Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute. By Erik G. Fowler, Douglas Miller, and Brett Bridgeland In 1961, President Kennedy presented the challenge to land an American on the Moon in 10 years or less. This seemingly impossible goal unlocked a national spirit of ingenuity and became a reality just eight … [continued]
For a quick summary of the progress of world negotiations on climate change so far, the Climate Group has produced a simple but expressive infographic (below is part of it, click to enlarge). At Tuesday’s Lima COP20 meeting, the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action … [continued]
Korea’s largest manufacturer of high-end batteries, LG Chem, recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of its new EV-battery manufacturing plant in Nanjing, China. The plant is being constructed in China in order to help meet the growing needs of the exploding Chinese market. Once completed, the Nanjing battery … [continued]
The California-based SMASHsolar Inc has been awarded a $1 million accelerator grant by the US Department of Energy in order to aid the introduction of the company’s snap-together PV module mounting system — the SMASH PowerStation — to the market, according to recent reports. According to the company, the SMASH … [continued]
FCEV unicorn watch: The US Energy Dept. has just launched a new $1 million R&D prize to promote home-scale hydrogen for fuel cell electric vehicles.
Clean Power Research — a solar research, consultation, and software development firm — recently won the Innovative Solar Partner of the Year Award for its work cooperating with utilities to bring distributed solar interconnection processes online via proprietary software. By bringing said processes online, some of the “soft costs” associated … [continued]
Rocky Mountain Institute. In Part 1 we explored one of the gamechangers that would allow China to transition from fossil fuels to energy efficiency and renewable supply—oil-free mobility. In Part 2, we explore two other gamechangers that would allow China to reinvent fire—adopting integrative design for efficiency in buildings and … [continued]
By Mark Watts, Executive Director of C40 In September, all eyes were on New York City, which hosted the UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit. As part of Climate Week NYC, the summit provided space for several major announcements around the important role that cities have to play in reducing global … [continued]
The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) will be hosting its second annual cleantech Global Showcase (GloSho’14) on October 6-7, 2014 at the historic Los Angeles Theatre Center in Downtown LA. Last year’s inaugural event attracted over 400 participants from more than 20 countries. GloSho’14 will once again convene an international group of … [continued]
During my speaking tour in Ukraine last year*, I gave 4 speeches in 3 different locations. A couple of the speeches were recorded by a professional videographer and were supposed to be passed on to me, but it seems that the people who were working on that got distracted with … [continued]
