Net metering has become controversial in recent years and a rate hike for home solar owners in Nevada in December 2015 is the front lines of the brewing war. The Public Utilities Commission has created a new rate class for home solar, and it’s putting the distributed solar industry in … [continued]
ElectrIQ Power is a Palo Alto, California–based company offering a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, a charger, battery management, a DC to AC inverter, and a smart DC-DC converter in one system. Kevin Manning, Chief Revenue/Strategy Officer, answered some questions about the energy storage technology for CleanTechnica. 1. Your energy storage system includes an … [continued]
Following our articles on 1) battery preferences of electric car drivers & likely buyers and 2) range requirements + hypothetical range–price tradeoffs, in our 9th article pulled from Electric Cars: What Early Adopters & First Followers Want — a new report from CleanTechnica, EV Obsession, and GAS2 — the topic is charging, charging, charging. The other side of the range coin is … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon Russia, along with its Central Asian neighbors, could hit the 100% renewable electricity mark as soon as 2030, while actually significantly cutting costs rather than increasing them, according to a new study from Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland. According to the researchers, … [continued]
In my last article, I started discussing battery preferences of electric car drivers and likely buyers. In our 8th article pulled from Electric Cars: What Early Adopters & First Followers Want — a new report from CleanTechnica, EV Obsession, and GAS2 — we’re diving a lot deeper into the topic of batteries, specifically getting into required range and … [continued]
The top clean tech jobs for this week include listings for solar project managers and developers, solar sales, Tesla production, product development engineers, automated driving software engineers, an energy services manager, and more. As part of our collaboration with other projects within the Important Media network, we’ve partnered with our … [continued]
Distributed generation of electricity in Brazil showed a remarkably strong growth trend in 2015, as the number of connections grew 308%. This news is according to new figures published by Brazil’s energy regulator the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL). The figures account for micro-generation (systems up to 75 kW) and mini-generation … [continued]
Tesla is making an intentional, full-force push into China by way of focused attention on the dense urban centers, starting with Hong Kong. A recently released official Tesla Motors video supported a trip Elon made to the high-tech city where he was interviewed at Invest HK. Both videos brag about how … [continued]
This week, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted to keep the existing net metering regulation that plays a crucial role in enabling solar customers to generate power when they are not using it and “use it back” at a later time, only paying for the “net” usage on an annualized … [continued]
In our 7th article pulled from Electric Cars: What Early Adopters & First Followers Want — a new report from CleanTechnica, EV Obsession, and GAS2 — I’m jumping into some of the really juicy stuff — specific features people want, car classes people are interested in, and some specifics regarding batteries. We asked only the non-owners/lessees … [continued]
