Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 02:28:03 +0000
Mercedes-Benz’s Dusseldorf plant has celebrated the start of production of the fully electric eSprinter and ushered in a new era in Dusseldorf
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 00:00:09 +0000
One of CleanTechnica’s first rate, well written, most fascinating articles this year was one by Maarten Vinkhuyzen, who wrote, “A perfect storm is brewing above the automotive industry. Three hardly grasped phenomena are working together. Just like a real storm, when the conditions align in the best/worst way, we get a devastating superstorm. These phenomena (or events) are the Osborne effect of delayed demand, the technology (cost) curve of battery prices and other technology, and the S-curve that describes market acceptance of new technologies.”
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 22:48:54 +0000
Borrego Solar Systems and sPower worked with the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom this year to manifest the first theme park on the West Coast powered by solar energy. In this case, the solar will account for 80% of the park’s energy usage. One difference in this theme park’s solar installation from other similar installations is that it will be powered by one of the most substantial solar carport installations in the country
Credit to Author: Ciara Gillan| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:33:40 +0000
Despite renewed promises of change, countless calls for the end of burning of fossil fuels, greener solutions for the transport, agriculture, mining, and energy industries and an increase in the number of electric vehicles on the market, global carbon figures have steadily increased
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 01:43:22 +0000
Tesla’s Cybertruck order page was recently updated to change up expected production and delivery timelines. The start timelines for the Dual-Motor and Tri-Motor variants’ estimated production have been updated quite a bit. Presumably, the many preorders have influenced this time change
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:16:51 +0000
Being superbly happy with the performance, and yes, the style of the BMW i3 that I drive, it’s nice to hear BMW is continuing to focus on manufacturing electric cars in a green way. The company actually operates a sustainability strategy that exists along the entire value chain, supporting sustainability more deeply than in the cars or car factories themselves
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 19:15:17 +0000
A recent Solar Simplified survey dove into the topic of climate change and what we think we can do about it. Solar Simplified surveyed 5,000 people across the United States in order to understand their nuanced approaches, or lack of any approach, in daily life
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 16:41:48 +0000
Maine is not exactly a hotspot for renewable hydrogen activity right now, but a new power-to-gas project could change that in the blink of an eye
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2019 23:56:33 +0000
Paris Agreement or not, carbon intensity in the US power generation sector is still spiraling downhill, thanks mainly to the coal-vs-gas slugfest
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 03:45:57 +0000
Zero-emissions adaptation is everything in our changing world. Land, sea, and air traffic all need to switch to zero emissions. A favorable example of maritime adaptation comes to us from euronews.com, which invites us to meet Ellen. Ellen means “Sun Ray,” or some say “Bright One.” Although, Ellen is powered by wind, not solar