Here’s a great infographic a friend passed along. It’s focused on solar power in Canada, but it actually has a lot in it that’s relevant elsewhere. The infographic comes from Solar Income Fund (as you can see on the bottom). Have a look:
Some reminders why we do what we do. Some good climate resources. Some climate science news. And some climate policy & politics news. What Will Be The Biggest Political Story Of 2032? (Climate Progress) Temperature History Proves Earth Is Hottest It’s Been In 11,300 Years (Planetsave) Bombshell: Recent Warming Is ‘Amazing And Atypical’ … [continued]
Didn’t get enough solar, wind, EV, or bike news from us this week? Check out these 11 stories: Solar & Wind Combining Social & Energy Policy Analysis: Renewables Turn Utilities Into Dinosaurs of the Energy World Other People’s Money: How Crowdfunding Lowers Cost of Solar 40×35: A Zero-Carbon Energy Target for … [continued]
Toyota, like many other manufacturers of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), have been trying to get these new, efficient, and expensive vehicles off the ground. The Japanese manufacturer wants to sell as many as 13,000 Prius plug-in hybrids this year and is offering significant discounts to attain that target (especially … [continued]
Beijing is about to introduce a variety of new policies that should help to speed up the rate of electric vehicle adoption in the city, and help to reduce its dangerous levels of air pollution, according to state media reports. Among the most significant of these new policies is a … [continued]
Tesla Motors has been facing some opposition from The Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association (MADA) with regards to its plan to begin opening retail stores in Minnesota. MADA recently introduced a law which would make it illegal for carmakers to operate dealerships within the state, shortly after they became aware of … [continued]
Looking to put an abandoned, open pit iron mine to good use, Toronto’s Northland Power intends to transform the former Bethlehem Steel site between Ottawa and Toronto into a 400 megawatt (MW) pumped hydro power storage facility.
If you really want an indicator of just how close we are to a more sustainable energy future, take a look at what’s going on over at United Arab Emirates (UAE), deep in the heart of the world’s most notoriously prolific petroleum-exporting region. UAE’s Masdar Institute of Science and Technology … [continued]
… but I’m about to justify (or at least rationalize) the failure. Two years in a row, our CleanTechnica reader surveys indicated that most of our readers (or at least most survey respondents) didn’t want us to publish 10+ stories a day. Unfortunately (but fortunately), there’s a ton of big … [continued]
Establishing a single national policy and regulatory standard for residential solar energy systems that grants “homeowners the right to install a standardized, under 10 kW system, using UL-listed components, following National Electrical Code standards, installed by a qualified contractor subject to a single local inspection,” should be the first step taken, SFN contends.
