Here’s some more electric vehicle news from around the interwebs: How can you get a Tesla Model S in Russia? One tech pioneer shows the way in this Russia Tesla Model S adventure of sorts. (EV Obsession) http://youtu.be/i3wTYcIzc7w http://youtu.be/i3nnqg0WEFU The BMW i8 may only be available to a couple hundred people, … [continued]
Here’s some more solar energy news from around the interwebs: Michigan State University researchers have made some progress on transparent solar cells, a technology we’ve been covering for years but is yet to make it out of the lab. Michigan State’s transparent solar cells aren’t going to be commercialized anytime … [continued]
A Tesla Model S owner on one of the Tesla forums recently started a thread with that title above. He then proceeded to end the sentence 17 different ways, before asking others to do the same. Below are a few of my favorites from the Tesla enthusiasts (with some formatting changed for … [continued]
Volvo’s plug-in 7900 Electric Hybrid bus will be officially launched in September, at the International IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover, Germany, according to recent reports. The International IAA Commercial Vehicles show will be held from September 25th through October 2nd at the city’s exhibition center. According to Volvo — … [continued]
China’s Hareon Solar is just one of many renewable energy companies looking to take advantage of Indian government support of solar power development.
3,350 MW worth of new solar PV projects were recently announced by the China-based company Hareon Solar Technology. The projects, which have all now been signed off on, are set to be developed throughout China and Turkey. In accompaniment to these deals, Hareon has reportedly secured financing from two large … [continued]
EIA electricity statistics for the first six months of 2014 Originally Published in the ECOreport Listening to the percentages, it sounds like America’s usage of green energy sources made strong gains during the first half of 2014. They supplied 10.4% more electricity than last year. Utility scale solar is up … [continued]
Even though buyers in the US are still waiting on the release of the first version of Mitsubishi’s Outlander PHEV, it appears that the European market is already set to receive a new variant of the model. The new variant will, reportedly, be a “van” of sorts — though apparently … [continued]
Chinese solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing company Hanwha SolarOne announced its second quarter earnings on Thursday, reportedly narrowing its net loss to $8.8 million, a significant improvement on a year earlier, with shipments up 4.9%. However, those were the only positive points from another lackluster second quarter financial earnings report from … [continued]
The renewable energy industry is expected to see a significant slowing over the next five years, according to the International Energy Agency, unless political and policy uncertainty is dealt with. These were the findings from the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) third annual Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report, released Thursday. According … [continued]
