First Utility-Scale Floating Solar Power Plant For Germany

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 20:40:59 +0000

germany floating solarCiel & Terre recently announced the launching of a new utility-scale 750 kWp floating solar array in Renchen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neige BREANT, Sales manager EMEA and Vincent Pinchou, Project Engineering Manager EMEA, answered some questions for CleanTechnica about the project

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How The Long Drive To Frankfurt For IAA 2019 Made Me Talk To My Tesla Model 3

Credit to Author: Jesper Berggreen| Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 06:12:32 +0000

A few days ago I told you what I thought was going on at the IAA 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show, and that was quite an eye opener for me. One single model stole the show. The world of automobiles will see serious change next year, when the VW ID.3 and other similar models hit the tarmac with their wheels spinning so fast the fossil fuel slurping dinosaurs won’t know what hit them

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BYD Gains Foothold In Germany With Orders For 22 Electric Buses

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 10:00:27 +0000

BYD is moving into car country with its first order for fully electric transit buses in Germany. The orders for 22 of its 12-meter buses came from German public transit operators BOGESTRA and HCR and are aimed at improving ailing air quality in the greater Ruhr Metropolitan Region

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There Has Never Been A Better Time To Become A Climate Activist Than Now. Here’s Why

Credit to Author: The Beam| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 19:05:54 +0000

Fridays For FutureFor our planet to remain habitable, we have to change everything. To move away from fossil fuels, we have to transform the way we eat, commute, live, consume, and travel. And we have to raise our voices — not just the youth, but people of all ages. In order to save our future, we have to become climate activists. The timeframe has been set a long time ago and we are approaching its end with increasing pace

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BMW i3 = #1 Electric Vehicle In Germany In August, Record Performance

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 14:15:35 +0000

The German plug-in electric vehicle market continued on the right track in August, having registered 8,121 units. Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) were up +104% year over year (YoY), while plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) keep suffering (down 9%). The plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) share was 2.6% in the month, with BEVs alone hitting 1.6%. That kept the 2019 plug-in share at 2.6% (1.7% BEV)

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Tesla Model S P100D+ On Nürburgring Industry-Pool Prototype

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 05:30:25 +0000

In a video uploaded by TALEA Media, several high-performance vehicles are seen running laps on the Nürburgring, a 13-mile long German track, including both the Porsche Taycan and the Tesla Model S P100D+

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Ugh — Germany’s Automakers Slow To Respond To Tesla Challenge

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 03:47:02 +0000

After growing fat on expanding sales and record profits, the world’s automakers are now facing lean times. The decade-long global economic expansion is running out of gas, and the industry-changing trend of electrification, which automakers happily ignored when the profits were rolling in, now looms as an existential threat

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Byton Brings Two Flavors Of Its Fully Electric M-Byte SUV To Frankfurt

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 20:05:13 +0000

The electric car builders at Byton brought the production build of their fully electric M-Byte SUV to the Frankfurt Auto Show for its big reveal to the world. They only build EVs and they have no plans to do it otherwise because as they see it, battery-powered electric vehicles are the future. Here at CleanTechnica, we couldn’t agree more

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Energy Transition Startups Shake Up The Business World

Credit to Author: The Beam| Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2019 08:00:56 +0000

The shift to a low-carbon future is turning the economy inside out. Policy has a crucial role to play, but ultimately it is businesses that will make the energy transition happen. In Energiewende home country Germany, many startups are at the forefront of transformation by bringing novel business ideas to market and by snatching market share from incumbents in sectors such as renewables, heating, or mobility

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