The China-based electric bus and passenger vehicle manufacturer BYD will be opening a new small-scale electric bus manufacturing plant in Komarom, Hungary, according to recent reports. Production at the new facility is expected to begin in early 2017 — with initial production quantities being 200 units a year. Plans are … [continued]
By James Larsen, Director of Business Development with The Advanced Energy Centre at MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, Canada North American households consume almost 2x the amount of energy as typical European households, and 6x that of Latin America or Asia. Read that again. Canadian and U.S. households consume a … [continued]
Global wind energy capacity reached 456 GW at the half-year mark of 2016, and is set to hit 500 GW by the end of the year, according to new figures from the World Wind Energy Association. Published this week, the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) released its half-year report, revealing … [continued]
Pricing information for Spain for the new Renault Zoe ZE 40 has now been revealed, and there’s an interesting note in this regard. Most of the pricing information for the new Renault Zoe seems to make some kind of sense, but how much more expensive some of the sans-battery options are than … [continued]
The Great Barrier Reef, located on the eastern coast of the continent now generally referred to as “Australia,” first started forming sometime right around 25 million years ago. Throughout its long history it has continually been the biggest, or one of the biggest, living structures in the world — and … [continued]
State-of-the-art offshore wind is now on such a gigantic scale off the coasts of Germany, Denmark, and the UK that it will be difficult for the US to catch up: it has lagged decades behind. But the Obama Administration has tried, and the Clinton Administration can further overcome the obstacles. … [continued]
Global clean energy investment in the third quarter of 2016 slumped to its weakest quarter since 2013, according to new analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. A Northern Hemisphere summer lull impacting offshore wind financing in Europe, and a further stage in the slowdown seen this year in project funding … [continued]
A new study has found that low-carbon sectors are outpacing their less-productive, higher carbon-intensive sectors and the general economy in terms of growth, while increasing jobs and skill levels. Dr Baron Doda from the London School of Economics analyzed 34 developed and developing countries for their carbon intensity, defined in terms … [continued]
With the new Renault Zoe ZE now on the market, more information is now available about the updated model’s lithium-ion battery pack, revealing some interesting facts. Notably, despite possessing an energy storage capacity nearly twice as high as the first-generation Zoe (an estimation), the new battery pack is only 15 kilograms … [continued]
While in Europe on a recent media tour, I took a few personal days to relax in Amsterdam (not like that!) and made one exception to my attempt at a vacation to stop by the offices of Transitions Now to get the lowdown on Maxem. Because the team there is … [continued]
