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  • World’s Largest EV Fast Charger Network Coming to China

    [caption id="attachment_322265" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo credit: IvanWalsh.com/Flickr Creative Commons[/caption] A Swiss power and automation company is working with an auto manufacturer to create what will be the world’s largest network of fast chargers for electric vehicles (EV). ABB has announced a deal with Shenzhen BYD Daimler New Technology Co. Ltd. (BDNT), the Chinese creator of Denza…

  • Stanford Professor’s 50-State Plan For 100-Percent Renewable Energy

    Remember Mark Jacobson, the Stanford University professor who during a Late Show With David Letterman appearance said we already have enough wind to power the entire world “seven times over?” That wasn’t hyperbole—Jacobson believes it and his team at the Solutions Project has unveiled a 50-state plan on how the U.S. could shed itself from oil, coal…

  • How Hawaii is Transitioning From Oil Reliance to Solar Energy

    By Bentham Paulos From an energy perspective, Hawaii is unique. Located in the middle of the Pacific, the Aloha State runs on imported oil. But its island environment—from sunny days to active volcanoes—also holds the keys to a future powered by renewable energy. Oil powers Hawaii’s cars, trucks, planes and boats, and generates 72 percent of…

  • Rwanda’s First Utility-Scale Solar Plant to Provide Electricity to Powerless Communities

    [caption id="attachment_322113" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo credit: Rwandapost.org[/caption] Construction has begun on the first utility-scale solar plant in Rwanda. Norwegian company Scatec Solar will build an 8.5-megawatt (MW) plant in Rwanda as a result of striking a 23.7 million deal with developer Gigawatt Global Coöperatief and Norfund, Norway’s international development fund, according to statement from the company. Scheduled for completion this summer, the…

  • Obama Orders Stricter Fuel Efficiency Standards For Big Trucks

    [caption id="attachment_322061" align="alignright" width="360"] Barack Obama is pictured earlier this week. Photo credit: Whitehouse.gov[/caption] Trucks on U.S. roads and highways have long needed an efficiency makeover, and President Barack Obama demanded it Tuesday afternoon in Maryland. Obama said his administration will issue tougher fuel-efficiency standards for delivery trucks by March 2016, The Associated Press reported. Heavy-duty trucks are…