Originally published on EV Obsession. Making a good example of just how anticipated the 2016 model year of the Chevy Volt was, it’s been revealed that roughly 86% of all Chevy Volts sold during November 2015 were of the 2016 model year. This means that year-on-year sales are up around … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. One of India’s leading information technology companies, Infosys, has been designated a finalist for the coveted Zayed Future Energy Prize. The nomination is the result of the company’s dedicated and sustained effort to make its operations environmentally sustainable, including an aim to be carbon neutral by … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Nissan is planning to add an electric vehicle with a range extender sometime in the future, according to recent reports. The deputy general manager of electric car engineering at Nissan, Yoshi Shimoida, commented recently to Motoring that, “In the future, Nissan will add to the … [continued]
Check out these hot posts of the week if you missed any of them, or dive into the comments and see what kind of controversy got stirred up: My Model S Has Ruined Cars For Me (via the Tesla Motors Club forum) 18650 Sodium-Ion Battery Developed At RS2E (via EV Obsession) Next Solar Cell … [continued]
Originally published on Clean Power Research. By Gavin Novotny Is it possible to save more money by combining an electric vehicle (EV) with a home solar PV system rather than considering each individually? Often the answer is yes, and the additional savings can be substantial. To help energy consumers answer … [continued]
Following up on CleanTechnica‘s latest “US Electricity Generation Report,” here’s our latest “US Electricity Capacity Report.” The story in October is what it has been on numerous occasions in the past year — renewable energy accounted for 100% of new electricity generation capacity additions. Wind and solar accounted for 98% … [continued]
Approximately one year ago, I decided to start adding small-scale solar generation (mostly rooftop solar generation) estimates to the electricity generation data the US Energy Information Administration provides (see our exclusive “US Electricity Generation Reports” for previous reports on that matter), and to also start adding estimates to small-scale solar capacity additions to data gathered by the … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. Off Grid Electric is a leading small business advancing clean energy in the developing world. It has created a distributed solar power model and currently provides services in Tanzania and Rwanda. Many people in these countries don’t have enough money to buy solar power systems, so … [continued]
Several months ago, I published an article sourcing ideas for CleanTechnica schwag. We got some great suggestions that we intend to move forward on. To kick things off, though, we’re offering simple CleanTechnica-branded T-shirts and hoodies (thanks to Sara Cobble, the daughter of one of CleanTechnica‘s long-time readers, for doing most of … [continued]
A few months ago, I wrote a piece for GE Look Ahead, a project of The Economist Group, about the future of solar energy — particularly, costs and how “breakthrough” technologies could play into the story (or not). For the piece, I interviewed some of the leaders in the solar energy research realm. An initial … [continued]
