Originally published in the ECOreport HERO Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) is now available in 186 Californian cities and counties. The County of San Mateo and Woodside have opted in and the number of communities in the Bay area is approaching two dozen. PACE has returned to Berkeley, the birthplace … [continued]
You may remember a lovely “family-sized” solar-powered electric car named Stella. She raced in last year’s World Solar Challenge and won in the Michelin Cruiser Class. Reportedly, the Eindhoven crew behind the solar-powered car is looking to commercialize it within 5–10 years. Perhaps the US trip is aimed at connecting with potential … [continued]
The Central Asian country Kazakhstan is looking hard at its heavy dependence on coal & setting an ambitious long term renewable energy target for 2050.
There’s no getting around the fact that clean energy took a popularity hit, particularly among Republicans, with the fossil lobby’s 2011 subterfuge: the phony Solyndra non-“scandal.” We can now say with confidence that there was never any “there there” (“hat tip” to normally pro-fossil fuels Joe Nocera, who wrote that … [continued]
The Asian Development Bank is set to release $150 to fund the further development of a renewable energy transmission network across India.
Continuum’s 170 MW wind energy project in Madhya Pradesh, India, has received funding from the International Finance Corporation and Yes Bank.
Originally published in the ECOreport The first 100% green grid is online, figuratively speaking. Philip Hiersemenzel of Younicos said there is no such thing as a Mecklenberg grid (the part of Germany in question), only a European continental grid that stretches from Poland to Portugal, from the northern tip of Denmark … [continued]
“With the failure of international agreements to fight climate change, the way is open to viewing the role of renewables as more than agents for reducing carbon emissions.” So writes John Mathews, a professor of strategic management at Macquarie University, and Hao Tan, a senior lecturer with Newcastle Business School, … [continued]
New Zealand’s Green Party is proposing ambitious renewable energy targets & electric vehicle goals as part of it current national campaign.
NCSEA’s “Making Energy Work,” in Charlotte, NC, Oct 1&2, 2014 Originally published in the ECOreport More than 600 local, regional and national attendees are expected at the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association’s 6th Annual Conference in Charlotte. “Making Energy Work” is a coming together of industry, utilities and customers, and … [continued]
