We recently covered SimpliPhi Power’s history, levelized cost of energy (LCOE) figures, and the exciting automated home it enabled in New York. We ran into the company again at Solar Power International last month and arranged for a visit to its corporate HQ in Ojai, California, to sit down with CEO Catherine Von Burg and CTO Stuart Lennox … [continued]
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Mark Dyson Earlier this week the seventh annual Climate Week NYC concluded. Late last week the U.S. and China announced bold new climate commitments. And the world at large is optimistically looking ahead to COP 21 in Paris in December. Climate is undoubtedly center … [continued]
Originally published on WRI. By Jennifer Morgan This December, negotiators from nearly 200 countries will convene in Paris with the aim of forging a legally-binding international climate agreement. The new pact will incorporate more ambitious national commitments to address climate change than ever before. What is the proper yardstick for … [continued]
Scotland’s renewable energy industry displaced a record 12.3 million tonnes of CO2 emissions during 2014. According to data released in response to a Parliamentary Question tabled by Scottish MP Callum McCaig and answered by the UK Energy Minister, Andrea Leadsom, Scotland’s renewable energy industry prevented more than one million tonnes … [continued]
As Chevrolet prepares to make the much-anticipated 2016 Volt available in several lucky states (and Canada), we’re all anxious to see how the new model looks compared to earlier versions of the Volt. At the 2016 Chevy Volt media drive this week in San Francisco, I was fortunate to see many of … [continued]
G20 energy ministers wrapped up their first ever conference with a bang, endorsing renewable energy as the path to reducing “energy poverty.”
Originally published on the ECOreport British Columbia doesn’t have anything like the PACE program, which allows Californians to finance solar panels, energy-saving windows, and other energy efficiency projects through their property taxes. A new study from the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS), at the University of Victoria, shows that … [continued]
New Jersey is finally getting its hands on offshore wind energy despite a seemingly tight relationship between its Governor and the notorious Koch brothers.
Billions of euro of public finance are being committed to energy efficiency. According to the International Energy Agency, private investors and lenders are also ‘increasingly interested’ in investing in energy efficiency. Key drivers include ever-tightening legislation along with a host of well-established co-benefits – increased energy security, better air quality, reduced fuel poverty, … [continued]
Originally published in Global Island News by Energy Excelerator’s Director, Dawn Lippert The grid has never changed faster, and this sea of change has its own navigators. We are experiencing this sea of change first, here in Hawaii. I recently attended the 2015 Aspen-Institute Clean Energy Innovation Forum, an impressive … [continued]
