The 2014 Joint Research Centre’s wind status report shows that wind energy provided Europe with 8% of its electricity in 2014. According to the Joint Research Centre’s (JRC) 2014 wind status report, “2014 was overall a good year for the wind energy sector” in Europe. “The level of installations represented … [continued]
The International Energy Agency released figures for 2014 electricity generation in the OECD in 2014, highlighting the increase in renewable energy generation, which accounted for 22% of all electricity generated. However, that news is juxtaposed with the fact that the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) figures show that energy production across … [continued]
I was just in the Netherlands for a great cleantech tour, and there is a lot of good stuff happening in the land of flowers, bikes, and old-school windmills. However, the general consensus among the people I talked to was that not enough was happening to fight global warming. Of … [continued]
Originally published on TeslaMondo. Euro automakers lack Tesla’s balls. That’s the opinion of several European business leaders, speaking at a sustainable energy conference in Belgium. Euro business culture frowns upon failure and therefore clings to the status quo, leaving real innovation for a US-based guy like Don Quixote Musk, who has already said that … [continued]
Originally published on EnergyPost. By Karel Beckman Fully one-third of electricity produced in Europe last year came from renewable energy, reports ENTSO-E (the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity). Four years ago this was just 24%. The increased share of renewables has come at the expense of fossil … [continued]
A new combined report has revealed California as the first US state to surpass the 10,000 MW of installed solar capacity mark. The latest US Solar Market Insight Report published by GTM Research in conjunction with the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) showed that California now has more solar assets … [continued]
A ten-day meeting to hone the draft text of the Paris 2015 universal climate agreement has begun in Bonn, Germany. Presidents of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Lima COP20 (Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, the deft and diplomatic Environment Minister of Peru) and the upcoming Paris COP21 meetings (Laurent Fabius, who is … [continued]
The Solar1 solar boat racing competition is scheduled for July 9–11 this year in Monaco. (There was a similar competition last year, btw.) This international event hosts over 20 teams from a number of countries, including the Netherlands, Poland, Italy, the US, Germany, Belgium, Turkey, and Brazil. There was also … [continued]
Have some free time on your hands? Here you go, use it up: Tesla Tesla History — How Much Do You Know? (Video) SolarCity and Tesla Will Change The World 340+ Mile Tesla Roadster Upgrade Due Out In August After Driving a Tesla, Everyone Should Drive an ICE Tesla CEO Elon Musk Takes Japan’s … [continued]
As a follow-up to our previous coverage on a recent lawsuit filed against the government of the Netherlands by a coalition of ~600 citizens — on account of that government’s failure to take any substantial action with regard to addressing climate change — a similar case is also in the … [continued]
