Ford is apparently very interested in moving the last remaining stock of its 2014 C-Max Hybrid and C-Max Energi models, based on recent moves made by the company. The most notable of those moves is the doubling of its incentives for the 2014 Ford C-Max models. When taken together with … [continued]
An extensive pilot project based around the use of highly efficient, lightweight electric buses is gearing up for launch in the city of Helsinki, Finland. With Helsinki Region Transport (HSL) and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland functioning as the pilot backers, the technologies of electric buses, quick-charge batteries, and … [continued]
South Africa is celebrating yet another success of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Programme with the operationalisation of the country’s first concentrated solar power plant. Abengoa and Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) have commissioned a 100 MW solar thermal power project that they had jointly secured during the first auctions of … [continued]
Samsung SDI will be supplying the battery packs for BMW’s X5 plug in hybrid electric SUV, the BMW X5 eDrive — that’s what insiders at the company are saying anyways, according to a new report from Yonhap. Given that the market research firm IHS has made similar predictions, the prediction … [continued]
China’s north-western province of Shaanxi has given the green light to a batch of new wind power projects in an area that’s fast emerging as one of the country’s inland clean energy hubs. The People’s Daily reports that Shaanxi’s development and reform commission has given the go-ahead to a pair of 100-megawatt (MW) … [continued]
Getting back on the wagon and sharing the many video interviews I recorded in Abu Dhabi, below is another one. This one is with Richenda van Leeuwen of the UN Foundation, one of my new favorite people. Richenda is Executive Director, Energy and Climate, Energy Access Initiative team, and also a CleanTechnica … [continued]
Are you a clean energy news addict? The people in the comments here on CleanTechnica can help you. After checking out all of our clean transport pieces (all 9,086 of them), here are more from around the interwebbies for you to enjoy: All Renewables Electricity 2.0 — Distributed Renewables Will Change Everything No … [continued]
Are you a clean transport news addict? You’ve come to the right place. After checking out all of our clean transport pieces (all 4,422 of them), here are more from around the interwebbies: All Electric Vehicles Tesla, Nissan, & BMW Take Gold, Silver, & Bronze (US February EV Sales) Tesla Please Sign Petition … [continued]
Originally published on 1Sun4All. The Solar Impulse Team announced this morning via Twitter: NEWS FLASH: @andreborschberg will do the #RTW departure & @bertrandpiccard the arrival! #AbuDhabi pic.twitter.com/ySZEndupcY — Solar Impulse Foundation (@solarimpulse) March 5, 2015 Bertrand Piccard said via his Twitter account: “Andre Borschberg & I will each fly over an ocean – he will do the mythical … [continued]
Why wait 180 days for rooftop solar when you can get it in seven days? The new 7-Day Solar prize for low cost solar installations will settle that question.
