YouTube Video from “Just Have a Think” discussing Solar PV Waste and what can be done to keep it out of the ground.
The Movement to Solar
The Saturday January 9th VicEVA Coffee Chat featured an exciting presentation on Solar power by Tim Grandjean of Shift Energy. Many in attendance asked for follow up documents and Tim has supplied a .pdf which appears in the link at the bottom of this post. Those interested in speaking with Tim about Solar energy can reach him via the following…
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 Keinonen discusses the construction of his zero-emission home which also serves his zero-emission vehicles.
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 – the new roof segment. Tesla is also trying to innovate for homeowners who don’t need a new roof, but who still want to generate their own solar energy. This…
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 production – not unlike the Model 3’s production program. The recent release of information from Tesla and Panasonic led to some confusion over the production of the product at Gigafactory…
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 the world by 2020. As the first step, the company says that it will install PV on 15 fulfillment centers in the United States by the end of 2017, with…
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 power became the cheapest form of energy in 58 lower income countries, including China India and Brazil. In Europe, in 2016, 86% of the newly installed energy capacity was from…
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 and the technologies behind electric cars, solar and wind power make them less costly to consumers. The coal and oil industries are seriously underestimating the impact the renewable energy industry…
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 entirely by renewable energy. After a large solar array, Boulder Solar 1, came online on Dec. 12, the city was able to buy enough carbon-free electricity to power its 140…
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 the greatest. The island of Ta’u in American Samoa, located more than 4,000 miles from the West Coast of the United States, is no stranger to power rationing and outages….