Originally published on the ECOreport. Cities are a driving force behind the U.S. adoption of solar energy. According to Environment California, the United States currently has 27 GW of installed solar capacity, and much of that comes from more than 780,000 rooftops around the nations. Cities are not just centers of … [continued]
Hyundai was a late bloomer in the fuel efficiency game, only bringing its Sonata Hybrid to market in 2010, the same year as the third generation of the incumbent Toyota Prius arrived on the scene. Since then, the two paths have diverged, with Toyota running off towards hydrogen fuel cell … [continued]
As noted a few days ago, we have 3 new electric vehicle (EV) speakers signed up for CLEANTECH REVOLUTION TOUR → Berlin. I wrote short intros about them in that article, but below is a deeper look at these EV leaders and their work. Following these intros are the other EV speaker … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport New York State’s first community choice aggregation (community owned utility) under Governor Cuomo’s watch, is now expected to start supplying customers with electricity on May 1, 2016. The number of participating Sustainable Westcher communities has grown to 20. A number of these have opted to use … [continued]
Rumors have been milling around the ‘nets for a few weeks about Tesla launching some sort of Supercharging assistant program where there would be a person staffed at key Supercharging locations to facilitate charging and we have confirmation that the rumors are true. Bjorn Nyland, who we met at the … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. While we only just got to experience “Part 1” of the Tesla Model 3 reveal on March 31, and “Part 2” is still probably at least a year (or more) away, speculation about what remains to be revealed has been going very strong. That’s understandable … [continued]
A new documentary called Catching the Sun, about the solar power industry, has been created by Shalini Kantayya and has theatrical releases set for April in New York City and Los Angeles. A national screen tour will bring the film to other US cities before Earth Day. Danny Kennedy, Jigar Shah, … [continued]
Originally published on Climate Reality Project. The Clean Power Plan and the climate fight just gained some important new allies. Former US Vice President and Chairman of The Climate Reality Project Al Gore joined New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in New York March 29, to announce a coalition … [continued]
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Rachel Gold One of the biggest news stories in energy last week came from the “51st state,” where regulators finally approved Exelon and Pepco’s $6.8 billion merger proposal. This ends nearly two years of highly contentious hearings and creates the largest utility in the … [continued]
Originally published on Bikocity. In a disturbing trend, the Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) expects to find a 10% increase in pedestrian fatalities in 2015 according to preliminary data. This represents the largest increase since such data collection began in 1975, which has ranged from a 10.5% decrease to an … [continued]
