The global coal plant pipeline has slowed during the first half of 2016, according to new figures from CoalSwarm’s Global Coal Plant Tracker. CoalSwarm published its Mid-2016 Results from its Global Coal Plant Tracker this week, revealing that the total number of coal plants in pre-construction planning, the global coal … [continued]
The United States is on pace for another historic year of energy storage deployment, according to new figures from GTM Research which shows the country deployed 41.2 MW of energy storage in the second quarter of 2016. GTM Research published its US Energy Storage Monitor today, the research company’s quarterly analysis … [continued]
Powerhouse is a solar incubator and accelerator based in Oakland, California. They house 20+ startups, and we got to meet their team at their annual New Dawn summer party last week.
A new report has concluded that $7.7 trillion is needed in investments into renewable energy and energy efficiency to meet the electricity demands of China, India, Japan, and Southeast Asia if the world is to avoid surpassing global warming of a 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The report, Investing for the climate in … [continued]
In this edition of the clean transport and energy news roundup, we’ve got stories on remote EV charging, a cheaper carbon fiber production process, BYD’s EV profits, a water injection system from Bosch, Audi’s Formula E bid, Baidu and Nvidia’s autonomous car project, Portland’s EV showcase, solar shingles, Sri Lanka’s … [continued]
Some of us have been speculating that some OPEC members are beginning to brace themselves for the eventual end of oil, but it appears that most members don’t actually believe that “alternative” transportation modalities are going to become common anytime in the next 24 years, going by a recent member survey. Or, … [continued]
I originally published the second part of this article (reflections on how Trump hacked his own election chances) over on Planetsave, as I figured we didn’t need to go on about that here on CleanTechnica, but then something else came up that made me bring the article over here as well … but first with a … [continued]
Originally published on CleanTechies. Pakistan is expected to see a huge jump in installed wind energy capacity over the next two years as 21 projects are lined up for commissioning. Government officials in Pakistan have told local media that almost two dozen wind energy projects are currently at various stages … [continued]
In this edition of the clean energy and transport news roundup, we’ve got stories about Colorado solar fees, sheep as solar workers, solar microgrids, a new integrated energy storage system, driverless car insurance policies, a 2500 mile EV roadtrip, automatic braking systems, Musk’s pessimism about slowing climate change, Chinese EV … [continued]
Ever since once-global renewable energy behemoth filed for bankruptcy in April, its assets around the world have been hot properties for other developers and utilities. It seems like it wasn’t that long ago that we heralded SunEdison as the renewable energy company to beat, and to emulate, but the company’s … [continued]
