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While we love home solar systems for saving money and reducing energy demand from the grid, it’s not the only way to lower the impact of your home and reduce your cost of living. There are number of other energy saving solutions, both solar and non-solar, that fall under the scope of home improvement projects, but sometimes, it’s the most

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ClipperCreek, Inc. announced this week the launch of its ETL listed utility smart grid connected charging station, the CS-40-SG2. According to the company, the CS-40-SG2 is a game changer in the charging station sub-metering industry as it includes an embedded revenue grade sub-meter and a variety of smart grid communications options. Based on the ClipperCreek CS-Series charging platform and merged

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VIA has acquired Prodigy Engineering, an electric vehicle design, engineering and prototyping company. Prodigy has been under contract with VIA for an undetermined time already to prototype new vehicle models for the company’s expanding portfolio. “This acquisition expands VIA’s talent base with a dedicated, talented engineering team to focus on VIA’s product development and vehicle testing,” said VIA Motors’ CEO

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Intelligent Energy introduced at the JSAE Annual Congress its Gen4 air-cooled fuel cell power unit. This new power unit is said by Intelligent Energy (IE) to be designed for easy integration into two-wheel and four-wheel vehicles; the technology has been developed in collaboration with the Suzuki Motor Corporation. IE added the Gen4 fuel cell power unit incorporates the necessary ancillary

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One of the unofficial themes of the World Energy Innovation Forum which I attended recently at the Tesla Motors factory in Fremont was optimism about renewable energy developments. Just several days later, it was announced that all Dutch electric trains could be getting their power from renewable sources by 2018. A cooperative comprised of various local rail carriers called VIVENS

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With Memorial Day fast approaching, it’s a good time to begin thinking about ways to save energy and water this summer in order to produce real, measurable benefits for you and the planet — as well as help take stress off the power grid and prevent blackouts. Meanwhile, forecasts from the National Weather Service suggest the large portions of the

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Connecticut recently began a new program aimed at boosting EV sales though the somewhat unconventional approach of incentivizing the dealers themselves, rather than the customers. According to Navigant Research, the new approach will likely help motivate the dealers to put more effort into EVs than they have in the past — this previous lack of a strong push is at

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Why does this not surprise us? Just two weeks after the US Navy announced a major research partnership to ramp up its solar power and other clean energy programs, the Barclays credit strategy team has warned that the solar market is likely to “disrupt the status quo” for the electric utility industry sooner rather than later. We’re not surprised because

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A new, futuristic-looking car has appeared on London’s streets. It is the Vauxhall Ampera, called the Chevrolet Volt in the U.S.; an electric-powered family saloon, which uses an onboard 1.4 litre petrol engine to recharge its batteries. The result is a usable car – 0-60 in ten seconds and around a 300 mile range – which achieves over a 100

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Sometimes Tesla Motors stock looks more like a roller coaster than a car. Investors along for the ride have seen Tesla trade between $45 and $265 during the past year, and I’m wondering if the track is heading down hill. Price trends are one thing, but even CEO Elon Musk conceded that the “stock price that [Tesla has] is more

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