Originally published on EV Obsession. The experience of Barcelona’s leading transit agency, Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB), provides an excellent comparison of the key difference between battery-electric vehicles and hydrogen-powered vehicles, a difference that exists today and will exist indefinitely. TMB has been a member of Europe’s Hydrogen Bus Alliance for … [continued]
I’m on a plane to Barcelona as I write this, headed to my favorite large city for EVS27, the 27th edition of a world-leading electric vehicle symposium, as well as a little bit of free time (I hope). The International Energy Agency (IEA) ranks Barcelona at the 7th-best electric vehicle (EV) … [continued]
Electric vehicle manufacturers have been trying to strike the right balance between range, performance, and price. Electric vehicles can achieve longer range than they do now with the use of larger batteries, or with the use of lithium-polymer batteries which have a higher energy-to-weight ratio. However, these options increase vehicle … [continued]
This article was first published on Solar Love. Eurosolar and the local energy cooperative Som Energia organized a protest this week at a Modelo prison in Barcelona regarding Spanish solar policies. Reportedly, as part of the protest, the solar workers and advocates contended that they would “hand themselves in,” as … [continued]
Barcelona’s very popular public bike sharing program, Bicing, is set to increase its user fees drastically in the coming years, as part of the current government’s changing policies. The current government of Catalonia has responded to criticism of the policy change by saying that if people didn’t like it … [continued]
Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming increasingly popular, as people and cities all over the world have started recognizing their advantages and introducing initiatives to promote the use of the plug-in transport option. Although EVs are still largely considered to be somewhat “cars of the future,” there’s a rising global … [continued]
Max Frankel of the Center for American Progress recently had an interesting post on Climate Progress about what top EV-friendly cities are doing to be so friendly to EVs, based on a new report from the Center for American Progress. Here’s the full post from Max/Climate Progress: Sixteen cities … [continued]
With a view that the largest future expansion of wind turbines will be offshore, a team coördinated by Bernat Codina has applied expertise in meteorology and aeronautics to create a system ready to find potent wind resources in the open ocean. […]
The planet is not getting any larger. The population is, tipping the scale now at nearly seven billion people. There is only one logical approach, especially in urban areas where issues like density are more glaring on a daily basis: use less and make the space you live in smarter.
