In its Q1 earnings letter, Tesla repeated its claim that its energy storage business will triple in 2018. Powerwall residential battery installations are up and production of the SolarRoof tiles is expected to increase significantly in the second half of 2018.
It’s been a minute — or a month — since our last cleantech news roundup, but we’re back at it again, and this week we have stories about the state of electric motorcycles, the pros and cons of biofuels, electric supercars, smart wood, solar deals, topsoil fertility, and more.
A newly announced $23 million round of funding aims at shepherding in the next generation of low cost, high efficiency marine energy technology.
Prices of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems follow economic laws just like other things, such as computers and cars. That does not mean that the precipitous drop in prices will slow, however.
Yahoo had great jingle in the 1990s. Well, it was just one guy in a high-pitched voice singing, “YAAAAHHOOOO!” For the last decade, Yahoo has gone steadily downhill. It is the home of the worst type of trolls. It is full of gossip and horrendous race baiting. They will write anything to get a few clicks. They are fantastic at clickbait, but pathetic on substance.
A Rain of Night Birds, by Deena Metzger, questions the privileging of western scientific knowledge over traditional indigenous understanding of the Earth in the face of climate change.
India has once again missed out on the target capacity addition for a second consecutive financial year as wind energy and rooftop solar power sectors continued to falter in growth.
Despite a spate of bad news about renewable energy and energy storage, the transition to wind and solar is not reversible.
I know, I know, I know!!! Tesla needs to finish the Gigafactory and ramp up Model 3 production. Then, Tesla has to start production of Model Y, the Tesla Semi, and a Tesla pickup. However, my ADD mind cannot stop thinking about Tesla homes (and commercial buildings), and I just got a flicker of hope that this may come true!!!
The transition to fully electric isn’t starting today, but rather, we are already at a point where citizens should be asking their transit authorities, “If electric buses cost less and don’t pollute, why aren’t you buying electric buses?”
