According to this article in GreenTech Media, California is readying what could be the next game-changing update to its building-performance standards. Every three years since 1980 , the California Energy Commission reviews its building-performance standards, known as Title 24, with …
All-Electric New Construction: You Won’t Be Able To Say “Now You’re Cookin’ with Gas” Read More »
I met the people from Eos at an energy storage event in San Diego many moons ago, perhaps 2010. One of their reps told me that they were right around the corner from a commercially available zinc-air battery that would …
Europe’s “Green Deal” is much like the American concept of the “Green New Deal,” with the exception of the fact that it might actually happen. Having said that, it is facing opposition, and from a predictable source. The Green Deal …
As reported by GreenTech Media, Spain and Portugal are on a tear to build wind farms, in a concerted effort to meet their 2050 objective of carbon-neutrality. Spanish oil giant Repsol is using the metric of carbon intensity to gauge …
The Iberian Renewables Boom: A Tale of Two Continents Read More »
From GreenTech Media: After raising nearly $60 million in a recent 50-day crowdfunding campaign, Munich-based Sono Motors expects its €25,500 ($27,600) electric car, the Sion, to benefit from a range extension from about 2 miles per day to as much …
German Startup Aims to Sell “Self-Charging” Electric Car Covered in Solar Panels Read More »
Large marine vessels powered by bunker diesel have horrendous environmental footprints. That’s why it’s such excellent news that government-owned Washington State Ferries, the second-largest ferry system in the world, is switching from diesel to batteries amid a growing trend toward …
We frequently lament that the U.S. federal government is going backwards vis-a-vis renewable energy, yet we are prone to overlook what is happening at the state and local level. A new report from the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation documents how …
A year or two after the launch of 2GreenEnergy in the summer of 2009, I got an unexpected phone call from a guy who said, “Hello, Craig. You don’t know me, but I’m — (I can’t recall his name), an …
Our civilization may decide to take care of our environment because it’s the right thing to do. More likely, however, we’ll wind up with cleantech because of its relative affordability vs. things like coal-fired power plants.
An article in GreenTech Media this morning asks why most of the countries in Southeast Asia are lagging behind the rest of the world in the deployment of renewable energy. I skipped it. The developing world doesn’t have the cash …
Renewable Energy News from Around the Globe–At Least a Couple of Parts of It Read More »
