By Sophie Vorrath ACT govt opens second wind auction round, to develop a further 200MW of wind energy projects across Australia’s National Electricity Market. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Eas Sarma Tony Abbott’s claim Australian coal will cure Indian energy poverty reveals a deep lack of understanding for the real situation, says former govt minister. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Shamsiah Ali-Oettinger Tesla says advanced orders for its Powerwall and Powerpack battery storage systems could already exceed $US1 billion. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
In response to a NASA challenge to design an all-electric propulsion general aviation airplane, five ideas out of the 20 submitted by U.S. universities wowed the judges. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Electric Vehicles Research
By Tina Casey Ford surveyed 10,000 EV drivers and found some interesting differences between those who own full battery EVs compared to plug-n hybrid EVs CT Exclusive Interview: 10,000 EV Drivers Can’t Be Wrong… But They Can Be Different was originally published on CleanTechnica. To read more from CleanTechnica, join over Read Full Article Here…
By Tracey Smith Here are last weeks’ cleantech stocks and bond financing announcements: The post Last Week’s Cleantech Stocks and Bond Financing Announcements appeared first on Solar Thermal Magazine. Related posts:Plan to Convert US to 100 Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Thermal Magazine
By Gordon Smith Research on LED technology is raging around the world as lighting companies race to make take advantage of advancement in LED science. The post Sydney Australia Sets an Example By Moving to LED Streetlights appeared first on Solar Thermal Magazine. Related posts: For more great articles: Solar Thermal Magazine
By Gordon Smith The completed solar jar will travel anywhere and it looks pretty cool in design The post Using the Parts from a Solar Garden Light to Make a DiY Solar Light Jar appeared first on Solar Thermal Magazine. Related posts: For more great articles: Solar Thermal Magazine
By Offshore Wind Barge Accident Scars Foundation Off Rhode Island Following the commencement of Block Island offshore wind farm construction, the developer was struck by a hazard. Leeghwater Offshore Wind Project Cancelled Leeghwater, a Dutch pilot project proposing to install fifty to seventy offshore wind turbines off the coast of Zeeland, has been Read Full…
By Gordon Smith The RTS employs a pair of autonomous, mobile robots to control up to 378 kW of solar modules with high accuracy, reliability, and 100% redundancy. The post A Pair of Robots Make This Method of Sun Tracking for Solar PV More Cost Effective appeared first on Solar Read Full Article Here For…
By Zachary Shahan There’s a lot of fluff out there regarding “futuristic” wind turbines. (See here, here, here, here, and here for example.) The thing is, when it comes to financial competitiveness, nothing seems to come close to the three-blade, horizontal-axis wind turbine design that dominates the market. That said, the design of Read Full…
By Cynthia Shahan Originally published on Gas2. If you don’t have the time in the immediate future to travel Europe, contemplate this brief journey through the eyes of a Nissan LEAF. The electric jaunt shares the 5 “most breathtaking electric drives” in Europe. Pass a few moments from Rieti to Rome (serenely riding Read Full…
By mmillikin A team from the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii at Manoa is developing a new one-pot process to produce gasoline-grade (C6–C18) hydrocarbon oil from polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)—an energy storage material formed from renewable feedstock in many bacterial species. In contrast to conventional biofuels derived from plant biomass, the resultant Read Full Article…
By Guardian Staff Climate Institute survey reveals overwhelming support for wind and solar energy as the Abbott government seeks to limit support for both Australians are deeply worried the Abbott government is underestimating the importance of climate change, new polling shows, as cabinet debates crucial long-term targets for greenhouse gas reductions. The annual polling by…
By James Ayre Originally published on EV Obsession. Some of the factors contributing to the relatively fast adoption of electric vehicles (EV) in some American metropolitan markets have been identified and characterized by a new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). The dominant ones, according to the new report, are: Read Full…