Sunrun (A Top Solar Installer): Tesla’s SolarCity Acquisition = Sweet Deal For Tesla

I follow well over 100 sites (that is, I check at least the titles of every single article they publish) in order to curate most of the stories we cover on CleanTechnica, and to stimulate ideas for completely original stories of my own. One of these sites is Sunrun, which happens to be the 3rd-largest solar installer in the [&hellip

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Polish Electric Car Producer?

Originally published on EV Obsession. As I just wrote, two Polish cities (Kraków and Wrocław, where I live) are each planning to launch 200-car electric carsharing programs. Furthermore, a startup is aiming to launch electric carsharing in Poznan, Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, Tricity, and Łódź; and I’m working with a few top-notch gents to launch one as well. But [&hellip

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400+ Electric Cars To Launch Electric Carsharing In 2 Polish Cities

Originally published on EV Obsession. Poland isn’t always a bastion for cleantech leadership and urban innovation — the national government recently took a bat to the knees of the competitive wind industry and a nascent solar industry was stabbed in both feet a couple years ago — but city planners in Wrocław, Kraków, and other cities seem to [&hellip

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Panasonic Dominates EV Battery Cell Production Rankings … With Gigafactory On Horizon

José Pontes — founder of EV Sales, cofounder of EV Volumes, regular contributor to CleanTechnica and EV Obsession, and regular speaker on our Cleantech Revolution Tour circuit — has just rounded up some global EV battery cell production numbers for the first half of 2016. The thing about looking at electric car sales is that “not all electric [&hellip

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PACE Financing Beats The Street

Originally published on The ECOreport. By Terri Steele “PACE in general is solving a marketplace failure in the residential sector in terms of energy efficiency, renewable energy and water conservation” – Ellen Qualls, Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs
 Renovate America At a time when investors are skittish over market volatility, they couldn’t be [&hellip

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How Would James Bond Act?

There are many stories — real and imaginary — that revere calm action in the face of great challenges. Almost definitely, you have enjoyed some of these stories and characters. Think: James Bond, Luke Skywalker, Yu Shu Lien, Jackie Brown, Steph Curry, Michael Jordan, Jesus, Laozi, etc. We respect and seem to understand the importance of staying [&hellip

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Tesla Gigafactory, Tesla Model 3, Tesla Model Y… (Top 20 CleanTechnica Stories of the Week)

Here be the 20 most popular CleanTechnica stories of the past 7 days. Enjoy. 11 Key Tesla Gigafactory, Model 3, Solar, & Elon Romance Takeaways From Today’s Statements Tesla Gigafactory 1 — Honestly, What’s The Big Deal? (At Essence, It’s Not The Numbers) Tesla Model Y, Tesla Transit, & Tesla Gigafactories — More Info #TSLA [&hellip

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3 Battery Alleyways Elon & JB Used To Give Big Auto & OPEC Nightmares

Batman had Robin, Sherlock Holmes had Watson, Napoleon Dynamite had Pedro, Wayne had Garth, and Beavis had Butthead — heroes do best with an awesome sidekick. A lot of praise for Tesla Motors goes straight to Elon Musk, but I think it’s safe to say that Tesla wouldn’t be what it is, wouldn’t have accomplished what [&hellip

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Air Pollution Linked To Brain Disorders & Diminished Cognitive Abilities (American Psychological Association)

Dirty gray particulates hanging around as you inhale aren’t too helpful for public health. Particulates spewing from ICE cars, trucks, and buses affect many people worse than pollen. New research by the American Psychological Association reports that I am not alone in being concerned about this. The American Psychological Association (APA) links air pollution to brain disorders and diminished cognitive abilities. “Smog [&hellip

Air Pollution Linked To Brain Disorders & Diminished Cognitive Abilities (American Psychological Association) was originally published on CleanTechnica.

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Elon Musk’s Book Recommendations

Curious what books Tesla and SpaceX CEO (PayPal cofounder as well) Elon Musk would recommend if you were to ask him? What books inspired his approach to business and entrepreneurship? What sort of fiction he has enjoyed reading? If so… then I have a treat for you. Someone has put together a list, compiled from multiple references Elon Musk has [&hellip

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Washington, DC, Approves 50% Renewable Electricity By 2032 Target

The Washington, DC, legislature has approved a new bill (B21-650) that commits the district to 50% renewable electricity by the year 2032. The bill also creates a new program — “Solar For All” — that will aim to slash the electric bills of around 100,000 low-income DC households in half by 2032, primarily through the use [&hellip

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Vivint Solar & Renovate America Partnering To Expand Homeowner Access To Rooftop Solar PV Financing

As part of an effort to improve homeowner access to rooftop solar photovoltaic system financing, the residential solar energy systems provider Vivint Solar will be partnering with the residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing provider Renovate America. The partnership will of course see Vivint Solar now offering Renovate America’s HERO program as its PACE [&hellip

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Looking Forward To National Drive Electric Week — Highlights From EcoFriendlyFloridaFest

Looking forward to National Drive Electric Week on September 10, 2016, at Mote Marine in Sarasota, Florida, I want to highlight some of the support and conversation that EV owners and environmental supporters enjoyed at the EcoFriendlyFloridaFest in Sarasota. In particular, we loved talking Tesla colors, while looking at photos from a phone of CleanTechnica and EVObsession posts about which colors Model 3 [&hellip

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EV Choices, Gradients, & Visibility — Another Test Drive, & Diverse EV Community

Everyone has their gradients in environmental awareness and action. My recent test drive with Kim and a lovely Ford salesperson brought this home to me even more than before: We generally make our way into actions to protect clean air (and water) one step at a time. EV choices are part of that, and there are degrees of passion [&hellip

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Tesla Model Y, Tesla Transit, & Tesla Gigafactories — More Info

It’s hard to imagine being more excited about a car than many of us are about the Tesla Model 3, but I think the Tesla Model Y will be an even bigger deal. A relatively affordable, “compact” SUV with falcon-wing doors that beats the pants off of a Porsche and has approximately double the “fuel economy” of a [&hellip

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One of the Biggest Anti-EV Memes is One of the Most Ridiculous

I’ll be honest: we have a superb community of thousands of electric vehicle fans and experts. Many just read, some of you share (come on, share more!), and a handful of you comment on articles (which is massively appreciated and helpful — even when the comments go into the hundreds and steal my night). But this is not a normal [&hellip

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World’s First PV-Powered Solar Water Heating Solution Delivers Net Solar Value

Originally published on The ECOReport. By Terri Steele Building a better mousetrap isn’t easy. Nor is qualifying for a new category for solar water heating. In truth, ICC-SRCC testing for a solar PV water heating system did not exist prior to the introduction of Sun Bandit. On July 4, 2013, Sun Bandit parent Next Generation [&hellip

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Genovation’s GXE Breaks EV Land Speed Record — GXE Hits 205.6 MPH

The Genovation GXE has broken the world land-speed record for a street legal all-electric vehicle — hitting 205.6 miles-per-hour during recent supervised tests with Johnny Bohmer Racing at Space Florida’s Shuttle Landing Facility in Kennedy Space Center, Florida — according to a new press release from the company. The new world-record achieved by the Genovation [&hellip

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Details On Tesla Gigafactory Building Permits To Date

With the official Tesla/Panasonic Gigafactory Grand Opening still calming down, doing an article detailing Gigafactory 1’s building permits to date seems as though it could provide some new insight into the project’s progress to date. According to an email sent to CleanTechnica by Jack Cookson over at BuildZoom, the total permitted value of work to date [&hellip

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Spotted: Brand New Tesla Model Xs Outside “Secret” Apple Car/Autonomous Driving Office

It’s a public secret of sorts that some of Apple’s electric car and autonomous driving research is based out of a relatively nondescript complex located in Sunnyvale, California. What actually goes on in the complex (175 San Gabriel Dr) isn’t something as publicly known, though there are reports of noise complaints in the area relating [&hellip

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Tesla Gigafactory 1 — Honestly, What’s The Big Deal? (It’s Not The Numbers)

Many a sonnet is being written about Tesla’s Gigafactory right now. Here’s a short summary of what they’re saying: It’s so gigantic, I don’t actually know how to visualize it. The number of battery cells it will produce is so large, I’m not sure I know how to count that high. It’s going to allow Tesla to produce [&hellip

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Clean Energy & Transport News Roundup (NEO, Nevada Solar, Gigafactory, EFF…)

In today’s clean energy and transport news roundup, a bad Matrix pun, Nevada’s grandfather dilemma, Gigafactory & solar updates from Tesla, a hotel lends Model S to guests, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV may never land, and more. [CleanTechnica isn’t the only Important Media site to cover clean energy & transport news, and if you’re looking [&hellip

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The Rashomon Effect In Our Energy System

By Kathleen Gnocato and Ron Dizy The Rashomon effect refers to different interpretations of the same event by different people, arising from distinct perspectives or experiences. It derives from the 1950’s Japanese film, Rashomon, based on the (sometimes wildly) differing accounts by witnesses, suspects, and victims of a crime — and has since been used many times as a plot [&hellip

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IEA Publishes Key Renewables Trends For 2016

The global production of renewable energy grew by 2.6% between 2013 and 2014, accounting for 13.8% of the world’s Primary Energy Supply, according to a new publication from the International Energy Agency. Intended for publication in August or September, the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Renewables Information 2016 report will provide “a comprehensive review of historical and [&hellip

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Hillary Clinton’s Copenhagen Climate Work & Claimed Success

Editorial meta note: I am fully aware that political topics — and especially this year’s elections — are very emotional, controversial, divisive topics. Simply stating, in a calm tone, your opinions or preferences on these matters can quickly trigger blood to boil and fire to shoot out of many people’s mouths and eyes. CleanTechnica has a large audience, with readers/supporters on all sides of [&hellip

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