By ChelseaMendez Morelo spared no expense,but at £360,000, can anyone afford it? German luxury RV manufacturer Morelo has released pictures of its newest model, the Empire Super-Liner, unveiled at the Motorhome & Caravan show in Birmingham, UK, last week. At £360,000, the motorhome is almost double the price of the average home in Britain. But…
By ChelseaMendez Mayor Jack Thomas announcing his commitment Park City, Utah is the latest American city to pledge to turn to 100% renewable energy (you can view the whole list here). The promise was made under the 100% Committed Campaign and Park City has set 2032 as its deadline. Boulder, Colorado, San Francisco and San…
Tesla/SolarCity have announced the launch of a building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) residential roofing system comprised of a range of different tile formats, colours and coatings that aesthetically as possible mirror common conventional tile formats. The solar tiles can be provided as a retrofit option to the replacement of an existing aged tiled roof or as…
By [email protected] (Richard A. Kessler) Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management is in negotiations to acquire almost 400MW of operational wind assets held by Continuum Wind Energy in India, according to livemint.com, a business website there. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: www.rechargenews.com
By ST Staff Writers The solar array will generate approximately 1.2 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year, the energy equivalent to powering the annual electricity needs of about 155 homes in southeast Michigan. The post Largest Solar Array on a GM Site in Michigan appeared first on Solar Thermal Magazine. Read Full Article Here…
By Paul Dvorak Editor’s note: Although this effort in this news parallels the work of private industry, a successful outcome will allow storing economically produced excess power, wind generated and otherwise, as hydrogen which can then be used to drive fuel cells or in industrial applications. If the work is good for utilities, it is…
By Jeff Cobb A video from the UK shows the aftermath of a what is described as Tesla Model S having launched over a berm, bushes, and a parked Mercedes-Benz into the side of a Smart dealership. Just uploaded yesterday, the video gives no description, and it is possible the driver of the S was…
By Paul Dvorak Romax is pleased to announce that their new mobile service and inspection software, Field Pro has reached a key milestone of use on over 500 turbines. Launched in May 2016, this milestone represents a fast up-take by technicians and engineers in the industry. Field Pro allows the planning of daily work on…
By Press Release LightManufacturing claims its off-grid plastic molding systems will transform the market for large plastic objects like water tanks and boats, and potentially improve access to clean water and sanitation around the globe. The post The Solar Rotational Molding Factory From LightManufacturing appeared first on Solar Thermal Magazine. Read Full Article Here For…
By [email protected] The New York Department of Public Service released its long awaited staff report on the value of distributed energy on Thursday, which is the first step in moving community and commercial projects away from retail rate net energy metering. For the past year, stakeholders have been at the table hammering out how to…
By Jon LeSage China may be ready to support hybrid vehicles, instead of counting on plug-ins, as the pathway to reduce tailpipe emissions and dependence on imported oil. The Chinese government wants one in four vehicles to be traditional hybrids that run on both gasoline and electricity by 2030. Bloomberg reported that statement comes from…
By [email protected] A survey of experts in wind energy found they predict prices will fall faster than most published models expect, a new study found. The speed with which wind energy burst onto the international scene makes it hard to predict how the sector will grow in the decades to come. Offshore and floating offshore…
By [email protected] (Richard A. Kessler) Fast-growing renewables player Southern Power has completed the acquisition of a controlling interest in the 257MW Wake Wind Energy Center, marking the company’s entrance into the dynamic Texas wind market. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: www.rechargenews.com
By Jon LeSage The city of San Diego says that its fleet will be the largest in the nation to adopt renewable diesel. The city can fuel up its 1,125 diesel vehicles, including street sweepers, refuse packers, and firetrucks, on renewable diesel. Doing so will release 80-percent fewer emissions than traditional diesel, according to state…
By Tim Healey A new report suggests that cars in California and states signed onto its emissions rules are responsible for $37 billion in health-and climate-related costs each year. The projection comes from the American Lung Association of California, and implicitly means broader financial implications for the nation as a whole, as it only encompasses…