With Tesla’s star seemingly still on the rise, various governments around the world have been working in recent times to attract large manufacturing investments from the firm — with the potential to host new “gigafactories,” amongst other things, being the motivation. The government of Hungary is one of the governments … [continued]
In many parts of the world, the oil industry reigns supreme. Or nearly so — influencing everything from political decisions, to cultural moments, to the quality of the food you eat and the air you breathe.
Originally published on People For Bikes. By Katy Hartnett, director of government relations Twenty-four bike sharing systems opened in the U.S. this year. Last week, Rep. Joe Crowley from New York and Rep. Erik Paulson from Minnesota introduced the Bike to Work Act, which should get even more people using … [continued]
The newest edition of the Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme report was recently released by the IEA — detailing a huge quantity of different aspects of the global solar PV market as well as country- and region-specific solar PV markets. This 19th edition of the report provides a number of highly interesting/useful … [continued]
Tesla Motors announced big plans earlier this year. Though the agreement is not public, Panasonic is also involved: it plans to manufacture and supply cylindrical lithium-ion cells Tesla uses to build battery packs to power electric cars. Specifically, said Sebastian Blanco of Autoblog Green in June, batteries from Tesla’s announced Gigafactory … [continued]
While there is certainly a growing renewable energy trend, there still remains an entrenched fossil fuel infrastructure and system of associated economic incentives. The public may not be all that aware of one of the incentives, but certain business people are. Master limited partnerships are a way to structure an … [continued]
The clean energy industry is apparently doing rather well – in other words, let’s stop trying to […]
Renewable energy in the United States – most notably, wind energy – currently benefits from a production tax credit (PTC). Wind energy is eligible for $0.022 in tax credits per kWh. It might not sound like much, but considering how much energy wind turbines can generate, it can add up … [continued]
There has been a ton of money floating out of Washington the past couple of years. Much is going toward propping up state governments with budget shortfalls, helping those who cannot find work by extending unemployment benefits and COBRA health insurance coverage, and a ton of dough is going to … [continued]
