Wondering how prepared your state is for upcoming changes in climate? If you’re in Texas, you might be in for trouble. This week, Climate Central unveiled the first-ever national analysis of state-level preparedness for climate change-driven, weather-related threats. States at Risk: America’s Preparedness Report Card summarizes the changing nature of key threats and … [continued]
When it comes to storing electricity from renewable sources, bacteria may have a bright future alongside lithium. This may be great news as demand grows for storing renewable electricity. Scientists report in the American Chemical Society journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters a first-of-its-kind development toward that goal: a rechargeable battery driven … [continued]
Innovating at the lab bench scale is very different from actually building completely new energy technologies that must be pioneered from the ground up, at full scale, in the real world. Ten hours of solar thermal energy storage now supply Las Vegas with solar power from midday to midnight. SolarReserve’s … [continued]
Originally published on Unleash the Powerwall. As per the tweet I sent the other day, my solar system has now generated over a MWh (Megawatt Hour) since it was installed in late January with the Powerwall. Essentially that means my panels have generated… wait for it… zoom in to close up … [continued]
The International Energy Agency has confirmed in a new report the decoupling of global emissions and economic growth. For many years it was assumed that global emissions and economic growth were tied together in an unbreakable knot, however, recent years have seen signs indicating this may not necessarily be the … [continued]
BMW is turning 100, but it’s not content to go down in the history books as a brand that aged gracefully — but rather, is dying those grey hairs orange and dressing up for a night on the town. In other words, BMW threw a huge bash in Munich at … [continued]
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Paolo Natali, Ph.D. and Lily Donge The year 2015 represented a major turning point for electricity generation in the United States. The country retired 14 GW of fossil-fueled generation. Meanwhile, it brought online 16.4 GW of carbon-free generation, with wind energy leading the mix … [continued]
The US mobility company Ford has been focusing on ethics this year with a series of moves capped by the Ethisphere “Most Ethical” companies list.
Originally published on Gas2. Reprinted with permission. Don’t call it a carbon tax. Everybody hates the idea of taxes. But unless society addresses the damage done by burning fossil fuels, the world is on a collision course with reality. Cataclysmic changes are in the offing and those changes will impose … [continued]
GM switches from Powertrain to Propulsion Systems and makes a pitch for the fuel cell EV, underscoring its interest in next-generation auto tech.
