Originally published on Cleantechies. New plans from the ECOWAS Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) will see a “clean energy corridor” featuring a combined capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW) developed in West Africa. In an interview at the Solar and Off-grid Renewables West Africa event in Accra, … [continued]
The top clean tech jobs for this week include listings for a marketing coordinator for energy storage products, a solar contractor installation manager, a senior control engineer at an electric motor company, an operations and maintenance engineer at a solar company, a project engineer at a renewable energy provider, and … [continued]
It has long been assumed the BMW i3 would get a big range boost this year. Actually, the first strong sign of that for me was when a Nissan employee told me that the 2016 Nissan LEAF was getting 107 miles of range, the 2017 would get ~130 miles of range, and … [continued]
A new UK Public Attitudes Tracking Survey has found that support for renewable energy continues to remain high, with 81% expressing their support. The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has been conducting its Public Attitudes Tracker Survey since March 2012, with one annual survey conducted every March, … [continued]
Investment trends in India’s renewable energy sector over the last few years have proven that the market remains of the most attractive and fastest growing clean energy markets in the world. The Minister of New & Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal, recently told the Indian Parliament that the country attracted Rs … [continued]
One of India’s leading private sector power generation companies has announced plans to make renewable energy a major part of its operations. Tata Power, part of the famous Indian industrial conglomerate Tata Group, has announced plans to increase its share of renewable energy output from 20% to 35-40% by 2025. … [continued]
The renewable energy sector in India registered impressive growth in the financial year 2015–16, which ended March 31st, 2016. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy recently reported that India added 6,937 MW of grid-connected renewable energy capacity during FY2015–16. This is one and a half times more than the … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Daimler AG, in conjunction with its subsidiary Deutsche ACCUMOTIVE, has begun deliveries of its first home energy storage systems, following months of successful commercial deliveries. The lithium-ion, battery-based home energy storage units — which are being manufactured by Deutsche ACCUMOTIVE — are based on the … [continued]
€1.2 billion in funding will be put towards electric mobility in Germany, with half coming from the federal government and half from the auto industry, according to a recent decision from Germany’s political leaders. Buyers of EVs will receive €4,000 and plug-in hybrids €3,000. There is a cap on the cost … [continued]
British energy storage start-up Powervault has launched its new range of home energy storage, which is equipped to help save consumers billions of pounds in energy bills. Headquartered in London, Powervault bills itself as manufacturing the country’s “first fully-integrated solar energy storage system for the home.” The start-up, which started … [continued]
