Positive Future #698 (Feature photo – Electric Motor – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Zureks) InsideEVs journalist Mark Kane brings us the story of NIDEC. This company builds motors and just announced a $1.8 billion investment into three mega-factories that build electric motors for cars. These three factories will be able to produce 8.4 million motors.…
Positive Future #697 (Feature photo – The Odd.Bot, courtesy of Odd.Bot https://www.odd.bot/) Inhabitat journalist Dawn Hammon brings us the story of the Odd.Bot, A relatively small contraption that is solar powered and can work for 12 hours straight. The Odd.Bot can even be engaged as a weed eliminating service. You can read the full story…
Positive Future #696 (Feature photo – Coal Fire Plant – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, David Jolley) Energy Central brings us a story from Energy Mix on how emissions from electricity production reached a plateau. The hope is that future electricity emissions will now go the other way and start decreasing. The good news is that…
Positive Future #695 (Feature photo – Wind Generators – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) Bloomberg New Energy Finance journalist Angus McCrone has put together a list of 10 major predictions for 2020. Bloomberg New Energy Finance is considered one of the top research and think tanks on sustainable energy. You can read the full story here:…
Positive Future #694 (Feature photo – Prototype UPS Electric Delivery Van from Arrival – courtesy of Arrival) Few of us have heard of the company called Arrival. The company is building electric delivery trucks. Based in the United Kingdom, Arrival has been supported by Hyundai and Kia to the tune of $110 million. The big…
Positive Future #693 (Feature photo – Rooftop Solar – By EY418 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79316869) The Solar Energy Industries Association keeps tabs on all ongoing new solar projects in America. It’s most recent report for 3rd quarter 2019 has some interesting statistics. A big statistic is that the U.S. pipeline (solar projects…
Positive Future #692 (Feature photo – Diesel Pollution – By Salvatore Arnone – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IST4qJvS9Sw, CC BY 3.0) InsideEvs journalist Mark Kane brings us news from France. Electric car registrations in January were 227% over January 2019. It is no secret that some of Europe’s largest cities, including Paris, France, are looking to ban fossil fuel…
Positive Future #691 (Feature photo – Tesla Powerwall – Public Domain Dedication, Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine) CleanTechnica journalist Kyle Field brings us the story of Tesla Powerwall 2 (2020 edition). The story is a little technical. However, how many of us have dreamed of disconnecting from the grid? Especially whenever the…
Positive Future #690 (Feature photo – Wisk Flying Taxi – courtesy of Wisk) CleanTechnica journalist Steve Hanley brings us the news of New Zealand’s research and development of a flying taxi. Of consequence is that electric air taxis have more promise for the future than just taxis. New energy developments along with flight technology could…
Positive Future #689 (Feature photo – Oil Well – CCA SA 3.0 Unported ) Len Rosen of 21st Century Teck weighs in on a report from the Atomic Scientists. The media group proposes and end to new fossil fuel exploration and development and a transfer of government fossil fuel subsidies to the industry. The report…
