Good News, EV Truckers: Sweden’s Electric Highway Goes Live
Sweden is moving forward with a new “eHighway” approach to EV tech that applies the time-tested electric trolley concept to heavy duty freight trucks.
Sweden is moving forward with a new “eHighway” approach to EV tech that applies the time-tested electric trolley concept to heavy duty freight trucks.
Google has announced that it has purchased 236 MW of renewable energy from two new wind farms set to be constructed in Norway and Sweden. Announced on its Green Blog late-June, Google’s Marc Oman, EU Energy Lead, Google Global Infrastructure, announced that the company was continuing to work towards ensuring all … [continued]
The hydrogen economy is still a dream, but a team of Swedish researchers has discovered a low cost catalyst that could wake up the water-splitting field.
Originally published on EV Obsession. A test stretch of electric road, the first in the country, was inaugurated in Sandviken, Sweden, on June 22. The electric road test stretch, located on the E16, makes Sweden one of the only counties anywhere in the world to be actively testing the use … [continued]
The electric bus route 55 in Gothenburg, Sweden, has now been in service for over a year. How successful has the route been during that time? Very successful. Drivers and passengers have had very good things to say about the electric bus route, apparently. During the first year of service, … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Free concerts put on by children from the Side by Side by El Sistema international music camp are being performed today and tomorrow (June 16 and 17) on electric bus route 55 in Gothenburg, Sweden, according to an email sent to CleanTechnica and EV Obsession. … [continued]
Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, has announced it will divest from investments in coal, oil, and gas, following a one-and-a-half year citizen-led campaign. The announcement was made by the City of Stockholm on Tuesday, declaring that Stockholm would withdraw investments in coal, oil, and gas companies, equating to approximately 30 … [continued]
It has been a great week for clean energy in Europe. First, the energy ministers of nine North Sea countries met at an Energy Council in Luxembourg to discuss cooperation on offshore wind power. The nine countries: Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, France, Denmark, Ireland, and Belgium signed a Memorandum … [continued]
Below are some great articles and interesting news from around the interwebs, to complement CleanTechnica‘s obsessive coverage. Enjoy. Highlight Article Almost Everything You Know About Climate Change Solutions Is Outdated, Part 1 Almost everything you know about climate change solutions is outdated, for several reasons. First, climate science and climate politics … [continued]
Closing out this series of “link bombs,” here are other cleantech/green news items that don’t fit into the solar energy, wind energy, electric vehicle, and bicycling categories: Climate Change Related Leo DiCaprio Wins Oscar for Best Climate Activist! Leonardo DiCaprio’s Huge Carbon Footprint Leo DiCaprio Talks Climate Change Syria’s Drought Has Likely Been Its Worst … [continued]