In case our clean transportation news hasn’t kept you busy enough, below are a bunch more stories that you might like to read. Drop more in the comments if you have some. Tesla Tesla Loss Of Battery Range Less Than Feared Five Days At The Airport (Vampire Loss) Model X … [continued]
Navigant Research has released a report stating that 696.7 megawatts (MW) of global energy storage projects (excluding pumped hydro) were announced in 2014–2015, with much coming in Q3 2014 to Q1 2015. North America had 436.4 MW of the whole amount. The report cites the total global number of energy storage … [continued]
The second Global Sustainable Investment Review report published by the Global Sustainable Investment Association confirms that global sustainable investment reached $21.4 trillion at the outset of 2014, up from $13.3 trillion at the same time two years earlier. The report, helpfully named exactly the same as the organization that exists … [continued]
Solar power is set to become the cheapest power source in many parts of the world by 2025, according to a new study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems commissioned by Agora Energiewende. The independent think-tank of 18 experts conclude that by 2025 the cost of producing power in … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. A major new study says policy makers and energy planners are still underestimating the cost potential of large scale solar, and that within in a decade, it will be cheapest form of power and will fall to 2c/kWh. A major new study from a leading German … [continued]
The fourth quarter of 2014 saw winds playing very much against type, according to AWS Truepower’s Wind Trends Bulletin. The Wind Trends Bulletin, released quarterly by consulting consulting firm AWS Truepower, provides wind operators, investors, and plant-owners with expert analysis of wind conditions for use with wind energy resources. According … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. There are currently two things missing from the Australian solar market right now – a fair price for electricity exported from rooftop panels back into the grid, and a corporate customer base that could support large scale solar. So, may be it’s time for your bank … [continued]
Editor’s Note: As the Solar Love repost below notes, North Carolina is not the friendliest state in the Union to those who want to install solar panels on their roofs. As such, it has kept out all of the big US residential solar power players… until now. Sungevity has used its … [continued]
Japan is now home to more electric vehicle (EV) charging points than gas stations — with there now being more 40,000 EV charging points as compared to 34,000 gas stations, according to recent reports. That’s not even including normal electrical sockets, where electric cars can also charge. Of course the comparison … [continued]
Over 450 separate events in 60 different countries helped make Global Divestment Day a huge success, according to the organizers of the event. “From the Pacific Islands to South Africa, from the United States to Germany, we stood up to demand that our governments, universities and financial and religious institutions … [continued]
