Free Solar Charging Your Electric Car
Today I’ve been charging my electric car (a BMW i3) for free using the solar panels on the roof of my house.
5 Reasons Car Companies Are Betting Big on Energy Storage
An increasing number of major car manufacturers are developing solutions in a space that at first glance may seem like a strange choice: energy storage.BMW recently signed a contract that adds 500 of its i3 battery packs to the UK national energy grid. Audi is running a pilot project. Renault is turning some of its
Does it Matter Where My Solar Points: North, South, East or West?
We are frequently asked about the impact of orientation on a solar installation. What is remarkable is how much you can generate, even when you are facing in the ‘wrong’ direction. Here we have some data to show you how much…
shaking up the market are the way we deliver homes and home battery storage
Self-build is driving innovation in the house building industry
Blockchain Is Powering the New Energy Landscape, Centered Around People
The world is rapidly turning to renewable energy and it’s going to see communities empowered. In the UK, renewables produce more than 20 percent of the UK’s electricity, and EU targets mean that this is likely to increase to 30 percent by 2020.
Residential energy storage market reaches record US highs in first quarter of 2018
According to the latest U.S. Energy Storage Monitor report, home energy storage system deployments reached record highs in the first quarter of 2018.The report, issued by GTM Research and the Energy Storage Association (ESA) earlier this week, concluded that 35.8 megawatt-hours (MWh) of grid-connected residential energy storage systems were deployed in the first three months
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, a company in the Netherlands just added Tesla Powerpacks to a universal charging station with
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 solar-plus-storage projects in the US to date, Xcel has just filed its updated 2016 Electric
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.
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.