Electric cars can now charge on sunlight day and night with Tesla Powerpacks
Tesla has been slowly deploying its solar products and energy storage systems on its own charging network in order to have their fleet drive on solar power, but the same products can also benefit all other electric vehicles.With that mindset,
Accelerate coal retirements, 275MW of storage for PV at ‘unprecedented low prices’
Xcel Energy has filed a plan which would retire two coal plants, add significant capacities of renewables and gas – and deploy 275MW specifically in combination with PV. A Colorado-headquartered US utility behind some of the lowest prices quoted for
Finance Now Available for Solar and Battery Systems
For many who want to move more quickly to renewable energy, the significant upfront cost of a solar or battery solution makes it challenging to make a start.
Residential energy storage grows 9x in Q1 2018
The 36 megawatt-hours of residential energy storage installed in the United States during Q1 is the latest in a year of accelerating growth rates, driven by policies in California and Hawaii.
Fully Charged Live: Earn £70 a day for your EV
At the inaugural Fully Charged Live even at Silverstone, I met Greg Fairbotham the founder of Zoom EV, a UK based peer-to-peer car sharing platform for low emission vehicles. The premise is you can generate income while owning a new
Fully Charged Live Event: The Tesla Dance
With thousands of others, I enjoyed the inaugural Fully Charged Live event at Silverstone last weekend.
Solar module prices set to fall 35% in 2018 – BNEF
According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), the global average selling price (ASP) of solar modules is expected to decline by 35% in 2018, compared to previous forecasts of a 20% to 27% decline, due to the Chinese government curtailing
Renewables lobby questions economics behind Wylfa Newydd nuclear investment
The UK’s renewables lobby has scrutinised the government’s decision to directly invest billions of pounds in Hitachi’s proposed nuclear project, suggesting renewables to be a far cheaper and quicker way of decarbonising the country’s power.Yesterday energy secretary Greg Clark confirmed
Sadiq Khan launches electric vehicle rapid charging taskforce for London
London mayor Sadiq Khan has launched a new taskforce to expand the capital’s electric vehicle infrastructure just one week after a London Assembly committee called on him to do more to boost the number of chargers on London’s streets.Khan has