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400,000 #electric Buses In The World

Apr 26 2018 12:40 PM | eds in Green Energy

Every 5 weeks, China adds . . . 9,500 more electric buses. By the end of this year, . . . Bloomberg believes electric buses will be displacing . . . 279,000 barrels of diesel fuel per day. That’s about as much as . . . Greece consumes on a daily basis...

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#solar Power Capacity Added During 2017

Apr 25 2018 12:35 PM | eds in Green Energy

Globally, a total of . . . 93,752 megawatts of solar power capacity, . . . was added last year. 4-25-2017 Source: #Solar power capacity added during 2017

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2017 #solar Installs: China 9.65 Gw

Apr 25 2018 12:20 PM | eds in Green Energy

China, . . . in the first quarter of 2018, . . . installed a total of . . . 9.65 GW worth of new solar PV capacity. 4-25-2018 Source: 2017 #Solar Installs: China 9.65 GW

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#microgrids Work: As Puerto Rico’S Fails Again

Apr 24 2018 06:05 PM | eds in Green Energy

Reports from sources on the ground, . . . show that new microgrids, and nanogrids in Puerto Rico, . . . proved their worth last week, providing resilient power, . . . in the wake of an island-wide grid outage, April 18, . . . when a contractor’s truck,...

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Florida: Rooftop #solar

Apr 24 2018 01:10 PM | eds in Solar Power

In Florida, . . . it is illegal to sell electricity to somebody, . . . unless you are a utility, but, the Florida Public Service Commission, . . . voted in accordance with clearly defined state law, . . . to ensure homeowners have the right to . . . LE...

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World’S Top #wind Turbine

Apr 22 2018 01:05 PM | eds in Wind Power

Vattenfall, built the world’s most powerful wind turbine, . . .off the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland. A single propellor rotation, can power, . . . an average home for a whole day. Being taller is handy, . . . as wind generally moves faster, . . . at h...

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Value Of Atlantic Offshore #wind

Apr 19 2018 06:15 PM | eds in Wind Power

In its new study, titled . . . “Estimating the Value of Offshore Wind Along the United States’ Eastern Coast,” . . . Berkeley Lab makes the case for offshore wind based on, . . . Value, NOT Cost! The study finds, . . . that the historical ‘market...

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Customer-Centric #energy Transformation

Apr 17 2018 06:15 PM | eds in Green Energy

Vermont's, Green Mountain Power (GMP), . . . an investor-owned utility, . . . is the only utility named to . . . Fast Company’s top 10 most innovative companies in energy. Customer-Centric #Energy Transformation, presents . . . Rocky Mountain Inst...

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What Are #microgrids?

Apr 16 2018 12:10 PM | eds in Green Energy

The power plant on an island, . . . has historically been a diesel generator, . . . which feeds power to buildings through a smaller network, . . . of relatively low voltage wires. More recently, . . . these island microgrids have an array of solar pan...

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Ireland: 65% #renewable

Apr 14 2018 01:50 PM | eds in Green Energy

Ireland's power system, is the . . . first in the world, capable of delivering, . . . 65% variable renewable energy, and that . . . higher levels were being sought. 4-14-2018 Source: Ireland: 65% #Renewable

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