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 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]
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]
A Brief Overview on Canadian Climate Change Canada is known for many things: Large expanses of beautiful wilderness, being overly polite, our unique pronunciation of the letter ‘A’, and also, unfortunately, the tar sands. The tar sands can only be described as an ongoing ecological and climate change disaster. This … [continued]
Here are some more great solar stories from around the interwebs, to complement our own solar stories: For Consumers 1. Going Solar Made Easier By Online Shopping Site and Staples Gift Cards 2. New Financing Models to Drive Demand for Commercial Solar 3. Crowdfunding Solar Power for the World’s Poorest People 4. This Social … [continued]
In case you missed any of these stories, they were hot, so we thought you might like to have a look: 1. Tesla Model S P85D Test Drive Blows Motor Trend Away 2. Micro Wind Turbines Could Be Huge Deal For Ford 3. India Shocks Australia, To Stop Coal Imports In 2-3 Years … [continued]
Coal-fired power plants have been the backbone of US electricity production for decades, but 25% of them will be retired by the end of this decade. Some of their replacements will be fueled by LNG. Others will make way for a disruptive technology that can “switch from charging to discharging … [continued]
Abengoa — the prominent Spanish multinational energy and telecommunications company — has decided to continue pushing forward with the development of the Palen concentrating solar power (CSP) project regardless of the withdrawal of its planning application a few months ago (September), according to recent reports. The 500 MW project had … [continued]
The students from West Virginia University designed and built PEAK, a very cool net-zero energy log cabin for the Solar Decathlon 2013, you may remember my story: Have You Ever Wanted To Live In A Net-Zero Log Cabin? (VIDEO). While visiting their competition home, I noticed that the team members were … [continued]
Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute. By Jonathan Walker and Karen Crofton How to End Human-Error Auto Fatalities and Slash Automotive Carbon Emissions in Just 10 Years A staggering two out of every three Americans will be involved in an accident related to drunk driving in their lifetime. And with … [continued]
