March 28th, 2019 | by World Resources Institute
When a city decides to transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, headlines follow. But the work has only just begun. Cities have many options for generating and purchasing renewable electricity, each of which comes with distinct benefits and challenges
December 2nd, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
It's widely known that California is the center of US electric vehicle adoption. California leads the country in terms of overall electric vehicle (EV) sales as well as EV market share of new vehicle sales. It's also where Tesla was born and where nearly every US EV startup pops up. But there are other states that are also well ahead of the US average for EV market share ... and they're basically all in the west
April 8th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Consumers and researchers have found that giving up personal cars in favor of ride-sharing and app-based ride-hailing can save Americans a lot of money, while other research has found that using electric vehicles can save the drivers significant costs in this business
March 5th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
GM is sitting on something big with a healthy lead over most of its competition, but the landscape requires quick thinking and acting. The Bolt, Maven, and manufacturing might help the giant ride the next century.
November 27th, 2017 | by John Farrell
Improving battery life and safety standards place electric vehicles and self-driving cars closer than ever to the mainstream, and the City of Austin is laying plans to capitalize on the transition.
June 14th, 2017 | by Guest Contributor
Later this summer, Christopher Brown will publish his first novel, Tropic of Kansas, which imagines the United States in a time of dangerous climate change and political upheaval. Nexus Media talked to Brown about climate change, wildlife and how he built an underground home in Austin, Texas
October 4th, 2016 | by James Ayre
In a first for an electricity retailer in Texas, TXU Energy has unveiled a new limited-time instant rebate for residential [&hellip
September 22nd, 2016 | by Joshua S Hill
One of the United States’ leading residential solar providers, Vivint Solar, has expanded its services into the great southern state [&hellip
September 9th, 2016 | by Joshua S Hill
Amidst lackluster financial results and layoffs, America’s leading solar power provider SolarCity has made its services available to the nearly [&hellip
August 1st, 2016 | by John Farrell
Originally published on ilsr.org. Below is part three of our City Power Play report, a report released in October 2013 (and still [&hellip
July 4th, 2016 | by Adam Johnston
Columbus, Ohio, hit the “smart city” jackpot recently by beating out 7 other US cities (finalists) to win the Smart City [&hellip
June 30th, 2016 | by Cynthia Shahan
Traveling in the Nissan LEAF bubble has lifted me out of the worse situations of smelling gas — as I [&hellip
March 10th, 2016 | by Rocky Mountain Institute
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Kaitlyn Bunker, Ph.D. and Laurie Guevara-Stone With a population of 1.8 million and counting, [&hellip
December 24th, 2015 | by Kyle Field
A recent Bloomberg article broke news that Google parent company Alphabet is planning to make the innovator’s self-driving car unit a [&hellip
October 8th, 2015 | by Derek Markham
Originally published on Solar Love. In what’s being referred to as the first “community-wide, ground-up residential solar program in Texas,” [&hellip
July 2nd, 2015 | by Zachary Shahan
Update: I added the Lazard chart on levelized cost of electricity and the update below it in order to provide [&hellip
February 12th, 2015 | by Amber Archangel
The US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015 team Texas/Germany — the University of Texas at Austin and Technische Universitaet Muenchen [&hellip
January 29th, 2015 | by James Ayre
Bosch and the real estate development company Taurus Investment Holdings are partnering together to outfit a new 7,500 home “master-planned” [&hellip
December 16th, 2014 | by Jake Richardson
Originally published on Solar Love. Recently, the city of Austin raised its solar power goal from 200 MW by 2020 [&hellip
October 24th, 2014 | by Rocky Mountain Institute
Rocky Mountain Institute. Renewables scored a major victory recently in the natural gas heartland that is Texas. In a resolution [&hellip
October 24th, 2014 | by Cynthia Shahan
US public transportation ridership increased yet again in the second quarter of 2014. A press release report released by the American Public [&hellip
September 12th, 2014 | by Derek Markham
Cost Of Solar. Austin, Texas, may be currently known as the “Live Music Capital of the World,” but in coming [&hellip
September 10th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
Solar news buffet below. Eat it up! Dividend Solar is now offering solar loans with an interest rate of just [&hellip
September 8th, 2014 | by John Farrell
“Utility regulation and rates is a contact sport,” says Karl Rabago, and that makes the implementation of a new “value [&hellip
