CleanTechnica’s last two articles about the zero-fuel Solar Impulse plane flying around the world described a visit to the plane’s temporary hangar in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania and interviews with the craft’s two Swiss pilot/adventurers, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg. However, our continuing coverage dates back to 2009. (See … [continued]
The top clean tech jobs for this week include listings for wind site manager, a fuel cell field technician, a senior project engineer for renewable energy finance, a business consultant for renewable energy and sustainability, and more. As part of our collaboration with other projects within the Important Media network, … [continued]
Originally published on CleanTechies. India’s largest subway system – Delhi Metro Rail Corporation – has signed a power purchase agreement with one of the largest solar projects planned in the country. According to media reports, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has signed an agreement to purchase electricity generated from … [continued]
Carbon Lighthouse improves building energy efficiency to save its clients money, and to combat climate change. Stanford University, Tesla Motors, and Kilroy Realty are just several of the organizations it has worked with so far. CEO and co-founder Brenden Millstein answered some questions about its approach and technology. How and when … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. We previously covered news of Ontario’s rumored $8.3 billion climate change plan, one which features substantial incentives for electric vehicle buyers and owners. It seems that our earlier coverage of the plan was accurate, as the version of the Ontario Climate Change Action Plan revealed … [continued]
By Darryn Van Hout Australia boasts the highest penetration of residential solar in the world, with one in five households now powered by the nation’s abundant sunshine. While the debate over solar and wind tax credits rages on, the government’s decision to slash various incentives hasn’t affected the ever-rising investment … [continued]
What does it say about the future of the energy industry when two former executives in the brown coal industry switch teams, so to speak, and head up solar and clean tech ventures? Perhaps it means that more leaders are starting to see the writing on the wall and are … [continued]
Originally published on TeslaMondo. Have you seen the TV show? Aspiring entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to “shark” venture capitalists. Well, here’s how young Tesla Motors conceived, polished and pitched its big idea, as recounted by co-founder Marc Tarpenning in this under-exposed interview. TeslaMondo has mildly refined it for logical and temporal flow, and … [continued]
Originally published on CleanTechies. President Obama’s historic visit to Asia has yielded some benefits for clean energy development in Vietnam. US-based GE has entered an agreement with the government of Vietnam for the development of 1 GW of wind energy capacity in the country. The agreement was one of several … [continued]
Electric vehicle have become a common sight on streets today, and many people have started to enjoy the quiet comfort, getting used to charging at night and silently doing errands. Electric vehicles are new enough to wonder, how long will they last? This is not a simple question, because it … [continued]
