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The Navy got its first ever solar powered electric vehicle charging station last week, and though it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the Navy’s overall fuel consumption it is yet another demonstration of a slow but steady transition out of petroleum dependency by the US military. The news also comes as the Navy gives coal the heave-ho, moving forward with a contract to replace a 1950′s era coal fired power plant at its … Read More
First Navy Solar EV Charging Station Opens, Last Coal Power Plant Closes 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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The capital of Scotland may soon have a city-wide electric bicycle hire scheme. Edinburgh is looking into something similar to the “Boris Bike” network that is in London and the Citi Bike system that just launched in New York City, but using electric bikes with such a scheme. The new scheme would place over 5,000 motorized bicycles across the city in key locations, along with charging points. To get a bicycle, one will just have … Read More
Scotland Capital Considering Electric Bicycle Hire Scheme 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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For several years now, Japan has been on the solar map, being one of the leading manufacturers of solar panels and in the top 5 ranking for countries with the most solar PV installed. Since the Fukushima accident, Japan has been looking to solar even more in order to replace nuclear generation, which accounted for 30% of its total energy generation before the March 2011 disaster that prompted the closure of all but two of the nation's nuclear … Read More
Japan Offers Loans For Rooftop PV Generation 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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The US, China and Germany, ranked as the top three most attractive countries for renewable energy investment in 2012, a year in which renewable energy came of age, ushering in an era of democratization of energy, according to the 10th anniversary edition of Ernst & Young's RECAI.
US Tops In Renewable Energy Attractiveness As Sector Comes Of Age 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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I love the Volt. And as a cleantech enthusiast and greenie, I think it’s cool. But I think it sorely misses the ball when it comes to reaching the average consumer. Some more thoughts: The Chevy Volt has a new ad out. I’m sorry to say that I think it misses the mark. It does a great job selling the Volt’s green idealism. But that’s not what should be getting sold! ”Green” isn’t the best at … Read More
Chevy Volt’s New Ad Is… Okay 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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Graphene is the strongest material in the world, even when it has notable defects, new research has found. Even when stitched together from numerous small crystalline grains, rather than being created directly in its perfect crystalline form, the material possesses its trademark and remarkable strength. This new research contradicts previous theoretical simulations which predicted that such defect-containing graphene would be much weaker than graphene in a perfect lattice. It’s been said that graphene is so … Read More
Graphene Is The Strongest Material In The World Even When It Has Defects, Research Finds 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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We’re trying to get more solar energy stories going over on Planetsave. To catch readers up, I’m doing a short series on the top 50 solar energy stories of 2013 so far. Learning from the Top 33 EV Stories article I recently published, I’m splitting this one into 5 posts. Otherwise, the page would take forever to load. Plus, it’s easier to swallow 10 at a time. It’s pretty hard to actually rank these top 50 articles, so … Read More
Top 50 Solar Energy Stories Of The Year (Part Four: #31-40) 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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Editor’s note: the Better Buildings Challenge is… a big deal. Happy to see someone went and made an infographic about it… even if it’s a bit sparse. Check it out: Better Buildings Challenge Achieving Greater Commercial Building Energy Efficiency [Infographic] (via sustainablog) Most of us associate "green building" with "energy-efficient homes"; when we think of buying energy, we immediately think of our own utility bills. But, as you might expect, commercial buildings and industrial facilities … Read More
Better Buildings Challenge Infographic 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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We’ve written about Nissan’s 100% electric van a few times, including its entry into Europe and Fed-Ex testing. Sister site Gas2 has also had some words about it. I think we’re all eagerly awaiting its arrival in the US market. Right now we can tell you that Nissan is doing some more field testing (not done yet?). More info via EV Obsession and Nissan: Nissan has been an obvious leader in the electric car arena. It’s getting … Read More
Nissan Field Testing 100% Electric Van 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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This article was originally published on RenewEconomy. Community energy and pro renewable NGOs are calling for the Federal government to establish a $50 million fund that would seek to leverage up to half a billion dollar of investment in community-owned renewable energy projects. The call for a Community Energy Grant Fund is an attempt to offer a catalyst for growing community interest in renewable energy projects, and to fill in a gap in the country's … Read More
Community Energy Push In Australia 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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This article was originally published on RenewEconomy. We've been hearing a lot about the solar revolution recently: from the largest generators and utilities in the US, the entire German power industry, from the world's biggest solar companies, and from leading energy analysts from the likes of Macquarie Group, UBS, Deutsche Bank, and Citigroup who track the implications for listed electricity and energy technology assets around the world. The basic synopsis is that the arrival of rooftop solar as a cheaper alternative to grid based … Read More
Inside A Network Operator — Solar, Grid Storage, & More 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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I recall that I reacted very strongly to a statement by IEA “Executive Director” Maria van Der Hoeven when introducing a new IEA report on German energy policy. My answer was “Get Lost, IEA.” The statement that infuriated me was this: The rapid, uncontrolled deployment of PV has become a major policy concern and represents a significant cost for consumers. That sounds just like something an enemy of solar energy like German Economy Minister Rösler would say. … Read More
I May Have Overreacted To the IEA Germany Report 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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We’re trying to get more solar energy stories going over on Planetsave. To catch readers up, I’m doing a short series on the top 50 solar energy stories of 2013 so far. Learning from the Top 33 EV Stories article I recently published, I’m splitting this one into 5 posts. Otherwise, the page would take forever to load. Plus, it’s easier to swallow 10 at a time. It’s pretty hard to actually rank these top 50 articles, so … Read More
Top 50 Solar Energy Stories Of The Year (Part Three: #21-30) 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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