Panasonic Eco Solutions North America has executed a 500kW solar PV plant for the University of Colorado Boulder. The system was developed and built by Panasonic with local support from Lighthouse Solar. Financing was provided by a subsidiary of Renewable Social Benefits Fund, which works with Panasonic to finance distributed … [continued]
Opower is the world’s leading provider of customer engagement solutions for the utility industry (whatever that means) and last week it announced that it had saved residential energy customers in the United States a total of two terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity nationwide as a result of its behaviour-based efficiency platform. … [continued]
Anyone recently wanting to drive their electric vehicle from Washington to California may have been adding a few extra days to their travel to ensure enough time to charge their cars up to full capacity. However, five new quick-charge stations installed along the interstate system now give EV drivers the … [continued]
A group of international energy leaders were recently on a panel for “Sustainable Energy for All,” a major UN initiative aimed at making “sustainable energy” available for all people or the world by 2030, at the recent World Future Energy Summit (part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week). The panel was a bit … [continued]
Canada’s first off-shore wind farm is taking shape, which is set to boost British Columbia’s renewable energy image.
Now, here’s a first. Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and Nissan Motor Co. are pushing ahead with an unusual three-way agreement to develop affordable fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs)for the mass market on three continents. Actually, it’s even more expansive than that since Renault is also included under the Nissan-Renault … [continued]
If you dream it, you can do it. Do you dream of an ebike with retractable storage right between your legs? Done. Do you dream of a bike with a built in lock on the handle bars? Done. Do you dream of a foldable bike that looks sleek? Done. Do … [continued]
Dave Llorens of One Block Off The Grid (1BOG) has organized a Google+ “On-Air” Hangout about Home Solar Power — the “first ever” Google+ On-Air Hangout on that topic. Aside from Dave, the discussion will include Jonathan Bass, Senior Director of Communications at SolarCity (which is getting a whole ton of solar power on … [continued]
Geothermal developers from AltaRock Energy, a Washington state-based company, have been working on creating geothermal reservoirs with their own technology. They have recently made three such reservoirs from a single well, which means there is a greater chance a commercial geothermal plant can be built because with more reservoirs there … [continued]
As noted last Thursday (before the event), I joined Jeff McIntire-Strasburg and some others last week for an “on-air” discussion of electric vehicles (mostly for folks who don’t follow EV news very closely). We also got into some talk about wind power and solar power, naturally. Jeff now has the … [continued]
