Global installations of solar PV in 2016 are expected to reach 64.7 GW in 2016, according to new figures provided by Mercom Capital Group. Mercom Capital Group released its forecasts for 2016 this week, predicting installations would conclude at 57.8 GW in 2015, and then grow to 64.7 GW in … [continued]
The Climate Challenge Green growth will come, just not the way we might think. Despite the enthusiasm around the recent Paris agreements, climate policy is at an impasse. It seems as though binding targets for all countries to limit warming to 1.5 or even 2 degrees are not politically negotiable – at … [continued]
We recently reported on the impressive adoption of electric buses in China, which have taken off as China ramps up its mass transit system across the country, and we are seeing similar reports for the personal electric car sector. While an increase in overall personal car sales makes sense with the growing middle … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. A new ultra-fast electric vehicle charging station, the largest such station in the world, was recently brought online in Beijing, China. The new station — the new Xiaoying Public Transit Bus Terminal in Chaoyang district — is home to 25 electric vehicle (EV) chargers operating … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. A new funding model in China may allow some people to get solar power for “free,” or at very low upfront cost. Third-party financing is the way this could happen, and it is already used in the United States. In China, a firm based in Singapore … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon The first phase of an enormous 55-megawatt solar carport is currently being built in the Chinese city of Hangzhou by the company Risen Energy. Once completed, the project will be the largest solar energy parking project in the world. The project represents a … [continued]
Chinese performance artist Brother Nut has all of Beijing talking about his repurposing of air pollutants into bricks for building.
If you haven’t had enough electric vehicle news this past week, here’s a big helping of more. Tesla New Tesla Model X Pictures Retrieved from scouring the pages of the Tesla Motors Club forum (and particularly this thread), below are new (or relatively new) pictures of the Tesla Model X. I’ll … [continued]
The division between developing and developed countries has been a core feature of the global climate talks since the first meeting (COP) in Berlin in 1995. Back then, low-carbon technologies were considered far too expensive for poor developing countries and would have constrained their growth options. And besides: it was the … [continued]
Originally published on GAS2. Atieva is one of those shadowy new automobile startups that has been hiding behind a wall of mystery and intrigue. Earlier this month, another enigma — Faraday Future — pulled back the curtain a bit to say it will show off its car at the CES … [continued]
