Electric Car FAQs: Do EVs Need Maintenance?
Electric cars are just like gas cars — until they’re not. In this FAQ series, we’ll explore that 1% of the time that EVs are just different enough to require some explanations.
Electric cars are just like gas cars — until they’re not. In this FAQ series, we’ll explore that 1% of the time that EVs are just different enough to require some explanations.
You got your rooftop solar array, you’re stoked with your zeroed-out electric bill, and you’ve plugged in your EV to drive on sunshine. Then one month, you notice your electric bill gets a little bit greater than zero. Then the next month, same thing. You do what most normal people … [continued]
A new project being headed up by the University of Manchester is investigating the role that advanced technologies, including robotics and artificial intelligence, could have on reducing the costs behind the operation and maintenance of offshore wind farms.
New techniques to continually monitor the structural conditions of an offshore wind turbine will go a long way toward optimizing maintenance and inspections, and help the offshore wind sector achieve greater increases in cost-efficiency. The TOWERPOWER project is being funded by the European Union’s Community Research and Development Information Service, … [continued]
A new report has concluded that the global market for utility-scale solar PV operations and maintenance (O&M) will reach 390 GW by 2020. According to the new report published by GTM Research and SoliChamba Consulting, utility-scale PV O&M will almost triple the estimated 133 GW expected for the end of 2015. … [continued]
In its latest Utility Solar Market Snapshot (2014, published last month), the US Solar Electric Power Association offers renewable energy interests some welcome news: solar energy is becoming increasingly attractive to utilities. Since the shale gas boom, solar has become the fastest-growing power source in the nation, and the Solar Energy … [continued]
We don’t have to wait any longer for all-electric school bus transport in the US. The Kings Canyon Unified School District in California’s San Joaquin Valley is paving the way for districts across the nation to provide students with zero-emissions transport. The district has four of these electric school buses … [continued]
One question I’m continuously being asked is, “Ronald, what’s the best way to clean and maintain rooftop solar?” As a result, I’ve resolved to never again teach my parrot to say stupid sentences. But if you were to ask me this question, my answer would be that the best way … [continued]
The maintenance and inspection of wind turbines was never a topic I thought I would end up covering. It is definitely not the sexiest of news items ever to appear on CleanTechnica (though I defy you to find something unsexier than some of the regulatory pieces we’ve covered over the … [continued]
The North American Wind Research and Training Center at Mesalands Community College will again offer a one-semester Occupational Certificate in Basic Wind Energy Technology, free for individuals that meet the specific qualifications as a result of New Mexico State funding from the New Mexico Wind Center of Excellence. The college is … [continued]