By Michelle Froese A program that fuels electric vehicles with wind energy will continue for cooperative members who choose to drive electric. Much of the public charging infrastructure powered by cooperatives is fueled by Revolt. Revolt, a first-of-its-kind program that allows electric vehicle (EV) owners to further support the use of renewable energy, will continue…
By SolarWakeup What: On January 24th, SolarWakeup held a conference call to discuss the 201 Tariffs and their market impacts Summary: Joined by solar experts, Colin Rusch of Oppenheimer and MJ Shiao of GTM Research, SolarWakeup held a conference call to discuss the impacts and next steps from the President’s solar tariffs. Research from Oppenheimer…
By Michelle Froese Following successful wind-turbine blade inspections at Sheringham Shoal, Martek Aviation have been awarded a two-year Framework Contract with SSE Plc to inspect their 683 wind turbines across 47 sites throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). According to Martek Aviation, UAS’s make aerial surveys more accessible, affordable, and…
By National Wind Watch A state legislator wants projects like Bethlehem’s turbine proposal in the Poconos to face the winds of public opinion. The Bethlehem Authority, which owns 23,000 acres around the city’s water supply in Carbon and Monroe counties, would be required to let voters in the municipality in which such a project is…
By National Wind Watch “It’s very sad to hear the project is up and running,” said April Maurath Sommer, executive director of the Protect Our Communities Foundation. “We really support the transition to a cleaner grid but it should be a cleaner grid that is truly sustainable and projects that are particularly hard on imperiled…
By National Wind Watch The discovery that some large wind developments across Ontario are not being required to adhere to new provincial noise emission requirements has prompted four citizen groups to take legal action. “Essentially, we feel like we are collateral damage in this whole Green Energy Act to be perfectly honest, and that’s not…
By Nicolas Zart ABB announced an electric mobility plan and infrastructure for the Swiss city of Davos. Its 6,000 stations installed in more than 50 countries are now also going to be used in the city at the same time the World Economic Forum (WEF) is being held Read Full Article Here For more great…
By James Ayre The China-based auto manufacturer BYD has been expanding internationally in recent years quite a bit, with the most recent news on that front being that a deal has been struck that will see the old city of Alexandria granted its first electric buses Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Clean…
By National Wind Watch TORONTO, Jan. 25, 2018 /CNW/ – A judicial review application has been filed against the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (“MOECC”) in the Divisional Court in Toronto. The application alleges Ontario regulations and directives limit the amount of noise any residence in the province should have to tolerate from…
By WebEditor 1.09GW hydroelectric-transmission project sweeps clean energy call Read Full Article Here For more great articles: reNEWS – Renewable Energy News
By mmillikin On the heels of an quarterly report marked by an underwhelming profit, and amid a general “lack of fitness” according to CFO Bob Shanks, Ford Motor announced that it is accelerating and expanding its activities in 2018 to deliver a broad suite of mobility products and services to personal vehicle owners, fleet owners…
By Nicolas Zart If 2017 was about VTOL aircraft, 2018 is so far shaping up to be about EV charging station companies and the juggernaut progression that is building infrastructure for electric vehicle (EV) mobility Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Clean Technica
By [email protected] At a recent conference, I argued that current utility-scale PV operations and maintenance prices in the U.S. were dangerously low, posing a threat to quality of service and vendor survival. I added that O&M prices might bounce back after bottoming out, as they did in the wind industry a few years ago. A…
By Ray Prince A lawsuit has been filed against General Motors for a Dec. 7 crash involving a Cruise autonomous test vehicle and a motorcyclist. Last Monday, the defendant, Oscar Nilsson, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Calif., alleging that a self-driving Bolt made an abrupt lane change, ejecting him…
By [email protected] The wind industry’s tendency toward creating bigger machines shows no sign of slowing down in the coming years, according to a recent report from MAKE Consulting. If anything, in some segments of the market the trend could speed up. Wood Mackenzie-owned MAKE’s 2017 Global Wind Turbine Trends report, published at the end of…