Key Solar completes 3-MW rooftop project for Massachusetts UPS hub
By Kelly Pickerel New England solar installer Key Solar has completed a 3-MW solar project for a UPS hub in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. “As the UPS holiday package delivery season hits its stride, Key Solar is pleased to complete this portion of a large, impactful project that’s a sound investment both for the company and the…
Germany’s solar-powered city car, Taycan and Model X crumpled, cheaper EV batteries: Today’s Car News
By [email protected] (Aaron Cole) A small company in Germany says it may produce a practical solar-powered city car by the end of next year. European crash-testers say the Porsche Taycan and Tesla Model X are top safety performers. And batteries inch closer toward the tipping point of $100-per-kwh mark that may bring the cost of…
German SPD wants to renegotiate climate package
By Robin Lancaster German SPD wants to renegotiate climate package Read Full Article Here For more great articles: reNEWS – Renewable Energy News
Sacramento Wants to Electrify Its Homes, Low-Income Families Included
By [email protected] “No one has more to gain from electrification than low-income and moderate-income households.” With that, Scott Blunk set the agenda for a small team that had gathered at a Utah ski resort earlier this year to address a thorny challenge: How does a not-for-profit municipal utility that has committed to eliminate carbon from…
Coalition embraces Labor’s 50% renewables target that it said was “reckless”
By Giles Parkinson Taylor details emissions forecasts “to the last tonne” that reveal Coalition expects to reach 50% renewables target it had described as reckless. The post Coalition embraces Labor’s 50% renewables target that it said was “reckless” appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
Meet the Expert Cataloging Every Climate Solution
By [email protected] This week, we have a special addendum to our deep decarbonization draft. We’re talking with Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, the vice president of communication and engagement at Project Drawdown. Katharine is one of the minds behind the Project Drawdown solutions list that we used as the basis for our draft. We chose the list…
Electric-car battery prices dropped 13% in 2019, will reach $100/kwh in 2023
By [email protected] (Bengt Halvorson) Although electric cars haven’t quite taken off in the 2010s the way some had anticipated, sheer economics are pointing to the 2020s as the time when EVs will find that market fever pitch. From 2010 to 2019, lithium-ion battery prices (when looking at the battery pack as a whole) have fallen…
Vineyard success in Connecticut
Vineyard Wind’s 804MW Park City Wind has been selected in an offshore solicitation in Connecticut. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Wind Power News & Analysis RSS Feed
The European Investment Bank Has Quit Fossil Fuels. Now What?
By [email protected] COPENHAGEN — With an annual outlay in the energy sector of €15 billion ($16.6 billion), the European Investment Bank is one of the sector’s biggest lenders. And for every euro the EIB puts into a project or business, around seven more are invested by the private sector. That’s around €120 billion ($133 billion)…
The European Investment Bank Has Quit Fossil Fuels. Now What?
By [email protected] COPENHAGEN — With an annual outlay in the energy sector of €15 billion ($16.6 billion), the European Investment Bank is one of the sector’s biggest lenders. And for every euro the EIB puts into a project or business, around seven more are invested by the private sector. That’s around €120 billion ($133 billion)…