What Are The Primary Clean Energy Sources For Cities Of The Future?
Cities aren’t energy islands but can still take advantage of more wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal and other forms of clean energy.
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10 Cleantech Billionaires
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Cleantech Billionaires
Michael Bloomberg (net worth on 5/13/17 — $48.8 billion) Michael Bloomberg cofounded his financial information and media company after spending 15 entry-level years with Salomon Brothers. He has donated more than $4 billion to gun control, climate change, and other causes, including $30 million in support for the Sierra Club’s … [continued]
RenewableUK Lays Out Renewable Energy Future For “Powering Britain”
The United Kingdom’s trade body for wind, wave, and tidal energy, RenewableUK, has published its manifesto outlining the role renewable energy can play in building a strong energy future for the country.
European Wind Power Investments To Slow In 2017 After €43 Billion In 2016
Bloomberg New Energy Finance predicts that, despite impressive European wind power investment figures in 2016, new investment will slow in 2017 due to policy revisions and continued technology price declines.
San Francisco Goodwill Taps BYD To Supply 11 Zero-Emission Electric Trucks To Bay Area
The San Francisco Goodwill, with support from the California Air Resources Board and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, has awarded BYD a contract for 11 electric trucks into its operations around the Bay Area.
Record Low Offshore Wind Prices Not Yet Affecting European Policymakers
The last 10 months of offshore wind development has seen prices plummet, with ever lower bids and the world’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farms, but policymakers do not yet appear to be taking note of this new offshore wind reality.
Panasonic Opens Its 1st EV Battery Factory In China
In line with the fast-growing EV market, Panasonic is opening a new EV battery factory in China — the world’s #1 EV market. Panasonic is known for partnering with Tesla — they have been building Gigafactory 1 and improving lithium-ion battery cell chemistry together.
Tesla Has An Army Of Kuka Robots Waiting To Be Installed On Model 3 Assembly…
Visitors to the Tesla factory report pallets loaded with Kuka robots everywhere waiting to be installed ahead of the start of production for the Model 3.
More Than 54 Gigawatts Of New Wind Power Installed In 2016, Competing With “Subsidized Incumbents”
The annual report from the Global Wind Energy Council was published on Tuesday, revealing that more than 54 gigawatts of new wind energy was installed during 2016, and that the technology is now competing with “heavily subsidized incumbents across the globe.”
