Want some more solar energy, wind energy, wave energy, and other green news on his lazy Sunday? Here you go: What is Disruptive Technology? Disruptive technology is a term that’s been tossed about in the past few years to describe apps, gadgets, innovations, and processes that change how we do things. … [continued]
Can’t get enough clean electricity reading? Here’s more! Solar Solar + Electric Transport = Huge Social Implications Net Metering Review: Value of Solar Energy Higher Than Retail Electric Rates Obama Just Picked The Customer’s Side Against The Nevada Utility That’s Trying To Kill Rooftop Solar Platform Aims to Reduce the Cost of Solar in … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. On Saturday, July 25, 2015, Germany got 78% of its electricity from renewables. That performance eclipsed the old record of 74% set in May 2014. How did the country do that? First, July 25 was a Saturday, a day when most of Germany’s industrial operations … [continued]
Aside from my own PechaKucha presentation on opening night of the Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum, 10 other people gave wonderful presentations of their own. Below are 5 of those presentations, as well as a long video covering most of the event. To kick things off, Shauna Sylvester, Director of the … [continued]
As I just wrote, a one-week cleantech tour (and semi-vacation) in the Netherlands put my “link drop” articles on hold for a bit, but I was saving stories along the way. After a couple of weeks, below is a massive list of non-CleanTechnica renewable energy, energy storage, climate, and other green stories … [continued]
As you are probably well aware, the good folks at The Solutions Project have published plans for how each of the 50 states in the US could switch to 100% renewable energy. Importantly, they didn’t just paint a broad stroke — they actually looked at electricity needs by region in 15-minute segments for the … [continued]
As I mentioned yesterday, I think that Renewable Cities was the best conference I’ve ever attended. A huge reason for that was how practically oriented it was — there was a repeated emphasis on taking home for practical implementation lessons, information, and very specific suggestions from other forum participants. As just … [continued]
Originally published on EnergyPost. By Simon Skillings With Eon’s historic decision to restructure we now for the first time will have a large energy supplier not being pulled in two directions, but acting on the single imperative of bringing new energy solutions to customers. This removes one of the key … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. This graph comes from a newly released report from the Germany-based Greenpeace Energy, and highlights the extent of subsidies paid out to various technologies in the German energy market since 1970. There is a huge controversy about the level of subsidies in Germany towards renewables as … [continued]
It’s well known that Germany is a world leader in solar and wind power. There’s a fair amount of unwarranted criticism levied at renewables, and generally it seems there is not nearly as much positive press. For that reason, it might be surprising to hear that an energy cooperative in … [continued]
