In the California New Car Dealers Association’s (CNCDA) first quarter automobile sales report for the state of California, I discovered two new classes with fully electric models in their top 5. In the “Large Vans” category, the Rivian EDV snuck into the 5th place position. Sales were certainly not enough … [continued]
California-based Aikido announces site agreement with METCentre in Norway for a 15MW demo project SAN FRANCISCO — Aikido Technologies, Inc. (Aikido), a floating offshore wind technology provider, announced this week that it has signed an agreement with Marin Energy Test Centre (METCentre) in Haugesund, Norway, to deploy a first-of-its-kind 15MW … [continued]
TotalEnergies inaugurates 263 MW of solar projects in Spain near Sevilla This solar field is TotalEnergies’ largest in Europe It is producing renewable electricity for over 150,000 Spanish households Seville, France — TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE) inaugurates its largest solar power plant cluster in Europe, near Sevilla in Spain. It … [continued]
Good things are happening in Africa, especially in the electric vehicle sector. We are starting to see significant traction in a number of countries on the African continent. In Ethiopia, a total ban on the import of fully built ICE cars has resulted in an incredible increase in the number … [continued]
Statement from the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project on yesterday’s congressional attack on clean transportation Yesterday, the U.S. Senate voted to block leading states Colorado and New Mexico from enforcing a suite of clean transportation policies designed to reduce pollution and accelerate adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). The Congressional Review Act … [continued]
Elon Musk said this week that there are no consumer demand concerns at Tesla*. However, he also said last year that they’d have sales growth in 2024, and it ended up they had a sales decline. He also said that Tesla would grow 50% a year on average in the … [continued]
People sometimes think that I go out intentionally looking for good news. I don’t, really. But sometimes I happen across it. And sometimes, it is just a matter of seeing things that can be hopeful when they are viewed together. I was thinking recently about the Great Green Wall of … [continued]
The International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE) has created a credibility crisis for itself. Originally established in 2003 as a collaborative intergovernmental initiative to promote hydrogen as a clean energy solution, IPHE has positioned itself prominently within the global energy conversation, claiming neutrality and scientific … [continued]
The Senate has used a procedural gimmick to get rid of the waiver California has had for 30 years to set its own emissions standards.
Detroit’s Solar Neighborhoods initiative deploys agrivoltaics to replace blighted properties with solar energy, urban farms, and biodiverdity restoration.
