Published on February 9th, 2017 | by Guest Contributor
The event will provide a crucial platform for the diverse stakeholders in the public health and climate communities to come together around solutions... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2017 | by Guest Contributor
“Deadpool” star Ryan Reynolds developed a passion for the environment in high school after attending an outdoor education program. All these years later, he continues to advocate for sustainability, whether he is supporting American Forest’s The One Tree Initiative or stopping by 24 Hours of Reality: The Road Forward to discuss the preservation of our natural resources for future generations... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2017 | by Cynthia Shahan
The Renault-Nissan Alliance has announced that it has stayed at the top of the EV charts globally, especially with Mitsubishi Motors now in the fold. "The Renault-Nissan Alliance, with Mitsubishi Motors, cumulatively sold 424,797 electric vehicles through 2016, making it the undisputed leader in zero-emission mobility," an announcement stated... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
China's solar capacity doubled in 2016 and is set to double again as the country takes bold steps to increase its access to clean renewable power to 20% by 2030. It will invest $364 billion to achieve that goal. ... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
Apple is serious about solar energy. It has 200 megawatts of installed solar in China and has just announced a partnership with NV Energy to add 200 megawatts in Nevada to power its enormous data center located there. ... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
New figures from the American Wind Energy Association have shown that the United States installed a total of 8,203 megawatts in 2016, of which 6,478 MW was installed in the fourth quarter of the year, making it the country's second strongest quarter for wind energy installations ever. ... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
The Solar Purchase Disclosure offers a suite of standardized summary documents that help consumers compare offers from competing solar companies. This first-of-its-kind purchase disclosure form will help consumers in all 50 states better understand the transaction they are about to sign up for... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2017 | by Jeremy Bloom
We knew that if Republicans took control of the government, it would be a disaster for the environment. Bill McKibben (and RedGREENandBlue) are disappointed at what's coming out of Washington, but not surprised... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
An impressive 12.5 gigawatts worth of new wind energy capacity was installed across the European Union in 2016, accounting for 51% of all new power installations, and bringing the region's total wind energy capacity up to 153.7 GW. ... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2017 | by James Ayre
We reported recently on the apparent — and not too surprising — implosion of Faraday Future's plans to develop an enormous 3-million-square-foot electric vehicle manufacturing facility in Nevada... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2017 | by Energy Excelerator
The Energy Excelerator approach is to think in systems. This means we look for ways to connect the right people, companies, and solutions to accelerate our path to 100% clean energy, not just in Hawaii, but across the world... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
California utility companies plan to invest $1 billion to replace every diesel engine in the state with an electric motor. That includes medium and heavy duty trucks, port equipment, airport ground support vehicles, and forklifts. ... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
Richard Hatfield, head of Lightning Motorcycles, wants to build an electric motorcycle that can go from San Francisco to Los Angeles on a single battery charge. That's more than 500 miles. It's not possible now, but he thinks it will be soon. ... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
A report by Reuters says pilot production of the Tesla Model 3 will begin February 20, 2 days before the Q4 earnings call. Are the two events related? ... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
A new report has revealed that American consumers spent less than 4% of their total annual household spending on energy in 2016 -- heating, transport, and electricity -- the smallest share ever recorded by the US Government. ... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
American solar PV manufacturer First Solar has been awarded the contract to supply 140 MW worth of solar modules to the Sun Metals Solar Farm in North Queensland, Australia -- the largest solar project in the country. ... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2017 | by The Beam
This week Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviewed Al Maiorino, who has developed and managed multiple corporate public affairs campaigns in a variety of industries such as gaming, power plant/wind farm projects, or housing/residential projects. Here Al Maiorino talks about the role of social media in the development of renewable energy and how it influences people’s opinions... Read More →
Published on February 9th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
Congestion is the bane of all city dwellers. Getting from Long Island or Rahway into New York City every day consumes many millions of hours for commuters every year. Driving down the San Francisco peninsula from the Castro district to Cupertino is something every Bay Area driver dreads. Congestion is what inspired Elon Musk to propose the Hyperloop and the idea of boring tunnels underground. Uber has its own idea about how to conquer congestion and it involves an autonomous flying car that will whisk urbanites quickly and economically from place to place... Read More →
Published on February 8th, 2017 | by Kyle Field
As he tends to do, Elon Musk went on a Twitter rampage, responding to questions from the Twittersphere. In doing so and as he's also in the habit of doing, he shed light on some rather interesting details about the Model S and X battery size, Model 3 battery size as limited by the physical footprint of the vehicle and a few tips on stripping down a Tesla for maximum performance... Read More →
Published on February 8th, 2017 | by Kyle Field
Tesla's free Superchargers have been a hotly debated topic since they first went live for the Model S. People complained about how it wasn't scalable, how the stalls would all fill up because of local freeloaders when it was designed for people taking long trips...suffice it to say that it has been a point of contention for the company...but at the same time, one of Tesla's key differentiators... Read More →
Published on February 8th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
A group of respected Republican leaders has proposed a new carbon tax idea and is headed to Washington to talk up their idea. Chances are their proposal will fall on deaf ears. ... Read More →
Published on February 8th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
Earlier this month, news of a report reached my ears that was proposing there was no way to have green energy and economic growth, and that poverty, unemployment, and "zero economic growth are the likely outcome for countries which choose renewable energy sources over fossil fuels." ... Read More →
Published on February 8th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
Iran's Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian said earlier this week that the Finance Ministry had approved foreign investments in the country's renewable energy industry worth $3 billion. ... Read More →
Published on February 8th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
The decline of greenhouse gas emissions in the United Kindom continued in 2015, according to new government statistics, dropping 3.8% compared to the year previous. ... Read More →
Published on February 8th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
European wind energy trade body WindEurope has launched a new digital platform which provides daily wind energy statistics ranging from the share of wind energy per day through to hourly wind energy generation. ... Read More →
Published on February 8th, 2017 | by James Ayre
BMW i Ventures is one of a number of firms (including Google) to be investing in the Burlington, Massachusetts–based 3-D metal component printing firm Desktop Metal, according to recent reports... Read More →
Published on February 8th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
The Seattle city council has voted unanimously to stop doing business with Wells Fargo Bank because of its financial support of the Dakota Access pipeline. ... Read More →
Published on February 8th, 2017 | by Saurabh Mahapatra
India's wind energy capacity stands at 28.7 gigawatts and remains the largest and most trusted renewable energy technology in India... Read More →
