Month: January 2019

January 23rd, 2019 by Guest Contributor  Originally published on EVANNEX.By Charles Morris There’s lots of EV hype coming out of this year’s Detroit Auto Show. Tesla, however, is absent. Phil LeBeau of CNBC reports, “Tesla may not be at this year’s North American International Auto Show, but it’s easy to feel the influence of Elon Musk’s company on the automakers unveiling new …

Tesla Towers Over Detroit Auto Show (Invisibly & Silently) Read More »

January 23rd, 2019 by Guest Contributor  Originally published on EVANNEXBy Charles Morris In November, GM announced plans to stop producing most of its sedans and close down five North American factories, including a plant in Lordstown, Ohio, that produces the doomed Chevrolet Cruze. Some have speculated that Tesla might be interested in buying some of the soon-to-be-shuttered plants, …

As GM Plant Closure Looms In Ohio, Interest In Tesla Grows Read More »

Clean Power Published on January 22nd, 2019 | by Steve Hanley January 22nd, 2019 by Steve Hanley  Engineers and scientists at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Strathclyde say sandstone in the sea bed off the coast of the UK could be used to store high pressure compressed air. In their research proposal, …

New UK Energy Storage Idea Is As Dumb As A Box Of Rocks Read More »

Cars Published on January 22nd, 2019 | by Erika Clugston January 22nd, 2019 by Erika Clugston  Lime, the light electric vehicle sharing company, has announced plans to enter the car-sharing market with its pilot program, LimePod. The news came as part of a celebratory announcement that the company had surpassed 2 million rides on Lime …

Lime Joins DriveNow & Car2Go In Seattle’s Car-Sharing Showdown Read More »

Agriculture Published on January 22nd, 2019 | by Erika Clugston January 22nd, 2019 by Erika Clugston  So you want to buy local produce, but you also want strawberries in December? Soon you can have your cake – scratch that – vegetables, and eat them too. Up to 100 varieties of vegetables, including lettuce and kale, …

Solar Microgrid To Power Indoor Farm All Year Round Read More »

Clean Power Published on January 22nd, 2019 | by John Farrell January 22nd, 2019 by John Farrell  Originally published at ilsr.org. The third quarter of 2018 saw notable reductions in the growth and total capacity of new natural gas and utility-scale solar nationwide, but continued growth in distributed solar and wind power. Roughly 5 gigawatts …

Of New Power Generation, How Much Is On The Roof? Quarterly Update — 2018 Q3 Read More »