WePower Renewables Cryptocurrency Funding Platform: 5 Questions
WePower is building a blockchain platform to allow renewable projects to get funding. As part of an ongoing series on blockchain for clean technology, five questions were put to them.
Solar Energy
Electric Cars Are Getting Greener, Says UCS Report
The Union of Concerned Scientists latest report shows that a conventional car needs to get 80 mpg to have the same carbon footprint as an electric car in America today. That’s up from 73 mpg last year as the grid continues to get greener.
Tesla Model 3 Profit Target = 5x Higher Than Average Ford Vehicle
It’s remarkable that Tesla rocketed from its IPO to surpassing Ford in value in just 7 years. Tesla’s prowess on Wall Street has left many investors miffed. After all, Ford recently announced 2017 sales of over 6.6 million cars worldwide. Meanwhile, Tesla barely cracked sales of 100,000 cars. How could an industry behemoth like Ford be overtaken by this younger, smaller Silicon Valley startup?
The Organized, Varied, & Outright Crazy Attacks On Tesla
Tesla has been attacked for years. Certain people have targeted Tesla as an entity to smear essentially since Day 1. The reasons vary — pure entertainment, efforts to block competition, envy, masculinity issues, entrenched insider inertia, etc. Some people also just think Tesla, its products, and its CEO are not as cool as the rest of the world thinks.
A Solar Bike Crosses India, USA, & France
While in Abu Dhabi for the 2018 Zayed Future Energy Prize, the World Future Energy Summit, and the Global EVRT event, I met an interesting character with an spirit of adventure in his genes — Sushil Pakala Reddy. Sushil, an energy engineer, is an IIT Bombay alumnus from Mumbai, India. I am an Energy Engineer. He’s currently getting a master’s degree in Sustainability at HEC Paris, a university in Jouy-en-Josas.
CleanTechnica Meetup In Amsterdam!
I’ll be in Amsterdam again next week for the rEVolution conference. We had a fun CleanTechnica meetup last year on the night before the conference (which is actually how we ended up with Maarten as a superb CleanTechnica contributor). This year, the plan is to have a CleanTechnica meetup on March 13 again.
If Tesla Failed, Which Company Would Buy It? Google/Alphabet? Apple? Tencent?
If Tesla was to encounter insurmountable financial problems over the coming years — just bear with me, as a thought experiment here, no arguing yet — what exactly would end up happening?
Renewable Energy Has More Economic Benefits Than You Know
Renewable energy is already cheaper than other energy options in most of the world, but it comes with other economic and societal benefits as well. Because of the number of countries investing in renewable energy, the complexity of their national economies and their energy infrastructure details, it isn’t possible to cover everything in one online article. The subject would be better addressed in a book. So, this article is intended only to be a snapshot of some key high-level points.
Tesla & Salt River Project Kiss & Make Up Ahead Of Supreme Court Hearing
Tesla and Salt River Project have settled their lawsuit just weeks before the US Supreme Court was ready to hear oral arguments. Both companies got a little of what they wanted but green groups are less than thrilled.
Vivint Solar Reports Lackluster Shipments But Its Revenue Increased By 60%
Vivint Solar, one of the United States’ leading residential solar installers, announced its Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2017 financial results this week, and though the company missed the low end of its shipping guidance, it nevertheless fulfilled its goals of increasing revenue.
