Originally published on EV Obsession. Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, has revealed that the company has gone ahead and lowered its sales targets for China for the year 2016, according to recent reports. This follows the company’s rather disappointing sales performance in China during 2015, which saw the company “only” move … [continued]
Internet giant Google has signed a 225 MW Power Purchase Agreement with Chicago-based renewable energy company Invenergy. According to Invenergy, Google signed a 225 MW Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to acquire the electricity generated by the Bethel Wind Energy Facility located in Texas, US, for the company’s data center operations. … [continued]
Tesla is making an intentional, full-force push into China by way of focused attention on the dense urban centers, starting with Hong Kong. A recently released official Tesla Motors video supported a trip Elon made to the high-tech city where he was interviewed at Invest HK. Both videos brag about how … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Chinese manufacturers have taken over much of the overall manufacturing pie from the US, and many components of cars are produced in China. Now, there’s also a booming Chinese car market… in China. These cars, for the most part, haven’t yet hopped over the ocean to … [continued]
China has launched an aggressive 3 GW target to expand the country’s high-efficiency rooftop solar installations. Such a renewable energy footprint will hopefully help reduce the widespread impacts of China’s too-visible air pollution. The China announcement mandates an increase in model PV installations using modules with high-energy conversion solar cells. China’s … [continued]
A new report from Navigant Research has ranked China as the only country deemed to be a “booming” wind energy market. Analysing wind energy development policies across 42 countries, the new Navigant Research report, Global Wind Energy Policy Update, concludes that many countries have shifted their wind energy policies from supporting … [continued]
The green bonds market in China is set to grow significantly as the government there has given the go-ahead to two banks to launch huge issues. The China Industrial Bank and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank will soon issue green bonds worth 50 billion Yuan (US$7.6 billion) each, after winning approvals … [continued]
China has overtaken Germany in 2015 in terms of solar PV capacity, according to data from China’s Photovoltaic Industry Association. Reported by China’s state-run media outlet, Xinhua News, the China Photovoltaic Industry Association (CPIA) reported that China added 15 GW of solar PV capacity during 2015, a 40% increase on … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The Cadillac CT6 plug-in hybrid will be manufactured in China and then imported into the US for sale there, according to a recent announcement from General Motors. The decision was apparently the result of low expected demand for the plug-in hybrid (PHEV) version of the … [continued]
The PV Market Alliance has published new figures estimating solar PV installations during 2015 reached at least 51 GW. According to the PV Market Alliance (PVMA), which encompasses groups from China, Belgium, Spain, Japan, and the US, 2015’s solar PV installations fell in line with its own predictions a year … [continued]
