Originally published on 1Sun4All. Monaco Control Center (MCC) has cleared Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) for take off on its 5th flight, flying from Mandalay (Mandalay International Airport, MDL/VYMD) in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, to Chongqing (Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, CKG/ZUCK) in the People’s Republic of China. Solar Impulse announced that Bertrand Piccard will fly … [continued]
Following close on the announcement of its intent to release 10 new plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) models by the year 2017, Mercedes-Benz just unveiled its first production plug-in hybrid electric SUV, the GLE550 e 4MATIC. The fast announcement of the high-performance plug-in model does seem to show that the company … [continued]
Locus Energy makes software and analytics for the management of large solar power systems. What follows is an interview with CEO and founder Michael Herzig. 1. You have over 60,000 systems installed. Could you give a few examples of how they function and what they manage? Locus Energy has developed … [continued]
By José Cordeiro All the armies in the world are not as powerful as an idea whose time has come. —Victor Hugo, 1854 If you find a prediction reasonable, than it is probably wrong, because the future is not reasonable; it is fantastic! —Arthur C. Clarke, 1964 Thirty years from now there … [continued]
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has asked all Indian states to come up with their own state level policy and targets, as part of the country’s efforts to increase its solar power installations. In a written reply to a question in India’s parliament, the minister for power, coal, and renewable energy, Piyush Goyal, stated … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath “It’s time to join the revolution.” That was the message delivered by leading investment bank UBS in a note to clients last August that predicted investment in electric vehicles – plus rooftop solar, plus battery storage – would be as low as 6-8 … [continued]
The Canadian province of British Columbia will once again soon be home to a purchase rebate program for electric cars — the Clean Energy Vehicle incentive program, to be specific — according to recent reports. The incentive program will go back into effect starting on April 1st — so, only … [continued]
Want to laugh your ass off? Of course you do. Following a very long line of descent that goes back at least to the time of the ancient Greeks, satire has remained one of the most effective ways of making people lol to the point of crying, while also getting … [continued]
An impressive new offering for the good of marine electric propulsion systems was recently unveiled by ABB — one that requires, quite impressively, up to 25% less installed power than earlier models. This new model, known as the Azipod D, also allows for greater design flexibility, as compared to other … [continued]
The Volkswagen Group’s decision on what exactly to do with the solid-state energy storage technology currently under development by the company QuantumScape will be made sometime before July, according to a recent report from Bloomberg. That report — which cited the Chairman of the Board of Management, Professor Martin Winterkorn … [continued]
