moment is who should and will get the Democratic nomination — Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. ThinkProgress has created a simple but illuminating chart that illustrates the climate plans of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, … [continued]
Solar energy prices are continuing to fall rather rapidly around the world, but especially in the Middle East, as evidenced by a new deal that will see the Saudi Electric Company develop a 50 megawatt (MW) solar energy project that already has a power purchase agreement (PPA) secured for 0.1875 … [continued]
A new solid-state lithium-O2 battery featuring an integrated electrolyte + cathode structure — developed by researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology — has shown good potential, according to recent reports. The new battery was developed with the intention of dealing with two of the primary issues facing conventional … [continued]
Solar interconnection delays, or connecting a new rooftop solar system to the grid, costs America millions every year. New research shows how to solve them.
Originally published on EV Obsession. A big tip of the hat to Bloomberg for uncovering the interesting point that Tesla sales are basically tracking the sales ramp-up of the Ford Model T (and to TeslaMondo, where I found this story). Bloomberg nicely summarizes things in the following video: So, basically, it’s … [continued]
Two new reports on the US wind energy sector indicate falling prices and strong growth, with a glimmer of hope for fans of micro wind turbines.
Originally published on EV Obsession. Let’s just get this out there right up front: Reuters is one of the most biased anti–electric vehicle media outlets out there. I noted this publicly back in 2013, and not much has changed since then, as far as I’ve seen. What’s up with the … [continued]
SunEdison and its emerging markets yieldco, TerraForm Global, are relying on Latin America to bolster its pipeline. A week after GTM Research published its Q2 2015 Latin America PV Playbook, one of the company’s senior solar analysts has expounded on how the region is going to be a vital location for the … [continued]
