Detroit Auto Show Preview: Personal Mobility Is The New Black
Personal mobility will take center stage at the NAIS International Auto Show in Detroit, with Ford providing a good example of the new trend.
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How To Develop Battery Swapping Stations
By Mira Inbar @Mirainbar When Tesla announced last year that it was going to build battery swapping stations, many journalists and industry insiders harkened back to the legacy of Better Place, the Israeli startup that built its business model around battery swapping stations. Better Place lost $812 million when it … [continued]
2014’s Top 10 Clean Energy Developments
Originally published on RMI. By Laurie Guevara-Stone 2014 was an exciting year for clean energy. And we’re not just talking about Rocky Mountain Institute and Carbon War Room merging in strategic alliance. Sure, that was exciting news, but there were many other remarkable clean energy developments that are helping bring … [continued]
German Solar Power Storage System Prices Drop 25%
Originally published on Planetsave. Prices for German solar power storage systems have reportedly fallen 25% since the spring. The data come from the German Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar). Also according to BSW-Solar, approximately 15,000 German households now use battery storage combined with solar power, and that number has been growing faster and … [continued]
2014 Weather And Climate Break World Records
Originally published on Planetsave. It isn’t official yet, but 2014 appears to have been the hottest year on the world temperature record. In December, during the U.N. climate talks in Lima, Peru (COP20), the World Meteorological Organization announced in a provisional statement that this conclusion about 2014 weather and climate … [continued]
Atlanta’s $98 Million Electric Streetcar System Now Open
The city of Atlanta’s $98 million initiative to bring electric streetcars back to the city is now finally starting to bear fruit, with the first section of a possible city-wide network now open to the public. This small loop of an electric streetcar system opened just a few days ago, … [continued]
Utility-Scale Solar Installations Surged For 5th Consecutive Year, Passed 10 GW
Worldwide utility-scale solar energy installations surged for a fifth consecutive year in 2014, as per new provisional figures from Wiki-Solar.org. This continuing surge in installations was aided by notable growth in the South American and African markets, but the big dogs were still Asia and North & Central America. The … [continued]
Meridian Energy Hands Over 131 MW Mt Mercer Wind Farm
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath NZ wind farm developer Meridian Energy has used the occasion of final handover of its 131MW Mt Mercer wind farm near Ballarat to champion the cause of the Renewable Energy Target, saying the success of the project shows 41,000 GWh by 2020 LRET … [continued]
Pope Francis Could Tip Balance Against Fossil Fuels
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Six years ago, Pope Benedict XVI installed more than 1,000 solar panels on the Vatican’s audience hall, helping him earn him the sobriquet of the “Green Pope”. Some time in the next few months, his successor Pope Francis may just go one step further. His actions … [continued]
Cleantech Trends of 2014 & 2015
We’ve already published several great articles on the 2014 highlights of wind power, cleantech investment, solar in India, Australia’s cleantech and climate action (or, rather, backtracking on these matters), and new electric cars. However, an overall cleantech trends wrap-up and view to the coming year seemed in order. First of … [continued]
