Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda to Run Electric-Car Division
December 4th, 2016Via: Green Car Reports: It’s now abundantly clear that Toyota is changing course when it comes to zero-emission vehicles. After years of promoting hydrogen fuel cells while shunning and disparaging battery-electric cars, the company now plans to introduce a mass-market electric car by 2020. The fact that Toyota is reportedly only now assembling the team […]
Oil Prices Surge 7% After OPEC Output Cut
November 30th, 2016Update: OPEC Agrees to Cut Production in Drive to End Record Glut — Via: Reuters: Oil prices jumped as much as 8 percent on Wednesday to a five-week high as some of the world’s largest oil producers gathered in Vienna to try to agree to a production cut that could be bigger than expected. An […]
5 Major Automakers Join Forces to Deploy 400 Ultra-Fast Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles in Europe
November 29th, 2016Via: Electrek: BMW, Daimler’s Mercedes, Ford, and Volkswagen’s Audi and Porsche announced today that they are creating a joint-venture with the goal of a “quick build-up of a sizable number of stations in order to enable long-range travel for battery electric vehicle drivers.” The new venture is similar to the Ultra E project announced earlier […]
DAIMLER TO INVEST $11 BILLION IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES
November 27th, 2016Via: Reuters: Luxury carmaker Daimler is planning to invest up to 10 billion euros ($11 billion) in developing electric vehicles, its research and development head told a German daily. German firms are investing heavily in electric cars, once shunned for their high cost and limited operating range but now benefiting from recent advances in battery […]
Tesla Builds Advanced Microgrid on Ta’u, American Samoa
November 22nd, 2016Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in NZ. — Via: Wired: The island of Ta’u in American Samoa, more than 4,000 miles from the United States’ West Coast, now hosts a solar power and battery storage-enabled microgrid that can supply nearly 100 per cent of the island’s power needs from renewable energy. The microgrid is […]
Tesla Officially Opens in New Zealand
November 22nd, 2016Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in New Zealand, but I have nothing to do with Tesla. — If you have any interest in getting a Tesla Powerwall 2 in New Zealand, Tesla is taking names and numbers. Unlike other markets, Tesla didn’t provide an option to pre-order the Powerwall 2 in New Zealand, so […]
Police Fire Water Cannon at Dakota Pipeline Protesters in Freezing Weather
November 21st, 2016Via: Reuters: Police fired tear gas and water at hundreds of protesters in the freezing North Dakota weather late Sunday and early Monday, in the latest violent clash over a pipeline project running through the state. An estimated 400 protesters mounted the Backwater Bridge just north of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, and attempted to force […]
West Texas Shale Oil
November 20th, 2016Via: Bloomberg: In a troubled oil world, the Permian Basin is the gift that keeps on giving. One portion of the giant field, known as the Wolfcamp formation, was found to hold 20 billion barrels of oil trapped in four layers of shale beneath the desert in West Texas, the U.S. Geological Survey said in […]
Oil Company Announces Installation of Solar Panels at 5,000 Gas Stations
November 16th, 2016Via: Electrek: Total, the major French multinational oil and gas company, announced today a $300 million investment to install about 200 MW of solar capacity at 5,000 gas stations around the world. The investment is being presented as a way for Total’s operations to reduce its carbon footprint, but what if its the first step […]
Automakers to Trump: Don’t Force Us to Build Electric Vehicles
November 12th, 2016Ok, Trump should also get rid of the fossil fuel subsidies. Via: Electrek: Not even two days after Donald Trump’s election, automakers have started their lobbying effort to weaken the requirements for fuel consumption reduction. The current goal is for a fleet average of more than 50 mpg by 2025, which would require automakers to […]
