Building the Harmless Home
It’s an all-video week at the website as we offer videos from three VEVC Board members on subjects related to EV ownership and sustainability. In this Post, Board member Arno[…]
Category: Solar Energy
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Tesla unveils its new ‘sleek and low-profile’ exclusive solar panel made by Panasonic
Fred Lambert, Electrek.co April 9, 2017 The attention around Tesla’s solar products is mostly focused on its solar roof tiles, but those address only a new segment in the market[…]
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Tesla Solar Roof: Panasonic’s involvement in the manufacturing process at Gigafactory 2
Fred Lambert, Electrek.co March 8, 2017 After the Model 3, Tesla’s ‘solar roof’ is probably the company’s most anticipated product of 2017, which brings some scrutiny to its plans for[…]
Amazon to install up to 41 MW of on-site solar in the U.S. by the end of 2017
March 3, 2017 Christian Roselund, PV-Magazine.com Yesterday Amazon announced a new initiative to install solar PV at its fulfillment centers, with plans to deploy PV systems at 50 centers around[…]
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Will Fossil Fuels And Conventional Cars Be Obsolete By 2030?
Rapidly falling prices of renewable energy are not just transforming the energy markets but disrupting them. Frank Rijsberman, Director-General, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Huffington Post In 2016, solar[…]
Solar power and electric cars could halt fossil fuels by 2020
By Karen Graham 6 hours ago in Environment Digital Journal Fossil fuels will soon be a thing of the past as renewable energy sources are being embraced globally[…]
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Las Vegas’s city government is now powered by 100% renewable energy, and more cities will follow
Michael J. Coren, December 19, 2016, Quartz Media Ten years of effort finally paid off for Las Vegas this week when officials announced the city government will now be powered[…]
Tesla outfits island with over 5,300 solar panels
Island in the sun There are challenges to living on a remote island – from food scarcity to destructive weather – and the lack of affordable, reliable power is among[…]
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Done Deal: Tesla, SolarCity Merger Approved By 85% Of Shareholders
Done Deal: Tesla, SolarCity Merger Approved By 85% Of Shareholders 1 day ago by Jay Cole 43Comments insideEVs Tesla receives its mandate to acquire Solar City after hours on Thursday[…]
Bert Neijmeijer’s Amazing Solar Story
By Manfred Wissemann Jim Henshaw and I set out to investigate a very large residential solar system installation near our Victoria airport. Bert Neijmeijer, a VEVC member, gave us a warm welcome[…]
