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Germany May Fall Short On 1 Million EV Goal

Nov 10, 2017 at 16:19 | Post Carbon

The electrification of transport is one of the key tasks of Germany’s economic policy. It aims to protect the global position of the German industry and accelerate the implementation of…

New Process Makes Ethanol Sustainable

Nov 10, 2017 at 16:18 | Brian Westenhaus

Sweden’s University of Borås doctoral student Ramkumar Nair has shown it is possible to produce bioethanol from agricultural and industrial waste in existing plants in a socioeconomically sustainable way.…

Is U.S. Biofuel In Jeopardy?

Nov 08, 2017 at 11:51 | Haley Zaremba

Last week, DuPont Industrial Biosciences announced that they shut down operations at an Iowa ethanol plant just two years after it opened. As the plant closed its doors,

Can Solar Survive Without Subsidies?

Nov 03, 2017 at 17:14 | Kent Moors

In an increasing number of regions in the U.S., solar (and wind) power can produce electricity at the same cost – or lower – than more traditional fuels, like coal…

India’s Renewable Capacity Set To Double By 2022

Nov 03, 2017 at 17:07 | Metal Miner

If there’s one success story being written in India, it’s that of renewable energy. By the government’s own reckoning, despite India’s energy needs likely to double over the next seven…

The Boy Genius Tackling Energy’s Toughest Problem

Nov 03, 2017 at 17:05 | Haley Zaremba

In the past year or so an unorthodox think-tank called Helena has been quietly bringing together an eclectic cross-section of brilliant individuals (mostly bright-eyed millennials) with ambitious goals. They’re…

Is The U.S. Solar Boom In Jeopardy?

Nov 01, 2017 at 14:55 | Nick Cunningham

The U.S. solar industry has surged in recent years, accounting for the largest source of new electric capacity in the past year, with plenty of room to grow. However, the…

Is Infinite Clean Energy Near?

Oct 27, 2017 at 13:09 | Haley Zaremba

After decades of research and planning, a group of scientists in France are attempting to achieve the impossible: harnessing the heavens. They are building a tokamak, a donut-shaped, man-made, artificial…

New Mandate Pushes Trucking Industry Fuel Efficiency

Oct 27, 2017 at 12:52 | Robert Rapier

How the ELD Mandate Will Improve Fuel Efficiency In August, R-Squared Energy reported that the U.S. set a new gasoline demand record. We stated that a key reason for this…

Why Millennials Can’t Bank On Clean Energy Jobs

Oct 27, 2017 at 10:43 | Julianne Geiger

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the job expected to see the most growth in terms of hiring over the next nine years is an energy-related job: solar…

The Impact Of EVs On Commodities In One Chart

Oct 26, 2017 at 10:31 | MINING.com

What would happen if you flipped a switch, and suddenly every new car that came off assembly lines was electric? It’s obviously a thought experiment, since right now EVs have…

Two Undeniable Shifts In Today’s Energy Markets

Oct 25, 2017 at 16:10 | Salman Ghouri

A couple of huge structural shifts are coming for the energy sector over the next few decades, thanks to the growth of certain technological and environmental challenges. The first challenge…

Tesla Looks To Dominate China’s EV Market

Oct 25, 2017 at 12:39 | Jon LeSage

Tesla, Inc., on Sunday confirmed that it’s been in talks with the Chinese government to set up shop in a free trade zone in the Shanghai region. It confirms rumors…

New Tech Pushes The EV Revolution Into Overdrive

Oct 24, 2017 at 15:02 | Llewellyn King

Connie Francis sang about “Where the Boys Are” in 1961. Well, the bright boys and girls are flooding into transportation. It is the place of cutting-edge invention: not cell phones,…

How Blockchain Is Transforming The Energy Industry

Oct 23, 2017 at 15:47 | Luis Colasante

Commodity and energy trading houses have proven that they can adapt their business model in an economy that imposes more capital requirements and regulations every day. These companies have invested…

Cars Are The Future Of Energy Storage

Oct 23, 2017 at 13:35 | Leonard Hyman & William Tilles

A number of years ago, one of the smartest entrepreneurs in the electric industry (as evidenced by the timing of his sale of generating assets to a big energy producer)…

Energy Giant Bets On Battery Breakthrough Within 5 Years

Oct 23, 2017 at 12:56 | Zainab Calcuttawala

 North Carolina-based utility provider Duke Energy is betting on the rise of increasingly efficient battery technology to propel the rise of solar and wind power over the next five years,…

MIT Unveils Game-Changing Battery Breakthrough

Oct 20, 2017 at 16:45 | Kent Moors

I won a science fair at age 12 by making a “perpetual motion” machine. It really didn’t do very much, but was kind of cool. It used ions in a…

The Embarrassing Problem Holding Back Tesla’s Model 3 Production

Oct 18, 2017 at 12:00 | ZeroHedge

A little over a week ago, we noted the damning – if unsurprising – report from the Wall Street Journal revealing that Tesla's massive production miss on the Model 3, after…

Can India Overtake China In The EV Revolution?

Oct 17, 2017 at 16:03 | Jon LeSage

India faces a wide chasm between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign to make sure all new vehicles sold in India are electric by 2030 and actual sales numbers. While India…

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