Most U.S. residents could both save money and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by switching to electric vehicles (EVs). However, the savings still wouldn’t reach the people who most need them without policy changes.
Major brands in the tech and auto industries, including Google, Ford and General Motors, along with solar energy companies, like SunPower and Sunrun, have joined a coalition led by global energy transformation nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI). The mission of this Virtual Power Plant Partnership (VP3)? To standardize and create policies for virtual power plants. […]
A propane industry group is paying DIY influencers to promote propane and oppose building electrification using funds the GAO has repeatedly warned are not permissible for those purposes, The New York Times reports based on a public information request by the Energy and Policy Institute. The Propane Education and Research Council uses the $40 million […]
Floating solar farms are solar panels that are installed on the surface of bodies of water — such as lakes and reservoirs — to save space on land or provide electricity to remote locations. Now, engineers and scientists are beginning to develop ways to put solar farms on the surface of the ocean to bring […]
SparkCharge, an electric vehicle charging system and network developer, has developed a mobile charging station to service vehicle fleets, a first-of-its-kind product that serves as part of the company’s Charging as a Service (CaaS) network. SparkCharge recently debuted the mobile charging fleet services solution at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023. The mobile charging station will […]
A record amount of electricity in Great Britain was produced by wind farms in 2022, but most of its power still came from gas-fired plants, according to the National Grid. Wind farms provided 26.8 percent of Britain’s electricity last year, up from 21.8 percent in 2021, reported Reuters. The biggest offshore wind farm in the […]
A new analysis of federal data shows that wind and solar alone could generate more electricity in the United States than nuclear and coal over the coming year, critical progress toward reducing the country’s reliance on dirty energy.
A new analysis shows how a just transition towards a green economy in California — one in which workers in the state’s fossil fuel industry would be able to find new employment and receive assistance if they’re displaced from their jobs — will be “both affordable and achievable,” contrary to claims from oil and gas giants and anti-climate lawmakers.
Innovative design firm Crossboundaries worked with the owner of a 15-by-four meter (approximately 49-by-13 foot) motorboat to transform it into a comfortable, solar-powered “Tesla on the Water.”