The new €600 million data center Google is building in Eemshaven in the Netherlands will be completely powered by renewable energy from its first day of operation. This new announcement from Google on its Green Blog touts the new long-term agreement the internet and advertising giant has signed. Google has signed a 10-year power … [continued]
By Brandon Chase, Fellow at the Clean Energy Leadership Institute Wind turbines and solar panels both use natural resources to produce clean, renewable energy. However, the intermittency of these energy sources (i.e. speed and availability of wind is uncertain and solar production varies with cloud cover and time of day) … [continued]
The German automaker Audi is reportedly considering releasing a plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) version of the popular R8 Sportscar, in addition to the all-electric “e-tron” version set to be released in early 2015. The all-electric e-tron version of the R8 is set to possess a range of around 250 miles … [continued]
Toyota’s upcoming release of its first production fuel cell vehicle is certainly something of a gamble — as you no doubt already know — but could the company actually end up losing as much as $100,000 on every unit sold? Possibly. Or at least that’s what one analyst is arguing. … [continued]
The country of Bangladesh has installed over 3 million new residential solar energy systems (as of May 2014), with support coming from the World Bank and other various agencies, according to recent reports. To be exact, the recorded number was 3.1 million new systems — with more than 15 million people now … [continued]
Most car dealerships aren’t exactly known for their pro-EV positions, or even, for that matter, a willingness to promote EVs at all. As a result, EV sales usually only comprise a minor portion of any dealership’s total sales. But that generalization apparently doesn’t hold true everywhere — as evidenced by … [continued]
The leadership of one of the largest solar PV manufacturers in the world, SunPower, is banking on the rather blunt predication that the solar energy industry will become a $5 trillion dollar industry within only 20 years, according to recent statements. The company’s head, Tom Werner, made the prediction at … [continued]
China’s renewable energy ambitions are starting to become more clear thanks to a number of recent announcements — perhaps the most important takeaway of this new clarity is the revelation that the government there is aiming to install roughly 1300 MW of new renewable energy capacity a week, in order … [continued]
Negative impacts of rooftop solar will fall on investors: potential earnings could drop +40% in some scenarios. Ratepayers will be relatively unaffected.
Originally published on Planetsave. Tesla Motors announced late last night (well, late last night over here in Europe) that it was implementing some factory upgrades. Going from a production of 0 not very many years ago to 22,000 last year, and then to 35,000 this year, has been quite a … [continued]
