By Guest Contributor Autonomous driving technology promises to unleash sweeping changes on our society. However (perhaps fortunately), it’s likely to be some time before self-driving cars become frequent sights on the roads Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Clean Technica
By Giles Parkinson The boom is small-scale rooftop solar installations has continued into 2019, with total installs at record level for January. The post Small-scale rooftop solar installs reach record 159MW in January appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Sophie Vorrath NSW Coalition and Labor unveil separate pledges to boost distributed renewables in state: a rooftop solar rebate from Labor and zero-interest loans for PV and batteries from LNP. The post Rooftop solar, batteries early winners in NSW election race appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew…
By Sarah Spaugh The team is excited to shake off a long period of radio silence and share that we’ve successfully wrapped up the aerodynamic design of our upcoming 2019 competition vehicle! Aero team members Sam Kim, Isabella Rios, Kathleen Miller & Julia Gordon, led by co-leads Jason Trinidad & Yuji Sugimoto, worked long hours…
By Gordon Smith You would think that a state that refers to itself as the sunshine state would be rushing to install solar power technology. I mean…The post A Solar Powered Florida – FPL appeared first on Solar Thermal Magazine. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Thermal Magazine
By Zachary Shahan As some of you know, a few friends and I launched a city-to-city “Tesla Shuttle” network in Europe a year and a half ago. At some point last year, one of those guys suggested, “Hey, why don’t we open up our platform for other Tesla owners around the world who would like…
Wärtsilä has signed an agreement with Hagland Shipping AS for a hybrid retrofit installation. The project will take place onboard the ‘Hagland Captain’, a general cargo vessel owned by Hagland Shipping. It will be the first project of its kind ever in short-sea shipping applications. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Electric Vehicles…
Batteries are currently outpacing fuel cells in the technological race to power the electric vehicle. Lithium batteries keep getting cheaper, while fuel cells remain hampered by pricey, short-lived platinum catalysts. Researchers suggest that adding a bit more platinum—albeit in a novel form—could help fuel cell cars catch up. Read Full Article Here For more great…
By Giles Parkinson Grattan debunks conservative claims that an increase in renewable energy will inevitably make the electricity system less reliable, and says such views are both wrong and dangerous. The post Blaming renewables for reliability issues is “wrong and dangerous” appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Zachary Shahan CleanTechnica writers now have 6 Tesla Model 3s, 3 Tesla Model Ss, 2 Chevy Bolts, 1 Nissan LEAF (after 2-3 retired Nissan LEAFs), 1 BMW i3, 1 Peugeot iOn, 1 Kia Soul EV, and 1 Zero Motorcycle. That makes 15 electric vehicles — if you don’t count the electric bikes we have…
By Nicolas Zart Welcome to our new weekly #CleanTechnica video recap of some of our favorite stories of the week. In this new feature, Alex Guberman from “E for Electric” and I provide our opinions on hot news from our decade+ of experience with electric vehicles Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Clean…
By National Wind Watch The blade broke off from a wind turbine in Randolph County on Saturday, south of Winchester, in the “Headwaters” facility which is owned by the Portuguese company EDP Renovaveis. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: National Wind Watch
By Gordon Smith Sunrun won its bid to provide 20 megawatts of energy capacity from Sunrun’s Brightbox home solar and battery systems to ISO New England beginning in 2022The post Sunrun New England appeared first on Solar Thermal Magazine. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Thermal Magazine
By Tim Probert Scots reboot marine prize loot Read Full Article Here For more great articles: reNEWS – Renewable Energy News
By Ryan Austin Researchers now understand how to increase efficiency of flexible solar cells A team of researchers from MIT, with assistance from UC San Diego, have taken us one step closer to commercializing perovskite solar cells, a technology that is cheaper, more flexible, and easier to manufacture than crystalline solar cells used in conventional…