Bárbara Rubim, a lawyer and a climate and energy campaigner at Greenpeace Brazil, gave a truly inspiring presentation during the opening night of the Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum. It was moving, informative, and highlighted great initiatives that could be replicated around the world. You may remember that she made a comment … [continued]
The team behind the SunnyDay international solar challenge has started an Indiegogo campaign to develop open-source solar solutions. Open-Source Solar? DIY? Yes! The SunnyDay international solar challenge is all about developing open-source solutions for using solar energy. The team behind the event believes that open-source energy solutions promote energy freedom … [continued]
Two new renewable energy projects are now up for investment via the crowdfunding platform Abundance, according to recent reports. The two projects — a wind project in South Gloucestershire via DistGen Hinton, and the extension of an existing program to put solar photovoltaic (PV) modules on households in the Northeast of … [continued]
Those who read our previous article on Austin Electric’s ATX 8080 all-electric moto-scooter may be interested to know that the pricing information has now been revealed. The American-made bike will retail (MSRP) for $6,995 when it goes on sale later this year. Those interested, though, can now reserve the bike … [continued]
Time to drop a lot more Tesla, EV, bicycling, and transit news and views on you Enjoy this link drop! Tesla Range Estimation Fluctuation Finally Took Delivery Of My New 70D – WOW! P85D 0 to 60 Time — WOW… but what about charge levels? Which Is Worse? 100% SOC or Nearly … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. Powervault, a London company, recently raised £700,000 (over $1,000,000) from a CrowdCube campaign in under 4 days. £200,000 ($315,000) came from the London Co-Investment fund and an additional £100,000 ($157,000) from Future Matters. The company intends to compete head to head with the Tesla Powerwall … [continued]
Originally published on SolarLove.org Putting climate change in the classroom in new and exciting ways, Solar Schools offers a totally unique way to crowdfund clean energy for UK schools. Run by 10:10, a UK-based charity helping to tackle global warming, the Solar Schools program has helped schools raise £470,000 ($724,785) … [continued]
Zoos in Toronto and Detroit are planning to use animal poop – of which they’ve got plenty – to create biogas for powering part of their operations.
The Neurio Home Intelligence system has begun shipping to Kickstarter backers, as a new piece of technology that aims to make an ordinary home a smart home. Announced back in late 2013, Neurio launched a successful Kickstarter campaign, which ended with almost 2,000 backers and raised over $200,000. Since then, … [continued]
A new Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign has already raised nearly half of its goal in under a week, with the hopes to fund an intelligent energy monitoring system. Ecoisme bills itself as an “The World’s Most Intelligent Home Energy Monitoring System,” and aims to bring a single device to market that will … [continued]
