By Kyle Field Chile is leading the charge towards sustainable transportation in South America, having taken delivery of what is now the largest pure electric bus fleet in South America. The delivery of the 100 fully electric BYD K9FE buses was marked by a ceremony in the capital city of Santiago, Chile, on December 13th…
By [email protected] Austin Energy is looking holistically at how storage can serve customers and the grid across the city of Austin, Texas. The Sustainable and Holistic Integration of Energy Storage and Solar Photovoltaics (SHINES) program is harnessing utility-scale storage, distributed storage, smart inverters and data to help the local grid integrate more solar power. How…
BMW Group, BASF SE, Samsung SDI and Samsung Electronics launch cross-industry project to enhance sustainable cobalt mining. As part of a cross-industry initiative, the companies have launched a joint cobalt pilot project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Electric Vehicles Research
By National Wind Watch Investigation will begin by company officials after a wind turbine blade failure early this (Wed) morning in Bloomfield Township, west of Port Hope. Huron County Building and Zoning Director Jeff Smith said that the blade failed early this morning in the Big Turtle Wind Farm. Turbine 14 is located off of…
By mmillikin As part of a cross-industry initiative, the BMW Group, BASF SE, Samsung SDI and Samsung Electronics have launched a joint cobalt pilot project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A contract to this effect between the companies, together with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, will aim to improve artisanal…
By Billy Ludt PNM Resources’ New Mexico utility, PNM, announced a new program designed to support governmental, tribal and large customers in meeting their sustainable energy goals. The program, PNM Solar Direct, is an opportunity in New Mexico for local governments, tribes and large electric customers to subscribe to energy produced by a large-scale solar…
By Cynthia Shahan Ben Pullen, the managing director of Global EVRT, led a rousing day of informative e-mobility talks for the first ever e-mobility session at Intersolar Middle East last year. It culminated in questions from the audience. This question & answer session followed presentations on the accelerating transition to electric vehicles, the power of…
By Kyle Field Residential energy storage leader sonnen is taking another step forward with its sonnenCommunity solution with the announcement of the Hunters Point – Pearl Homes Community and Marina in the small fishing village of Cortez, Florida Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Clean Technica
By [email protected] This week on Watt It Takes: How Sunrun CEO Lynn Jurich convinced homeowners and banks to invest millions into third-party rooftop solar during the Great Recession. “Everybody said, ‘It won’t work.’ We took it as a challenge,” says Jurich. “And so we just went for it.” Sunrun was a pioneer in residential solar…
By Andrea Bertoli The fashion industry has a surprisingly huge carbon budget – and it’s only growing. Learn more about why the garment industry is in need of an overhaul and how you can be a more conscious consumer. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Clean Technica
Epiroc, a leading productivity partner for the mining, infrastructure and natural resources industries, launches its second generation of battery-operated machines that will lower mining customers’ costs and promote a healthier work environment. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Electric Vehicles Research
By Michelle Froese The proposed Grain Belt Express project is an approximately 780-mile, overhead, direct-current transmission line that would deliver wind energy from western Kansas to Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and neighboring states. Invenergy, a global privately-held developer and operator of sustainable energy solutions, announced its plan to acquire all the development assets of the Grain…
By [email protected] None of the scenarios in the latest International Energy Agency World Energy Outlook show renewables growing fast enough to meet global climate goals. Under current policies, said the IEA this week, the world would see increasing strains on almost all aspects of energy security and “a major additional rise” in energy-related carbon emissions….
By mmillikin SEAT will introduce the electric eXS KickScooter powered by Segway at the Smart City Expo World Congress next week. The new SEAT eXS powered by Segway is a micro-mobility solution for users who want to get around the city in an efficient and sustainable way. As part of its Easy Mobility strategy, SEAT’s…
By Billy Ludt Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), a subsidiary of NiSource Inc., unveiled an initiative to transition customers to a more affordable and sustainable energy mix. Referred to as “Your Energy, Your Future”, the effort detailed in the company’s 2018 Integrated Resource Plan, lays out a forward-looking blueprint to transition Northern Indiana’s energy…