A 35 MW solar power carport with 90,000 solar panels was launched the first week of May in the Netherlands. Biddinghuizen is the solar carport location, which is the same site for the annual Lowlands music festival. The festival receives tens of thousands of visitors each year, so the parking … [continued]
The key is to store energy produced when renewable generation capacity is high, so we can use it later when we need it.
Managing a fleet has never been easy. The successful fleet manager must have the administrative and asset management skills to optimize the fleet vehicles – plus, the management skills to handle a diverse team of drivers. Add to those requirements the ability to adapt to a rapidly changing technological and … [continued]
Remittances are the largest source of capital inflows into low and middle-income countries. However, unrecorded flows through informal channels are thought to be at least 50% larger than these inflows that come via official channels. In Zimbabwe for example, official Reserve Bank figures show that remittances surged from $1 billion … [continued]
In several previous articles, I’ve covered the slow emergence of electric vans. If you’re laser-focused on the environment, electric vans are exciting because they’ll allow many commercial vehicles to go electric. Most work vans today run on gas or diesel, aren’t hybrid, and therefore get disgusting gas mileage in the … [continued]
Humans generate a remarkable amount of garbage: over 2 billion tons per year. Can startups help to alleviate this problem? Are home recycling devices practical?
A hotter version of the Volkswagen ID.3 is coming, probably next year.
Charging isn’t always quick and easy when on road trips. While DC fast charging stations like Tesla’s Superchargers or Electrify America are now easy to find along most interstates and many other roads, there are still rural patches where you’ll need to pick up some juice on Level 2 or … [continued]
Goodyear is on a mission to replace petroleum-based tire materials with soybean oil and other new sources of sustainable rubber.
Small 14- to 35-seater minibus taxis, known as matatus, play a major role in providing transport services for urban commutes in Kenya. Estimates put Kenya’s minibus and bus fleet at just over 100,000 vehicles. Matatu is Swahili for the number three. It is believed the name stuck from the 1970s … [continued]
