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Our Hourglass
Below is a great visual one of readers just passed on to us. I think we posted it a long time ago, but I’m not entirely sure if that was here or on a different site. For sure, many of you haven’t seen...
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127 MW Solar Power Plant Opened in Arizona
A massive, 127-megawatt solar power installation was officially opened in Arizona last week. Block 1 (of 5) of the Arlington Valley Solar Energy II (AV Solar II) utility-scale installation is located...
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LA Solar / CLEAN LA Infomercial
The Los Angeles Business Council has put out a great video on solar power in LA, especially highlighting LA’s Feed-in Tariff (FiT) program, CLEAN LA. Check it out: “No entity did more to bring about...
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Growth Of Distributed Electricity Systems On Verge Of Transforming Utility...
We’ve been covering this issue for awhile now. It’s a big deal. It’s nice to see the Ivy Leagues are now dedicating a bit of ink for this story, and it’s even better to see such a high-level group...
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Wind Turbine Syndrome Video Is Awesome & Hilarious
Below is new video created as part of a crowdfunding campaign called Energy Democracy TV (post on that coming soon). It’s hilarious, imho, and completely awesome. More text about the video from one of...
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Coal Would Be A Poor Investment For Arizona
One of CleanTechnica’s dedicated readers and tweeters, Nancy LaPlaca, is running for a position on the Arizona Corporation Commission. Without a doubt, we endorse her 100%. I always respect and value...
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Tesla Pays Off Government Loan 9 Years Early
Tesla Motors announced late in the day yesterday that it has now completely paid back its Department of Energy loan. It also noted that it is the only American car company (of any kind) to have fully...
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Anti-Renewable North Carolina Bill Defeated!
As solar and wind power grow, rich but out of date industries such as the coal and nuclear industries are beginning to quiver. Naturally, with buildings full of money, they’re also fighting back and...
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Taller, Stronger Wind Turbines From Concrete
Iowa State engineers have been working on making wind turbines taller and stronger by using concrete instead of steel. Will it stick? Taller wind turbines are better — really, it’s been confirmed. So,...
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Bicycle Infrastructure Policy Needs To Change To Increase Ridership, Improve...
Via the delectable Bikocity, here’s some recent news on bicycle infrastructure research and the need to change the bicycle guidelines in transportation planning’s “Bible” (something I’ve been...
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PG&E Unveils Battery Storage System In San Jose, California
The grid storage space is really starting to heat up. We’ve already featured a couple of promising-looking energy storage companies getting close to commercialization (and claiming to offer safe,...
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US Attains 100,000 Plug-In Vehicle Milestone!
Editor’s Note: I noticed the 100,000 milestone was passed a couple days ago — very exciting news. Took us a bit to get this story up, but an interesting thing to note is that the number is now up to...
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Chevy Spark EV Undercuts Competitions’ Charge Times & Prices
Editor’s Note: GM/Chevrolet may have hit the jackpot with the new Chevy Spark EV. The price is about $5,000 lower than was originally anticipated, just undercutting the Nissan Leaf. (I’m sure that...
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16 Kindergardeners Fit In A Tesla Model S (Video)
Thanks to one of our wonderful readers and commenters for passing along this fun video disproving Elon Musk and Tesla Motors’ claim regarding how many kindergardeners can fit in a Tesla Model S:...
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Official: 2013 Nissan Leaf Rated At 115 MPGe, 75 Miles On 90% Charge
This 2013 Nissan Leaf is selling like hotcakes (and not just in Norway). And there’s a reason for it. It’s cheap (well, relatively speaking), has good range, and has excellent fuel economy. The EPA has...
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23 Solar Pioneers You Should Know
Solar Power World’s Frank Andorka recently ran through a list of “23 solar pioneers whose names you should know.” Interesting list. As a taster, I’ll drop the first 3 below, along with Frank’s quick...
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Police Get Nissan Leafs & Zero S Electric Motorcycles In Hong Kong & UK
The Nissan Leaf is getting a bit of a masculinity boost with its recent inclusion into a UK police force. And dozens of Zero electric motorcycles, in no need of a masculinity boost, are also on their...
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2013 Nissan Leaf Achieves Best Safety Rating From IIHS
As I just wrote a couple hours ago, the Nissan Leaf is on a roll. One of the latest pieces of good news is that it is one. damn. safe. car. Not convinced? Read the following EV Obsession post. Here’s...
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Top 22 Bike Stories Of The Year (… So Far)
Reposted from sister site Planetsave, below are 22 of the top bike stories of 2013 so far — the 22 biggest ones I could think of or find. For more bicycling stories, check out our bicycling archives....
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American Wind Energy Association Names New CEO
Denise Bode was the American Wind Energy Association’s CEO from January 2009 until this year. In December 2012, she announced that she’d be resigning in order to go back to her private sector career...
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Tesla Wins Texas House Committee Support In Texas Dealership Battle, Loses...
Tesla’s Texas dealership outlook looks bright, but despite a good review by a hearing officer in Virginia, someone high up is against the company. We posted recently about Tesla’s Texas dealership...
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#1 Cleantech Presentation — Bloomberg New Energy Finance CEO Michael...
I’ve been covering cleantech for several years now. I’ve watched more presentations than I could count. This one below by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) CEO Michael Liebreich is the best I’ve seen...
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GreenTech Automotive & JAC Motors Team Up For 100% Electric Car Assembled In US
This article originally appeared on EV Obsession. Here’s an interesting announcement from Shanghai, but partly from a US EV company. Like with CODA, the effort seems to target delivering a relatively...
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Nissan Leaf Taxi Pilot Launched In New York City
This article originally appeared on EV Obsession. Nissan and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg have now officially launched the NYC Nissan Leaf pilot program, setting the 6 Leaf taxis loose on...
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Tesla Stock Hits Record High, Again
Editor’s note: Tesla’s stock opened at a record $53.74 yesterday. That follows the stock hitting a record earlier this week, as the post below from EV Obsession discusses. With another big announcement...
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Tesla’s Commitment To Being Great
It’s a real pleasure listening to Elon Musk talk. There’s a humility there, a strong sense of responsibility, a desire to do what is right. There is also a clear faith that doing what is right will pay...
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2 More Cities Join PACE Program
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing may be my favorite option by which people can go solar (or make energy efficiency or water efficiency upgrades, for that matter). One way in which this...
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10 More Electric Vehicle Stories
Haven’t had enough electric vehicle (EV) news lately? Check out these 10 EV stories below. 1. Toyota has unveiled the ME.WE concept EV. It’s a cute little car, reminiscent of a Mini Cooper, in my...
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Honda Launches Smart Home Project
Right around the same time as Ford and KB Home teamed up to launch a smart home pilot project, Honda launched one of its own — Honda Smart Home US. Solar panels on the home in Davis, CA, will be used...
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Solar PV Energy Storage Market To Skyrocket
Energy storage may be the next big thing in cleantech, and in the energy sector as a whole. We have never had much energy storage in place across the world. Instead, we have built a tremendous amount...
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13 Best Fuel-efficient Motorcycles You Can Buy In 2013
Jo Borras of sister site Gas2 has put together a nice little list post on the top 13 (i.e. best) fuel-efficient motorcycles on the market in 2013. Actually, 10 of the 13 are from the Chicago Tribune,...
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Amonix Breaks Own World Record For Solar PV Module Efficiency
Amonix Inc. is no stranger to setting peak efficiency records with its concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems. As a matter of fact, it just set a new record that successfully converted...
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Printable Solar Cell Encyclopedia To Be Released
In only a couple of months, an incredible resource will be released to the public, a comprehensive list of the top 20,000 organic compounds that are useful for the creation of cheap, printable,...
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Texas Solar Energy Infographic
Here’s a nice infographic our friend Amber Archangel, founder of 1Sun4All.com, just shared with me, followed by a bit more context in text form: Some interesting facts about solar power in Texas: If...
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Germany #1 In Utility-Scale Solar, China Inches Away
This article originally appeared on Solar Love. New data released by the analysts at Wiki-Solar confirms what many would already guess — Germany is still the largest of the world’s top three...
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Solar–Wind Hybrid Power Plants Approximately Twice As Efficient
This article originally appeared on Solar Love. A new study by the Reiner Lemoine Institut and Solarpraxis AG has found that solar and wind power generation complement each other better than previously...
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Shared Renewables Bills Moving Forward In California
This article originally appeared on Solar Love. A lot of people can go solar today and get a very good return on their investment, while also feeling great that they are doing something to help protect...
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Tesla’s Latest 1-Up
It’s pretty dang hard to be a Tesla hater (and who would be?) when the company continuously offers the best products, services, and guarantees. Following up on a string of positive announcements, a...
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Nuclear News Roundup (5 Stories)
Some people consider nuclear power cleantech. We don’t. But that’s not really the issue killing nuclear power anyway — it’s the cost. Here’s some news related to nuclear power that touches on both...
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Why Climate Change Is Not An Environmental Issue (VIDEO)
This needs to be watched, shared, and repeated: It may seem obvious to those who follow the climate change story, but it’s apparently not obvious to a lot of people who don’t… but should
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Coda Files For Bankruptcy, Switching To Energy Storage Focus
Not long ago, I happened to get connected with a high-up at Coda. A few back-and-forths seemed to confirm what was pretty clear already — the carmaker was doomed. There are a lot of potential reasons...
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How Many Solar Companies Can Your Friends Name?
Or, for that matter, how many residential solar companies can you name? If you feel like reading a rant about why those are such depressing questions, read this repost from Solar Love. I’m not an...
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Sharp Boosts Its Triple-Junction Solar Cell Efficiency Another 0.2%, Regains...
Beyond details on the new efficiency record, this Solar Love repost below includes a bit more info on different types of solar cells, in case you are not aware of these differences and are now curious....
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Greece Solar, Renewable Growth — 7 Charts & Graphs
This article originally appeared on Solar Love. Previously, we reported that Greece added 300 MW of solar PV in January 2013. The following two months didn’t see as much built, but the Q1 total did hit...
View ArticleSolar News Roundup (SunEdison & Foxconn Link Up, Solar Junction Going To Space…)
Solar news, galore. Check ‘er out: Fox Energy, Foxconn Subsidiary, To Supply SunEdison With Solar Modules Manufactured In Mexico Study Finds Wind-Solar Hybrid Power Plants Are Twice As Efficient Solar...
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