Dude, Where’s My Electric Mobility?

The tipping point between electric vehicles and gasoline power is still far away in the distance, but the changeover has been accelerating with lightening speed over the past couple of years. The raw sales figures only tell a small part of the tale. What really matters is the way that auto manufacturers have begun rolling out integrated...

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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 off in the end in business terms, as well. In the latest Tesla conference call (Friday’s call), Elon’s focus was on the...

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High-Concentration Photovoltaic Thermal System From IBM Promises 80% Efficiency, Potable Water, And Air Conditioning

This article was originally published on Solar Love. How does a cost-competitive photovoltaic system that is able to concentrate sunlight 2000 times and then capture 80% of the concentrated energy sound? Pretty good, right? Such a system is currently being developed by researchers at IBM Research, Airlight Energy, ETH Zurich, and...

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Issa No Longer Into ‘Sperm-Shaped’ Electric Car He Pushed For?

This article originally appeared on Think Progress.By Ryan Koronowski In a contentious hearing yesterday, the House GOP members of the House Oversight Committee aggressively questioned Fisker Automotive executives and an Energy Department staffer about a loan Fisker received from the Energy Department. The attacks...

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Progress Projected for Renewable Energy, EV Industry

Despite the controversy that surrounds the industry’s long-term effectiveness, the evidence continues to pile up in defense of renewable energies in terms of energy generation and the automotive industry.Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) released a report this week projecting future trends of the energy industry from now through...

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Navy Biofuel Program Goes Full Steam Ahead With Four New Pilot Projects

Navy Jet courtesy of U.S. Navy. Last year certain members of Congress waged an all-out war against the Navy’s ambitious biofuel initiatives, supposedly because they were too expensive. Fast-forward another year and the Navy biofuel program is still going full steam ahead, even though those same members are still trying to stomp...

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Rebuilding the Foodshed: Fields of ENERGY

Over the coming days, we'll be sharing material from Chapter 4 (Energy) of the latest Resilience guide, "Rebuilding the Foodshed: How to Create Local, Sustainable & Secure Food Systems". This is a heck of a chapter, one that takes a look at the complex relationships between food systems, energy and waste. If you eat...

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EPA Schools State Department on Keystone XL Pipeline

The deadline for public comments on the State Department’s environmental review of the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline passed on Monday, and the U.S. Environmental Protection came in just under the wire with a scathing review of the review. The failing grade won’t surprise opponents and reporters covering the project, who...

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State of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

Last week, in a surprise to many, the European parliament defeated a proposal to postpone the auctioning of emissions permits, a move that would have propped up prices in the bloc's carbon market, known as the EU Emissions Trading Scheme or ETS. The market reaction was quick and brutal, with the price of carbon allowances...

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EU Carbon Market Collapse Won’t Kill Cap And Trade

For carbon markets across the world it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.Plummeting European Union carbon prices following a key EU vote seem to demonstrate in the clearest terms that cap and trade is doomed to fail. After all, “if carbon trading can’t make it in Europe, it can’t make it anywhere,” said Bryan Walsh of Time.But declaring the death of carbon markets and cap and trade policy over...

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EU Parliament Voted No, So Now What for the Emissions Trading System?

As is well known by now, the EU MEPs voted against the specific backloading proposal that was put before the Parliament. However, the Parliament also voted against the outright rejection of the proposal, which means that the Parliament formally has no position on backloading, possibly leaving the door open for a reformulated...

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Google Backs New Plan For Utility-Supplied Renewable Energy Option

In a new post on Google’s blog, Google Director of Global Infrastructure Gary Demasi has just put forth a plan that could really blow up the domestic renewable energy market. Since utility companies have long charged different rates (aka tariffs) for different classes of customers, the idea is to establish a special renewable energy...

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