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Screen captures from a Tesla VPP customer’s monitoring app. Look at that battery go! Green is battery, grey is grid. Above the line is using battery/grid. Below the line is charging battery/exporting to the grid. Tesla Powerwall owners taking part in South Australia’s Virtual Power Plant (VPP) project have a continuing exciting ride for a […]
Today, the fuel cell and hydrogen industry associations from Korea and the U.S. signed an MoU to collaborate on key activities. Today, two leading fuel cell and hydrogen energy trade associations representing the United States and the Republic of Korea entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) pledging to increase collaboration to further advance the […]
Statement from Gregory Wetstone, President and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy “The Trump Administration’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget would once again dramatically underinvest in clean energy research and innovation. In the coming weeks, we will be working with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to ensure that, as they have in […]
To avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we’ll need to accelerate electrification of the fastest growing source of greenhouse gases in the world: medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. These include vehicles from big semitrucks and delivery vans, to city buses and garbage trucks. Fortunately, this sector looks poised to grow through 2020 and beyond, good […]
The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) announces funding investment for a marketing/public relations campaign to drive awareness of Geothermal Energy and its potential throughout society. (Davis, California, USA): The GRC is developing a marketing/public relations campaign to highlight geothermal energy and its potential to be a strong ally in humanity’s fight against climate change. The objective […]
On Feb. 4, 2020, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an initiative to transition to zero-emission cars by 2035 or earlier. The plan will end the sale of all new cars that use fossil fuels (gas and diesel), including hybrids, and promote production of electric cars. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps stated, “We want to go […]
China, Hong Kong and Vietnam are the top three nations exporting batteries to India. Chinese imports were worth $773 million in the last fiscal year with Hong Kong shipping $267 million worth and Vietnam $114 million, according to the Ministry of Commerce. February 10, 2020Uma Gupta Paving the way for Make in India battery manufacturing, […]
A group of chemists at Russia’s RUDN University has developed a series of compounds based on methylammonium iodide and iodine, which it says could be used to produce perovskite solar devices without the need for toxic solvent materials. This would also allow perovskite cells to be manufactured without chemical products to be disposed of. February […]
On Thursday, February 6, the Louisville Metro Council Parks and Sustainability Committee approved a resolution establishing a goal of powering the city’s municipal operations with 100% clean, renewable energy by 2035 and community-wide by 2040. Louisville becomes the first city in Kentucky and 160th nationwide to make this commitment. Coal has long been a backbone […]
The debt-saddled PV project developer appears to again be piling up credit lines as it awaits the outcome next week of its latest, $231 million Chinese state-backed bail-out. February 10, 2020Max Hall Panda Green has borrowed from another of its state-owned shareholders. Anthony Chong/Pixabay Embattled solar developer Panda Green has added another significant debt-related date […]
