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SB 100, a bill now pending in the California legislature, would transition California to 100% zero-carbon, effectively all renewable, electricity by 2045. Our studies provide a way to do this for all energy sectors (electricity, transportation, heating/cooling, and industry). Robert Bryce, a Senior Fellow of the Manhattan Institute, a think tank that has been well funded by Koch Industries and ExxonMobil, incorrectly wrote in the Los Angeles Times on August 21, 2018, that transitioning California entirely to renewable energy would “wreck vast onshore and offshore territories with forests of wind turbines and sprawling solar projects.”
The Solar Panel Art Series is a beautiful series of commissioned works of art that are laid out on used solar panels.
These one-of-a-kind creations are a beautiful way to highlight not just an amazing piece of art, but the story of solar power, the power of renewables, and the energy transition that's currently underway around
Hawai'i's own Kona Brewing Company on the Big Island is tapping into the power of the sun to allow people to tap into its beer without guilt. The company is installing a new solar-plus-storage installation with the help of EnSync Energy and Holu Energy that will allow the company to crank out nearly 7,000 cans of 'Liquid Aloha' per hour
Shortly after an article by the Financial Times confirmed that the Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund had amassed a $2 billion stake in Tesla, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that he was considering taking the company private with a share buyback at a $420 price point. His initial tweet was confirmed within a few hours with a new blog post on Tesla's website, where the company shared an internal email from CEO Elon Musk to all Tesla employees sharing his logic for the move
America's third largest residential solar provider, Vivint Solar, announced its second-quarter earnings report this week in which it posted solid installations and installations but missed analyst expectations on earnings and revenue.
Complementing our update on key changes in the electric vehicle industry in June and July, below are highly notable news items from the solar energy and energy storage industries in June and July
US residential solar company Sunrun confirmed itself as the country's leading solar installer in the second quarter by installing a total of 91 megawatts (MW) worth of new capacity, it's best ever quarter, despite also reporting earnings-per-share well under expectations.
Thanks to a program recently launched by SunPower, National Parks Conservation Association members can get a $500 cash rebate, plus generate a donation for the organization, when installing a home solar array through the program from now until July of
The most popular CleanTechnica stories of the past week are an interesting mix that cover "free" Supercharging for the Tesla Model 3 Performance, Tesla Semi nuances, the Tesla Model Y reservation process, the 2019 Nissan LEAF & 2018 Nissan LEAF, and much more
Azuri Technologies’ official distribution partner in Zambia, Kazang Solar, has been awarded $1.6 million from the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund to provide solar home lighting to 7,000 mostly off-grid homes. Azuri answered some questions about the project for CleanTechnica.
Solar power installer Freedom Forever was recently ranked #135 in the 37th annual Inc. 5000 list. Over the last three years, the company has experienced 2953.8% revenue growth. Brett Bouchy, CEO of Freedom Forever, answered some questions for CleanTechnica about the company's work
Enosi is an Australian tech company that enables solar energy producers to share their excess electricity directly with others using a blockchain platform.
SB 100, a bill now pending in the California legislature, would transition California to 100% zero-carbon, effectively all renewable, electricity by 2045. Our studies provide a way to do this for all energy sectors (electricity, transportation, heating/cooling, and industry). Robert Bryce, a Senior Fellow of the Manhattan Institute, a think tank that has been well funded by Koch Industries and ExxonMobil, incorrectly wrote in the Los Angeles Times on August 21, 2018, that transitioning California entirely to renewable energy would “wreck vast onshore and offshore territories with forests of wind turbines and sprawling solar projects.”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared on Twitter this weekend that Tesla Gigafactory 1 will be powered 100% by Tesla Solar by the end of 2019. The confirmation came as he worked to silence claims that the emissions footprint for building an electric vehicle are higher than those for building an internal combustion vehicle
A new project is looking into the potential of exchanging solar data between the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) and the grid operator Energinet (ENDK), with the purpose of better predicting power loads and thus planning ahead in the intermittent nature of a nation wide grid made up from evermore renewable energy sources
In China, distributed solar PV is growing remarkably faster than large-scale solar power stations. China’s new installed capacity of distributed solar PV in 2017 was 19.4 gigawatts -- 3.6 times higher than it was just a year before. Distributed solar PV generated 13.7 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2017, enough to power all the households in Beijing for 7.5 months. The accumulated installed capacity of distributed solar PV now accounts for 27.1% of China’s total solar PV installation
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has kicked off a new initiative geared at adding solar to multifamily housing. The Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH) Program will be administered by a coalition of established clean energy and affordable housing organizations in the state with $100 million annually for the first 10 years, provided by
Amazon is adding a 3.77 GW energy storage component from Tesla as part of a new rooftop PV system at its fulfillment center in Tilbury, UK.
The Los Angeles Lakers are tapping into the sun with a new LG Solar installation by Vaha Energy on their new headquarters at the UCLA Health Training Center
The solar technology solutioneers at Panasonic have partnered with the smart energy solution providers at SolarEdge Technologies on a new premium smart module that folds SolarEdge's panel optimization tech in with Panasonic's solar panel technology
Below are the most popular CleanTechnica stories of the past week. Aside from Tesla, Tesla, Tesla, stories covered the Hyundai Kona, an electric camper, the Mercedes EQC, and more
