In what represents the first instance of a Ukrainian company licensing a technology of this type to a Chinese company, Yunasko of Ukraine has reached an agreement with the Chinese company Power Tech to license its patented ultracapacitor technology, according to an email sent to CleanTechnica. The licensing agreement pertains to … [continued]
A gallon of gas costs less today than it has for a long time. Just last summer, we were paying about $3.70 per gallon. Six months later, the average price is $2.65… and falling. This may translate to $75 billion in gasoline savings for US drivers in 2015, says AAA. … [continued]
Figures released late October by solar PV deployment information group Wiki-Solar show that the global capacity of utility-scale PV generating capacity has now reached 30.3 GW, a growth of 8.8 GW since the beginning of the year, which marks the fifth consecutive record year for the sector. The growth of … [continued]
RenewEconomy. Sophie Vorrath. The global utility-scale solar market has clocked its fifth consecutive year of record growth, with newly released data showing total capacity has now reached 30.3GW, up from 21.5GW at the start of 2014. Figures released on Tuesday, along with the chart below, show that at the end … [continued]
A new National Action Plan state decree for the development of wind energy was recently issued by the Ukrainian government, after being approved by the country’s cabinet. The ambitious new goals called for by the decree include increasing the wind energy capacity of the country up to 2.28 GW by … [continued]
The political conflict between Russia and the Ukraine is apparently having a knock-on effect regarding the EU’s plans for the creation of a common energy market, helping to speed up said plans. The main stated reasons for creating a common market are the benefits that would go along with a broad … [continued]
During my speaking tour in Ukraine last year*, I gave 4 speeches in 3 different locations. A couple of the speeches were recorded by a professional videographer and were supposed to be passed on to me, but it seems that the people who were working on that got distracted with … [continued]
On a cleantech speaking tour of Ukraine, I was introduced to a wicked awesome coworking space in Kiev, Chasopys. Pictures below. Ukrainian green incubator Greencubator and solar company Activ Solar hosted me on a cleantech speaking tour around Ukraine last year. Lucky for me, this was before all of the political turmoil … [continued]
Originally published on EnergyPost. By Luca Bergamaschi Poland’s proposal to reduce the EU’s energy dependence on Russia by collective buying of gas and maximising domestic production of coal shows a reactive, “security-as-usual” approach that is totally behind the times, writes Luca Bergamaschi of think tank E3G. According to Bergamaschi, the … [continued]
Originally published on Ecotricity. Drivers of electric cars travelled over half a million miles over the last twelve months using Britain’s Electric Highway, it was revealed [last week]. The Electric Highway, Ecotricity’s national network of electricity pumps for electric cars, and the biggest network in Britain, has grown rapidly in … [continued]
