Category: Renewable Energy / Environment
Elon Musk last night unveiled for the first time in public the Tesla Model 3. Musk expects the eagerly-anticipated car to ship by the end of next year, but that isn’t stopping more than 115,000 people (as of the time of Musk’s announcement) from placing $1,000 deposits for the hot new […]
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With the recent approval by the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) of a landmark power purchase agreement (PPA) between the Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) and SolarCity Corporation, construction is expected to begin soon on what the parties believe will be the world’s first dispatchable utility-scale solar array. Rather than providing power
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The United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (part of the U.S. Department of the Interior) this week announced that, after four years of review, the process of delineating a Wind Energy Area off the shore of New York is complete. This process arose from an unsolicited lease application filed by the New York
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BYD today in London announced the delivery of the world’s first zero-emission, all-electric, double-decker bus. Designed and developed for Transport for London, the local government organization responsible for most aspects of London’s transport system, BYD’s new bus can drive 190 miles on 345 kWh of iron phosphate battery storage (for
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Aiming to attract and motivate people who don’t own cars but want to earn money as drivers, ridesharing service Lyft is leveraging its partnership with General Motors to offer rental vehicles for as little as $99 per week plus $0.20 per mile; discounts will be available based on ride volume and
