A national leader in clean energy services, SolarCity has responded to US President Obama’s call for reduced carbon pollution and increased energy efficiency by revealing Energy Explorer, “a new software service that provides homeowners a self-guided tour of their energy use.” Speaking at Georgetown University — a location filled with … [continued]
Cabot has developed a graphene-based additive called LITX™ G700 to improve the energy density of lithium-ion batteries. LITX™ G700 is a conductive graphene-based additive that is to improve conductivity and achieve a high energy density in lithium-ion batteries at “ultra-low loadings” in comparison to conventional additives. Lower volume additives offer the advantage … [continued]
Only days after two US Senators proposed a tax on carbon emissions a senior official with the Chinese Ministry of Finance said that China plans to proactively introduce a series of new taxation policies that are designed to preserve the environment, including a tax on carbon dioxide emissions. Writing on the … [continued]
That light barreling down upon us from the end of the tunnel is solar power as cheap as fossil fuels. The latest breakthrough is a low-cost solar cell manufactured with the help of Gallium Arsenide, a compound of the “poor metal” gallium and arsenic. It definitely does not sound like something … [continued]
Researchers from Rice University have created a ‘seamless’ graphene and nanotube hybrid. The material is probably the best electrode interface material possible for energy storage usages and other related electronics applications, according to the researchers. The new hybrid material appears as “forests of carbon nanotubes that rise quickly from … [continued]
President Barack Obama has now signed a bill, which we previous wrote about, that would restrict U.S. airlines from paying a EU carbon fee that would have been charged for flying to the European Union. Notably, the fee has already been temporarily waived for non-EU airlines for 1 year. The … [continued]
There are five Nobel-prize-winning economists among the 26 US economists calling on President Obama, in an open letter, to drop opposition and support the European Union’s legislation that will charge airlines for their carbon emissions. “We implore you to support the European Union’s innovative efforts to place a price … [continued]
South Africa this week proposed a national carbon tax as part of the country’s national budget, becoming the latest major economy to move toward charging for emissions. But, a large swath of emissions would be exempt until 2020.
Jonathon Porritt, Co-founder of Friends of the Earth and Founding Director of Forum for the Future, reiterates what Dr Jeremy Leggett, Founder and Chairman of SolarCentury, and I said in our CNBC & Harvard Business Review “Energy Opportunities” interviews — in particular, that we have the renewable energy technologies … [continued]
A NREL study concludes lithium is used more sparingly in hybrid cars per pound of carbon saved than in an EV. This has lead to false conclusions that a hybrid is better than a BEV.
