In case you’ve been so overwhelmed with the Tesla Model 3 unveiling and reservation news that you’ve lost your mind, here’s one last reminder that we are launching our CLEANTECH REVOLUTION TOUR in Berlin tomorrow (Saturday, April 9). You can get tickets here (can only pay with PayPal) or here (can pay … [continued]
The German electric utility companies E.ON and RWE have reported large losses for 2015, largely owing to the decline of their fossil fuel businesses, according to recent reports. The utility giant E.ON SE — the largest utility company in Germany — reported an annual net loss for 2015 of €7 … [continued]
Just to highlight in greater detail some of the wonderful solar speakers who will be presenting in their own sessions and discussing the future of solar on a panel at the Berlin event, below are short bios about some of the key speakers.
Our “Cleantech Revolution Tour” event in Berlin has landed a notable new partner. EnergyTransition.de, perhaps my favorite website discussing what is happening in the cleantech and energy arenas of Germany, has come on board. (See the updated agenda here, which now includes author bios, and the event site here. And note that we rolled the … [continued]
All translations my own and without liability. Germany has made well-publicised strides towards cleaner electricity generation, with renewables accounting for 30% of the country’s electricity mix in 2015. Yet quitting smoking is not easy and, as critics are quick to point out, Germany’s fleet of coal-fired power stations continues to run. … [continued]
If you haven’t gotten enough of a solar or wind energy fix lately, here’s a list of several good stories on other websites that you might have missed. Solar Energy (Only) How To Save Money On Your Solar Panel Installation Installing solar panels on your home or business can be an … [continued]
Closing out the wonderful, unique Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum, the session below captures a number of the highlights of the forum. It’s a good synopsis if you want to get a general take on what made this forum so special and what we could do at other conferences and events to stimulate … [continued]
I’m getting close to the end of CleanTechnica‘s Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum coverage (see all of our Renewable Cities stories here), but this panel discussion is perhaps one I should have written about at the beginning. It provides a nice rundown of renewable energy trends across the globe. In this article, following the embedded … [continued]
I’ve been meaning for months to get back to covering all of the one-on-one conversations between cleantech experts that the Renewable Cities team organized during the Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum. Thanks to Christmas weekend, I can finally get to these! Below are six more of these conversations, followed at the end … [continued]
At the “Energy for Tomorrow” conference in Paris, last week, one of the core discussions in the energy industry was: is a low-carbon world a challenge of deployment or one of innovation? In other words: do we already have the technologies we need (e.g. solar, wind, grid management) and now just need to … [continued]
