June 6, 2013

Top Cleantech Stories Of The Day! Waka Power, Jap Solar Industry, Tesla





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Product Review: Portable Solar Charger By WAKA WAKA POWER

A company called Off-Grid Solutions has committed itself to eradicating energy poverty for 1.5 billion people worldwide by leveraging sales of its signature product, the WakaWaka Power portable solar charger that combines a mobile phone charger and lamp. On that account we agreed to take a WakaWaka Power out on a test run, and boy are we glad that we did, because that gave us a first hand opportunity to compare Off-Grid’s strategy for addressing … Read More
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Japanese Solar Industry Soaring

In the space of two days at the end of May three separate reports were released covering the soaring growth of Japan’s solar industry. Not only can solar replace nuclear power in Japan, but it is also set to become the world’s largest solar revenue market in 2013, thanks at least in part to a surge in installations in Q1. Replacing Nuclear In the wake of the tragic Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March of 2011 … Read More
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Elon's Top 7 Statements From Friday's Tesla Motors Press Conference (Quotations)

Tina already had a great post wrapping up some of the key issues Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk discussed in Friday’s press call (in particular, the Zombie Apocalypse and 4th-generation Tesla car design), and I published an announcement about the greatly expanding Tesla Supercharger network before the call (the main focus of the call). But the whole call was full of interesting tidbits and statements from Elon. Plus, I like using exact quotations as much … Read More
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Apple Plucks Former EPA Chief

Former US Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson will be joining tech-giant Apple as vice president of environmental initiatives. Apple CEO Tim Cook made the announcement speaking at the D: All Things Digital conference last Tuesday with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. “I’m incredibly impressed with Apple’s commitment to the environment and I’m thrilled to be joining the team,” Jackson said in a statement released by Apple. “Apple has shown how innovation can drive real progress by … Read More
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California's "Anti-Fracking Legislation" To Wait Another Year

This post first appeared on San Diego Loves Green  The California Assembly will not pass "Anti-Fracking" legislation this year.  One of the most promising bills meant to curtail it, AB-1323, went down to defeat (24-37, with 18 votes not cast) and two others (AB-1301 and AB-649) have been held back in Appropriations until next year. In some way, these bills are philosophically compatible with Royal Dutch Shell CEO Peter Voser's call for firmer regulation of  the … Read More
California's "Anti-Fracking Legislation" To Wait Another Year was originally published on: CleanTechnica. To read more from CleanTechnica, join over 30,000 others and subscribe to our free RSS feed, follow us on Facebook (also free!), follow us on Twitter, or just visit our homepage (yep, free).

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Converging Solar Demand And Supply Set To Help Solar Industry Recover

Despite oversupply and thin module margins putting many solar suppliers out of business in the past two years, a new report suggests the industry is poised for a quick recovery, thanks to consolidated supply and demand. Lux Research's upcoming report "Buying Low: The Solar's Imminent Return to Health and Profitability" said by 2015 module capacity will decline to 58 GW due to industry financial constraints and non competitive companies. Advancing markets, including China, will push … Read More
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California's Waste Bills: Plastic Defeated (For Now); Mattress Passed; Bottles To Senate

This article first posted on San Diego Loves Green The most controversial of the three Waste bills before the California Assembly was voted down yesterday.  Senate Bill 405, designed to implement a statewide phase-out of single use plastic bags, did not receive the 21 votes needed to pass. The measure failed by a vote of 18-17, with four abstentions. "We are disappointed in this missed opportunity to dramatically reduce plastic pollution and waste in California, … Read More
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Solar In Germany Down To 1,000 Euro A KW

This article first appeared on the Lenz Blog Says Ashley Seager in this article at the Guardian titled “Renewable energy’s clean, cheap and here – what’s stopping us?” He knows that from his own experience running a company called AEA solar GmbH that is actually installing solar on German barn roofs. He also explains that this means a 70% reduction in price over the last three years. That’s pretty significant speed. He then goes on … Read More
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