Everyone knows that Texas loves setting records. It’s a big state with a big view of itself. When it comes to wind power, Texas does certainly set its fair share of records. From wind power generation records to wind energy storage records to wind farm size records to more wind power … [continued]
This article was originally published on Climate Progress. By Tiffany Germain and Matt Kasper As the Heartland Institute and the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, continue to target states’ renewable energy standard (RES) with their model legislation — the Electricity Freedom Act — conservative lawmakers are using other unethical tactics to … [continued]
Nissan recently started testing its New Mobility Concept vehicles using a novel testing method; lending them to mothers in an effort to determine whether the vehicles were useful in taking the kids to school, doing the shopping, and running errands.
Walmart has been busy in pushing solar power in the past week. Hot off the heels of increasing their solar installations in Hawaii, the retail giant — along with SolarCity — is putting up new rooftop solar systems on a dozen Walmart and Sam’s Club outlets in Ohio. The new panels … [continued]
The CEO of Duke Energy corporation, Jim Rogers, is the head of what is now the largest utility in the U.S. And he has announced that Duke Energy is considering expansion into the rooftop solar panel market… because it reduces electricity demand.
One bit of malarkey I see trotted out every now and then is that wind is too diffuse a source of energy and requires too much land to be practical. Well, if that’s the case then coal power must be even more impractical because the coal fueled Hazelwood Power Plant … [continued]
As just noted in my solar & wind roundup, if you’re interested in checking out an insane number of solar & wind stories that CleanTechnica hasn’t covered, check out this Google Doc. Whereas, if you’re simply somewhere in between being as cleantech-obsessed as me and feeling sad when you get to the end … [continued]
For an insane number of solar & wind stories CleanTechnica hasn’t covered, check out this Google Doc. If you’re somewhere in between being as cleantech-obsessed as me and feeling sad when you get to the end of our daily posts on solar and wind power, simply check out these top … [continued]
Future360 has developed a good habit of catching up with leading cleantech investors and entrepreneurs and getting a few key tips out of them for up-and-coming (or potentially up-and-coming) cleantech entrepreneurs. I’m reposting three of them below. This first video is of Jigar Shah, perhaps the most well known solar … [continued]
Reposted from Lenz Blog (image added): By Karl-Friedrich Lenz This blog post at the Tesla Motors site is from 2006, but it was at the top spot in the “Energy” section of Reddit.com yesterday, so I found it that way. In it, Tesla co-founder Elon Musk describes his “secret master plan” to get electrical cars on the street … [continued]
