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Switzerland Will Allow Personal Solar PV System Consumption Starting April 1st

The Swiss government will — as of April 1st — begin allowing residential PV system owners to consume the electricity that they generate with their solar panels. As it stands currently, PV systems must, by law, feed 100% of the electricity that they generate directly into the Swiss electricity grid. This system will now soon

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By James Ayre | March 21, 2014 | Solar Energy |

Decreased PV Solar Costs Lead To A More Balanced Demand-Supply Picture

Originally published on Solarbuzz. Over the past three years, solar photovoltaic (PV) installed system prices, module prices, and module production costs have all fallen by more than 50%, while a shakeout of uncompetitive PV cell manufacturers has caus…

By Guest Contributor | March 21, 2014 | Solar Energy |

California May Cut Transport Fuel Consumption 1 Billion Gallons+ Per Year, Blazing US Trail

A new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) has shown that California may cut its transport fuel consumption by more than a billion gallons per year by 2020 due to policy initiatives and a burgeoning electric and high-efficiency vehicle culture. According to Bloomberg, “the analysis puts forward two scenarios for the development of gasoline demand

California May Cut Transport Fuel Consumption 1 Billion Gallons+ Per Year, Blazing US Trail was originally published on: CleanTechnica.

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By Joshua S Hill | March 21, 2014 | Electric Cars |

How Does BMW’s 100,000 Electric Cars By 2020 Target Stack Up?

The jury is out on the BMW i3. Some love it (count me in), while some very much don’t. The BMW i8 is a cool electrified sports car, but many point out that it doesn’t stack up to the Model S despite costing nearly twice as much. Nonetheless, BMW seems more electric-oriented than most auto

How Does BMW’s 100,000 Electric Cars By 2020 Target Stack Up? was originally published on: CleanTechnica.

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By Zachary Shahan | March 21, 2014 | Electric Cars |

Did Katy Perry Buy 5 Fisker Karmas For Her Crew? ($500,000 Purchase)

Rumor is: Katy Perry just bought 5 Fisker Karmas for some of her employees for a cool half-million, because she hates LA smog and didn’t want to deal with the guilt (… or karma?) of polluting gasmobiles. There are a few warning signs this may be nothing more than a rumor, however: The original source

Did Katy Perry Buy 5 Fisker Karmas For Her Crew? ($500,000 Purchase) was originally published on: CleanTechnica.

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By Zachary Shahan | March 21, 2014 | Electric Cars, Media |

BMW Aims For 100,000 Electric Vehicles Per Year By 2020, Compared To Tesla’s 500,000 & Nissan/Renault’s 1.5 Million

BMW is considered to be one of the major auto manufacturers that is more bullish about electric vehicles. It has built the BMW i3 and BMW i8 from the ground up, and it has already stated that it plans to have electric versions of all of its models. Recently, BMW Chairman Norbert Reithofer said they were […]

BMW Aims For 100,000 Electric Vehicles Per Year By 2020, Compared To Tesla’s 500,000 & Nissan/Renault’s 1.5 Million was originally published on EV Obsession.

By Zach | March 21, 2014 | Electric Cars | No Comments |

I can’t tell for sure if the guys in this video are making fun of Elon Musk or just having fun with him, but they are definitely making fun of almost everyone else famous in the video (barring Copernicus), so I have a feeling they are. Odd, considering he offers two of the best solutions [&hellip

Rap News Video Makes Fun Of Global Warming Deniers… & Elon Musk? was originally posted on: PlanetSave. To read more from Planetsave, join thousands of others and subscribe to our free RSS feed, follow us on Facebook (also free), follow us on Twitter, or just visit our homepage.

By Zachary Shahan | March 21, 2014 | Climate Change, Health, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy |

Though we try to keep a very positive focus here, PlanetSave isn’t just a blog about the wonders of the natural world and the glory of Mankind’s inventions. It also offers knowledge and a caution about our failures as individuals and as a species. We’ve all made mistakes before, big and small. By acknowledging anthropogenic [&hellip

Review: The Long Shadow Of Chernobyl was originally posted on: PlanetSave. To read more from Planetsave, join thousands of others and subscribe to our free RSS feed, follow us on Facebook (also free), follow us on Twitter, or just visit our homepage.

By Sandy Dechert | March 20, 2014 | Renewable Energy |

Watch Today’s SEIA Content Marketing For Solar Companies Webinar

Join a live content marketing webinar for solar companies, sponsored by the Solar Energy Industries Association, today at 1:00 p.m

Watch Today’s SEIA Content Marketing For Solar Companies Webinar was originally published on: CleanTechnica.

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By Silvio Marcacci | March 20, 2014 | Solar Energy |

New Scottish Offshore Wind Farm Ranks In At Number Three

Scotland’s Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing, announced on Wednesday the formal consent for two adjacent offshore wind farm applications to be located in the outer Moray Firth, which will combine to be the world’s third largest offshore wind farm with up to 326 wind turbines. “Scotland has the potential to lead the development of an exciting,

New Scottish Offshore Wind Farm Ranks In At Number Three was originally published on: CleanTechnica.

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By Joshua S Hill | March 20, 2014 | Wind Energy |