Originally published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) has announced that a project at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is among 22 projects that will receive funding to develop transformational electric vehicle (EV) energy storage systems using innovative chemistries, … [continued]
Originally published on Ecopreneurist. If you could help plant more trees, just by switching your search engine from the one made by the tech giant that rhymes with bugle, wouldn’t you do so in a heartbeat? After all, trees are the lungs of the planet, and right now, we need some … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy Australian wave energy company Oceanlinx on Friday formally launched what it claims to be the first 1MW wave-energy-to-electricity unit in Port MacDonnell, South Australia. The machine – the first commercial scale unit launched by the company – will go through a 12-month testing period and consider … [continued]
Originally published on the Rocky Mountain Institute. By Laurie Guevara-Stone. On a small island off the coast of Denmark, a group of potato farmers have turned into power brokers, owning the wind turbines that have made their island a net energy producer. In less than ten years, Samsø went from … [continued]
NRG Energy has recently completed the first phase of the Solar array project for Levi’s Stadium, the future home of the National Football League’s San Fransisco 49ers. The new venue, scheduled to open up for next season, is aiming to have the NFL’s first sustainability and LEED standards, integrated with its … [continued]
Originally published on Cost of Solar. Photo Credit: DECCgovuk / CC BY-ND Solar power for homes is just getting rolling. It is projected to grow many times over in the coming decades and even simply in the coming few years. When discussing this, it’s hard to come up with a great analogy. We … [continued]
Two weeks ago, I listened – incredulously – to Minnesota’s largest utility, Xcel Energy, suggest that solar energy offers its ratepayers no value as an environmental hedge against carbon emissions or as a price hedge against natural gas fuel price fluctuations. See and share the infographic related to this post … [continued]
The leaders of British Columbia, California, Oregon, and Washington just formally joined forces to reduce emissions and transition toward renewables by signing the Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy, committing to link and maintain their respective climate and renewable energy policies.
Originally published on EV Obsession. I’m a big fan of ranking… just like the rest of you. However, I generally hate that most rankings are presented in absolute terms rather than relative terms. For example, there are many rankings of the “best electric car cities” based on the total number … [continued]
Stem Inc. offers commercial and industrial customers advanced energy storage solutions for no upfront cost, allowing immediate energy savings. The company announced at the end of last week that it has now landed $5 million in funding from Clean Feet Investors I, LLC (CFI) in order to continue this offering. Just as solar … [continued]
