BMW will be launching its new longer-range i3 electric vehicle at the Paris Motor Show, detailing the new 94 Ah lithium-ion cells, and the overall battery pack there. The new i3, as reported previously, will feature a 33 kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery pack and a real-world range of around 200 kilometers (~125 miles) per … [continued]
Originally published on Nexus Media. By Marlene Cimons “The heat made people crazy. They woke from their damp bed sheets and went in search of a glass of water, surprised to find that when their vision cleared, they were holding instead the gun they kept hidden in the bookcase.’’ This … [continued]
Originally published on Nexus Media. By Courtney St. John and Steve Hargreaves Nobody said the third industrial revolution would be easy. As is often the case with systemic change, it’s hard to see radical progress when you’re in the thick of a transition — and the energy transition is no different. Some … [continued]
Originally published on Nexus Media. By Jeremy Deaton This year we saw a solar-powered plane circumnavigate the globe and a solar-powered boat gear up to do the same. As of last week, we can add to that list of clean energy marvels the first-ever piloted flight of a solar-powered helicopter. … [continued]
Originally published at ilsr.org. Should utilities be able to add special fees on customers that have solar or small wind installations? Not only is it against Minnesota state law, but in our recent comments to the state’s Public Utilities Commission, we explain how one-off fees on customers using distributed generation to … [continued]
By Mark Leyse Dear Chairman Burns: You and the Commissioners approved the publication of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s decision to deny proposed regulations on improving evaluations of spent fuel pool fires, provided that the Staff’s draft of the decision was “subject to the attached edits.”[1] But what were the “edits” … [continued]
Originally published on WRI. By Toni Lindau and Bruno Felin The Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the first South American city to host the modern games, famously faced challenges in the run-up to the event – from construction delays to a polluted venue to worries about the Zika virus … [continued]
Originally published on IEEFA. By Seth Feaster, IEEFA data analyst Wind power has rapidly become a significant source of electricity in the U.S., doubling its share of generation in just five years, to 4.9 percent in 2015. The extremely low cost of wind power, along with cheap natural gas, has … [continued]
Originally published on Thoughts of a Lapsed Physicist. By Allan R. Hoffman, author of the recently published book The U.S. Government and Renewable Energy: A Winding Road When I was born, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was President of the United States. Since then I have lived through many presidential elections, … [continued]
Originally published on The Electric BMW i3. By Tom Moloughney What a difference three years makes. I was able to secure one of the first 2017 BMW i3 REx cars that made its way into US dealer inventory, compliments of Chris Chang, Sales Manager at BMW of Bloomfield here in … [continued]
