Originally published on EV Obsession. Tesla Motors will be opening up a new office in the Gangnam district of Seoul, Korea, following the recent filing of incorporation papers with the government there, according to a recent report from the Korea Times. The creation of the “new” company — Tesla Korea … [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]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Car owners in South Africa can save significant amounts of money by switching over to electric models, according to a new study from the uYilo e-Mobility Technology Innovation Programme at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. The new study asserts that using an all-electric vehicle (the Nissan … [continued]
Laurent Fabius, COP21 president and France’s foreign minister, has just released version 1 of a draft text on COP21 agenda item 4 (b)—the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (decision 1/CP.17) at 3:00PM GMT. Read the text here. Fabius characterized the current situation thus: “We’ve made progress but still a lot … [continued]
The United Kingdom’s Green Investment Bank has announced its first investment plan in the emerging renewable energy markets of India and Africa. The Bank will invest £200 million in renewable energy projects in India, South Africa, and East African countries, through the UK Climate Investments – a joint venture between the … [continued]
A new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance has found that developing nations attracted a record $126 billion in clean energy investment in 2014. Clean energy investment of $126 billion represents an increase of $35.5 billion, or 39%, on 2013 clean energy investment levels. Most importantly, however, this figure eclipsed … [continued]
South Africa’s landmark Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme has not only helped change the power sector landscape of the country, but has also led to the emergence of the country’s largest bank as a leading investor in clean energy projects. Standard Bank has financed 40% of the 1,760 … [continued]
Friday marked the end of the week-long October international climate meeting (11th part of the second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action) in Bonn, a runup to the first global climate change agreement in 18 years this December. As at previous meetings, … [continued]
Here’s some more solar and wind electricity news, as well as analysis and commentary, from around the cleantech interwebs: Layman’s Guide to the Value of PV Solar The PV solar industry is experiencing explosive growth and many homeowners and business owners are being approached by solar companies to buy or lease … [continued]
Originally published on WRI. WRI reaction to Brazil’s INDC: “Brazil is playing a productive role in the global effort to fight climate change. The country is building momentum by calling at the highest level for a goal to phase out emissions from the global economy over the course of this … [continued]
