As a result of its sale of aftermarket defeat devices to improve performance, and the increased emissions that accompanied the use of these “super tuners,” Harley-Davidson has agreed to pay a $12 million civil fine, the US Justice Department has revealed. The agreed-upon settlement brings to a resolution the US … [continued]
Two new studies conducted by Berkeley Labs have concluded that the median installed price of solar in the United States fell by 5% to 12% in 2015. The conclusions are part and parcel of the latest editions of two recurring “state of the market” reports published by the Department of Energy’s … [continued]
I have grown accustomed to things closing down early in Southwest Florida. I do like the quiet of an evening here. Yet, planning a 140-mile trip during late-night hours with CleanTechnica‘s nocturnal site director on a tight schedule (coming over from Europe for a few days) is a bit of a challenge. … [continued]
As a CleanTechnica reader, you are forced to attend the upcoming EV Transportation & Technology Summit — literally, forced. Okay, let’s just calm down a little bit. More seriously, the upcoming EV Transportation & Technology Summit in Cocoa, Florida, looks like it’s going to be an excellent EV education and networking opportunity, and I … [continued]
A common polymer the thickness of a large virus could bring about a “sustainable revolution” of low cost, high volume, rapid payback solar cells
It sounds like the name of a DC Comics villain, but Otswald Ripening could become the hero of the perovskite solar cell field.
SunPower won 39.1 MW of solar power and energy storage projects in the French West Indies and Corsica. These are French non-interconnected zones, and the government of France is considering sustainable electric systems for islands. “SunPower applauds the French government for promoting solar power development in the ZNI, and its forward-thinking approach to integrating … [continued]
Pop quiz: You arrive at the annual church picnic in your brand new Tesla. You park amidst a variety of gasoline, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Having the only pure electric vehicle at the event, you are soon surrounded by a crowd of gawkers, cooing and praising your beautiful automobile. … [continued]
Originally published on Planetsave. With a state of emergency covering four Florida counties, the stench and slime from toxic blue-green algae blooms in the state are covering the international media. It’s not a sweet sight, but it smells conspicuously like sugar. Big Sugar, to be exact. Environmental scientists and experts … [continued]
A previous CleanTechnica article reviewed the basics of power generation. That article is a good primer for this follow-up article delving deeper into the subject. How do we most efficiently integrate the maximum amount of renewables into the grid? Let’s start with understanding how things work. As first-order simplification, we … [continued]
