A recent sighting of a “coming soon” pin on PlugShare got me down a bit of a rabbit hole. But there’s an interesting story happening, and it might be starting near El Paso. Part Of A Much Bigger EV Charging Story There’s a truck stop that’s going to get a … [continued]
Spotted in the wild: This eye-catching standalone solar array from the UK startup Solivus deploys organic thin film solar technology.
Since early January 2024, U.S. refinery utilization has decreased 11%, falling as low as 81% during the two weeks ending February 9 and February 16, and briefly dropped below the five-year (2019–2023) low. Although U.S. retail average prices for gasoline and diesel are below 2023 prices for this time of year, … [continued]
Electric vehicle sales continue to grow faster than most people expected, even faster than professional analysts in the field expected, and — surprise, surprise — they’ve grown much faster than oil companies have forecasted. That’s one of the big takeaways from BloombergNEF’s latest Zero-Emission Vehicles Factbook. In the forecasts used … [continued]
Normally, when someone talks about Tesla’s Superchargers, it’s assumed that they’ll live at a Tesla station. So far, that assumption has held true, because the company has been too busy building out its own charging network to even consider selling any of the stations. Plus, until recently, Tesla’s charging hardware … [continued]
Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA or Federal Network Agency) recently unveiled the outcomes of its largest-ever offshore wind auction, awarding 7 GW of new capacity. This significant achievement marks a substantial milestone in Germany’s quest for renewable energy expansion and is worth about €12.6 billion or $13.96 billion. At the Global Wind … [continued]
Renewable energy advocates don’t know whether to laugh or cry about the latest solar energy news from BP in Texas.
Somebody benefits from each media story. Who benefits from questioning the power and future of EVs?
Among vehicles on the road, cars going around for hours at a time giving different people rides are among the most important. Perhaps most importantly, it helps to reduce their carbon footprint, as EVs produce fewer emissions than non-electric cars. They are also less expensive to run and maintain than … [continued]
2022 was the most profitable year for fossil fuel companies in history, thanks in large part to the disruption of supplies from Russia.
