This week Secretary Steven Chu joined with Saft America to announce the grand opening of the company’s Jacksonville, Florida, factory, which will produce advanced lithium-ion batteries to power electric vehicles and other applications. Saft America estimates it will create nearly 280 permanent jobs at the factory, and the city of Jacksonville expects an additional 800 [...]
ZBB Energy Corporation the leading developer of intelligent, renewable energy power platforms, announced this week a contract from a major utility to provide an energy system for use in a grid interactive (grid-tied) application utilizing the ZBB EnerSystem(TM) integrated power management and energy storage platform. A US investor-owned utility company has ordered the new ZBB EnerStore(TM) [...]
Powered by the sun and Stanford ingenuity On Thursday, Aug. 11, the Stanford Solar Car Project officially unveiled Xenith, a solar-powered vehicle two years in the making that boasts several industry-leading technological innovations. The team will be competing in the prestigious World Solar Challenge this fall, putting Xenith to the test in a 2,000-mile race [...]
PLAINVILLE, CONN.—Electric vehicle owners, fleet managers, home builders, parking lot owners and municipalities will welcome ordering and purchasing opportunities this August for GE’s (NYSE: GE) fast, easy-to-use, compact electric vehicle (EV) charging solution called GE WattStation Wall Mount. “The GE WattStation Wall Mount meets EV-charging needs with both modern design and simplicity—delivering a hassle-free experience,” [...]
General Motors Ventures LLC announced today an equity investment of $7.5 million in Sunlogics PLC, a vertically integrated global solar energy systems provider specializing in solar project development and installation. The investment will create 310 jobs. GM also signed commercial agreements with Sunlogics for the installation of solar charging canopies at Chevrolet dealerships and GM [...]
SolarCity to Make Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle Charging Available Across its Service Territory Now more Americans than ever will be able to “drive on sunshine”, by charging their electric cars with solar power, and save up to 77 percent on fuel costs. SolarCity has partnered with industry pioneer ClipperCreek to provide electric vehicle (EV) chargers compatible [...]
India last week signalled its intention to help nurture a more sustainable transportation sector by announcing customs-duty exemptions and concessions for electric and hybrid cars in its annual budget. These, along with cuts duties for solar module manufacturers, are among a slew of duty concessions announced by the Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in India’s [...]
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Solar Alliance and SEIA Merge to Establish U.S. Solar policies at the State Level
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