Tesla is more than just a car company. According to Miriam Tuerk at Forbes, “The electric-car company is working to decentralize power distribution and offer an alternative to today’s utility… Tesla is demonstrating that if the challenge goes unmet by traditional power utility companies, they’ll have their lunch stolen.”
Amazon is as much a logistics company as it is an online retailer. When you click to order a package, it needs to get from the company’s warehouse to your door. Contrary to popular belief, this doesn’t happen with magic. Amazon relies on a remarkably complex network of trucks, planes, trains, and boats to get its packages to its customers.
Telsa may get to build its factory in Shangahi after all, but William Li, founder of Nio Motors, isn’t worried. Does he know something Elon doesn’t?
With Google and Apple boasting they met their 100% renewable energy targets in 2017, here is a closer look at how big companies go about acquiring the necessary renewable energy, and the difference being “matching” your power and being “powered” by renewable energies.
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are two of the most familiar names in the current business world, and the two have much in common. Each of these visionaries has leveraged modern technology to transform an industry, forsaking short-term profits in a quest to change the world. Both have a deep interest in space exploration, both have attracted loyal followings who share their visions, both are great philanthropists, and, of course, both have become rather wealthy.
The looting and destruction of the Amazon region appears to be accelerating by the year — with it looking increasingly likely that the Amazon forest may be largely gone by the time the youngest of those reading this kick the bucket.
For several years now, there have been increasing complaints from utilities about the resulting load shape from owners with solar systems. This is the so called “duck curve” which has gotten a lot of attention from utility alarmists. In some sense, it has been a way of claiming that rooftop solar is a profound problem for utilities. We will show here that this problem can be (and will be) solved.
One major advantage renewable energy has over fossil fuels and nuclear power is that it can typically be installed much faster. Nuclear power plants can require 5–15 years to complete and some have taken 20 or more. Constructing a new coal power plant can takes 4 years or more. (Another point about coal plants — if renewable energy costs continue to decline, some new coal power plants may be shut down soon after opening or not opened at all, and almost certainly will not reach their full operational lifespans. So, some portion of the cost to build them would be wasted.) Building a new gas-powered plant generally takes several years as well.
Learn more about the Women Startup Challenge (co-hosted by Women Who Tech and Google) to support female entrepreneurs in the cleantech space.
The Awair Glow is a tiny, night light–sized appliance that brings smart air quality monitoring to your home. It doesn’t stop there, as it is also able to trigger actions to correct the issues. Awair sent us over a unit to review, so we took it for a spin over the course of a couple of weeks.
