Tesla to deploy ‘largest li-ion battery project in the world’ with 80 MWh in Powerpacks Fred Lambert, Electrek, September 15, 2016 Yesterday, we reported on 1.5 MWh Tesla Powerpack project at the Brea Mall. If you think that it’s an interesting project, wait until you hear about Tesla Energy’s latest energy storage contract with Southern California Edison. Tesla announced today…
Seacharger: fully autonomous, solar-powered boat journeys across the Pacific Nathaniel Kobza, electrek.co, August 22, 2016 This month we reported on an EV enthusiast who transformed their Bayliner into an all-electric boat using Tesla battery modules. Now we take a look at a team of individuals who have their autonomous, solar-powered boat, dubbed the Seacharger, traversing the Pacific ocean towards New Zealand….
Tesla (TSLA) wins FTC approval for the SolarCity (SCTY) acquisition Fred Lambert, Electrek.co, August 26, 2016 Since SolarCity’s board of directors accepted Tesla’s $2.6 billion acquisition offer earlier this month, the companies have been in a 45-day ‘go shop’ period ending on September 14, 2016. The deal is still contingent on regulatory approvals and a shareholders vote. Tesla received…
Fred Lambert, Electrek.co, August 19, 2016 Tesla Powerwall is coming to Canada with first ‘Tesla Energy Authorized Reseller’ Tesla Powerwall is slowly starting to trickle down to a few markets, but only slowly since Tesla is reportedly focusing on the next generation product, which should arrive toward the end of the year. On its website, Tesla lists the home battery pack…
Elon Musk & SolarCity CTO Peter Rive Announce “Solar Roof” (Not “Solar On The Roof”) August 12th, 2016 by Steve Hanley Clean Technica Originally published on SolarLove. Speaking to analysts and investors during the Q2 earnings call for SolarCity on August 9, Elon Musk went into detail about his plans for what he calls the “Solar Roof.” It is not…
New Solar-powered LED Transit Shelters in Saanich Lisa Locke, VEVC Editor August 13, 2016 At the corner of San Juan Ave and Tyndale Ave in Saanich, there is a BC transit stop which used to look like this: Tuesday August 9, 2016, a solar bus stop was installed – to our knowledge a first for Saanich, BC! Included are solar…
Tom Randall, Bloomberg June 2, 2016 Here are eight massive shifts coming soon to power markets. 1. There Will Be No Golden Age of Gas Since 2008, the single most important force in U.S. power markets has been the abundance of cheap natural gas brought about by fracking. Cheap gas has ravaged the U.S. coal industry and inspired talk…
Solar Powered Pump Jack for Calgary Energy Company Sky Fire Energy installed Alberta’s first solar powered pump jack system in 2015. The solar PV (photo voltaic) system is powering oil wells and equipment, successful collaboration between fossil fuels and renewable energy. Imaginea Energy Corp. is an energy company based in Calgary, Canada that produces Oil and Gas. But what’s…
by Lisa Locke, July 30, 2016 July 29, 2016: The Tesla Gigafactory 1 just outside of Reno, NV had its grand opening party, James and I were lucky to score invitations. What an awesome trip! Read about the Gigafactory here. Tesla video of the event and presentation follows the pictures. Photographs Tesla Video
‘The future is now’: Historic solar flight marks first round-the-world journey Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press | July 26, 2016 | Last Updated: Jul 26 3:28 PM ET ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The world’s first round-the-world flight to be powered solely by the sun’s energy made history on Tuesday as it landed in Abu Dhabi, where it first took off…
