Originally published on Sustainnovate. Toyota and Clemson University recently unveiled a new all-electric concept car — dubbed the “uBox” — at the 2016 SAE World Congress, according to reports. The new electric vehicle concept was designed and handbuilt by graduate students at Clemson University’s International Center for Automotive Research — … [continued]
The first Cleantech Freakin’ Revolution Tour event, held this past weekend in Berlin and organized by CleanTechnica and GridHub (with several other partners, such as TechBerlin, which crashed the party), was great fun and seemingly a great success. We had numerous attendees from Germany as well as from Sweden, Poland … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate.
Originally published on ilsr.org. Earlier this year, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory released a new estimate of rooftop solar potential, an update to 2008 figures we used in our landmark state-by-state energy atlas, Energy Self-Reliant States. The bottom line: there’s much more potential to generate our electricity from solar on nearby … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. January 2016 was the most anomalously hot month on record, going by NASA’s temperature figures — with temperatures well above those recorded previously for the month. So, how long do we have to wait to see the record broken? No time at all, as it appears … [continued]
A new study by economists at North Carolina State University has found that offshore wind farms located near-shore would have a big impact on coastal tourism. “We wanted to know what the impacts of wind farm installations would be on North Carolina coastal tourism, though our findings are also likely … [continued]
The first “Cleantech Revolution Tour” event — CLEANTECH REVOLUTION TOUR → Berlin — is starting in two days. Given that we are the host, we have decided to offer 3 free tickets and some discount tickets to our loyal readers and followers. If you like or share this Facebook post or this tweet, you will be put … [continued]
As noted a few days ago, we have 3 new electric vehicle (EV) speakers signed up for CLEANTECH REVOLUTION TOUR → Berlin. I wrote short intros about them in that article, but below is a deeper look at these EV leaders and their work. Following these intros are the other EV speaker … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. If you haven’t heard the news: ~1.3 billion people don’t have electricity… or any electricity at all. The health, education, and economic difficulties that result are impossible to comprehend. Those are some notes from Dr Nawal Al-Hosany, Director of Sustainability at Masdar and Director of the Zayed Future Energy Prize, … [continued]
Hydrogen fuel cells are slipping into EVs, logistics, aircraft, and other niche markets, and the search is on for sustainable hydrogen to fuel them.
