Following up on the Germany electric car sales update, I’m moving on to Italy. Italy is a much smaller market at this point. Germany had 544 plug-in car sales in February, while Italy had only 67. So, I won’t spend as much time on it. The German smart electric drive very solidly took the Gold, followed […]
Little smart electric drive Is Electric King In Italy (February 2014 Electric Car Sales) was originally published on EV Obsession.
Not surprisingly, the homegrown BMW i3 took the top spot in German electric car sales in February. It surged above its distant cousin, the Volkswagen e-Up!, but remains a handful of sales below the e-Up! in total 2014 sales. Another German-based car, t…
These days, more and more people are choosing bicycles as their preferred means of primary transport; understandably, as they provide various health and economic benefits as well as being an environmentally friendly alternative to getting around. Aside from that, riding a bike improves one’s cardiovascular fitness and is great way to keep in shape and exercise while getting [...]
Second-hand bicycles: Buying online vs. buying in store was originally published on Bikocity.
Solar power has long been a dream of technologists, environmentalists, and clear thinkers of all sorts. As Thomas Edison said in 1931, “I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.” In recent […]
Is It Time For A Solar + Storage Revolution? was originally published on Solar Love!.
By Sun Day Campaign Washington DC – According to the latest “Energy Infrastructure Update” report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Energy Projects, non-hydro renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, solar, wind) accounted for more than 99% of all new domestic electrical generating capacity installed during January 2014 for a total of 324 MW. Solar […]
Solar Was #1 Source Of New Electricity Capacity In January was originally published on Solar Love!.
Below are two lists—the largest solar PV power plants in the world and the largest concentrated solar power plants in the world. I go down to solar power plants 100 MW in capacity in both instances. Things are changing fast in these solar industries, with large plants going up on a monthly basis. I’ll do […]
Largest Solar Power Plants In The World (CSP & Solar PV) was originally published on Solar Love!.
It may not get the attention that First Solar, SunPower, and Yingli Green Energy get, but JinkoSolar is routinely one of the top 10 solar module manufacturers in the world. JinkoSolar just yesterday launched a new series of “Smart Modules,” boosting efficiency. “JinkoSolar Smart Modules correct mismatch issues towards cells and module strings by using […]
JinkoSolar Launches New Smart Modules was originally published on Solar Love!.
Yesterday, I wrote an article about EnergySage’s new Instant Solar Estimate tool. The tool uses proprietary market price data and “the industry’s leading tools and databases” to deliver pretty awesome solar cost and solar savings reports. One thing it does that I haven’t seen elsewhere is that it compares the financial benefit of going solar through […]
Is Solar Leasing Your Worst Option For Going Solar? was originally published on Solar Love!.
EnergySage this week launched a new “Instant Solar Estimate” tool. It’s wicked awesome! Definitely the coolest I’ve, and also the quickest. Of course, the tool doesn’t require much personal information, which might sometimes result in a less-than-perfect estimate. Nonetheless, the EnergySage Instant Solar Estimate (ISE) tool captures some of the key items and includes “sun […]
Instant Solar Estimate Tool Launched By EnergySage — Wicked Awesome! was originally published on Solar Love!.
US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz this week announced $30 million of support for 12 more unique, hybrid solar projects through the ARPA-E program. Actually, it’s through a program within that program – the Full-Spectrum Optimized Conversion and Utilization of Sunlight (FOCUS) program, “which is aimed at developing new hybrid solar energy converters and hybrid energy storage systems that […]
ARPA-E Supports 12 Unique Solar Projects With $30 Million was originally published on Solar Love!.