renewable energy
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Volkswagen plans to turn the island of Astypalea into a hub for green mobility and climate-neutral infrastructure.
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Vast Nevada solar array on federal land will be biggest ever
The solar array was recently approved by the Trump administration and will offset the greenhouse gas emissions of 83,000 cars.
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Energy investment to drop 20% in 2020: A turning point toward greening the grid?
The latest report from the EIA anticipates that total world energy investment will drop by 20% in 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Crisis could tighten material supply for EV batteries and clean energy, IEA warns
The supply of materials—and specifically minerals—could be tightened due to restrictions aimed at the coronavirus pandemic.
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Plunge in demand for oil could be a win for renewables
The economic effects of the pandemic might drive a shift to renewable energy, suggests a recent report from the IEA.
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Put the EV in the garage: Solar driveways could power entire households
A company aims to make the driveway a very productive part of your home—enough to power your whole house, potentially.
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A report suggests that it makes no financial sense to continue to support coal as it's not more expensive than wind and solar. That's good news for electric cars.
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Tesla picks Berlin for European Gigafactory
European factory is expected to make Model Y, Model 3, and energy products for the EU and beyond—perhaps as soon as late 2020.
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Gasoline from solar and wind power: Zero-carbon doesn't assure clean or efficient
At least one startup may be getting close to scaling up fuel production with carbon captured from the air. But burning the fuel would still pollute.
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How much would 100 percent renewable energy really cost?
A transition to 100 percent renewable power would require huge investments in energy storage and may need new financial systems to trade energy.
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Renewable energy growth falters as carbon dioxide hits record levels
The past couple of weeks have seen the convergence of two troubling trends. Perhaps most troubling, the Scripps Institute of Oceanography released data last week from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere have reached record levels...
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EVgo fast-charge network commits to 100 percent renewable power
If electric cars are supposed to clean up the environment and reduce global warming—and they are—EV drivers would like to rely on 100 percent renewable energy to do charge. And charging networks are striving to provide it. Many, including Tesla with its Supercharger stations, are...
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A new transmission line between Wyoming and the Hoover Dam could help solve some of the issues regarding renewable energy production and demand.
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Pumped hydro could deliver 100 percent renewable electricity
Researchers find that there are many more sites conducive to pumped hydro for encouraging renewable sources.
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Rivian buzz, renewable-grid deep freeze, wireless charging deal: Today's Car News
Tech giant Qualcomm sells its Halo wireless charging business to rival WiTricity. GM and Amazon could be in talks to invest in startup electric pickup-maker Rivian. A new computer model tests how a 100-percent renewable power grid would have held up to the recent polar vortex. And results of last...
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Polar vortex tests viability of renewable power
There's nothing like a good polar vortex to put the power system to the test—unless maybe it's a summer heat wave. Energy consulting firm Wood Mackenzie used the opportunity of this event as a chance to measure demand on the power grid. In a detailed study of power demand during the severest...
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What effect do you expect the Green New Deal to have for electric cars? Take our Twitter poll
Last week, two prominent Congressional Democrats released an outline of a "Green New Deal" that they hope will spur discussion and even commitment to eliminating fossil-fuel use. The Resolution picked up support from a wide range of other Democrats in Congress, while others expressed caution. The...
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Blowing away dirty energy: Wind to pass hydro as top renewable in 2019
For electric-car drivers looking to emit less pollution as the drive, 2019 could be a banner year. The U.S. electric grid has been getting gradually greener as utilities replace coal fired powerplants with primarily wind and natural gas. That trend is due to reach a tipping point in 2019, according...
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Sit down before you read this. Good. With all the dire warnings about climate-change coming from the most recent studies—from the Fourth National Climate Assessment released on Black Friday to an October report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which showed that catastrophic effects could hit by 2040—the latest news is even worse . The study by Wood Mackenzie, a global consultant to the energy industry—both renewable and fossil energy—comes out and says what has been on many observers' minds: It can't be fixed. DON'T MISS: Black Friday report shows...
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Report: Utility survey shows overwhelming support for renewable power
Americans want renewable electricity, and they want it now. That's the conclusion of a new study that has large power providers buzzing with nerves, according to a recent report on Vox. The report, done for the Edison Electric Institute and presented at a recent meeting of the utility trade group...
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Energy Dept stops tracking green energy, electric-car progress; NRDC picks up slack
There's a lot of good data to be found in public reports from national labs and other government research papers, but it's not always easy to find or easy to parse. For years, federal Department of Energy collected and published that information—but it has eliminated that effort under the...
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If you own an electric car, what's your at-home charging from? Twitter poll results
Over the years, we've noted the paucity of solid data on the intersection of home solar energy and driving plug-in electric cars. A California-only study from 2012 still gets quoted occasionally, and we continue to seek more recent and more comprehensive data. Out of a mix of curiosity and...
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If you own an electric car, what's your at-home charging source? Take our Twitter poll
Drivers who buy an electric car that plugs into the power grid to recharge the battery often start to consider the source of their energy. A 2012 analysis from California, in the earliest days of modern electric cars, indicated as many as four in 10 electric-car drivers were already using or...
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This one 11-year-old chart explains the problem with hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles
Today, there are roughly 750,000 plug-in electric vehicles on U.S. roads and about 3,800 powered by hydrogen fuel cells. Proponents of each type of vehicle argue strenuously that their powertrain is a better way to produce vehicles with zero emissions from the tailpipe. Electric cars can be charged...
John Voelcker