An interview with Troy Miller of S&C Electric Originally Published in the ECOreport The 150-kW storage system that S&C Electric installed at its Chicago headquarters is a model for the future. They needed a working demo to show their customers how they would benefit from energy storage. They can see how you can reconfigure the network if

Gas2. It’s been a rough couple of years for the auto industry in the Australia, with Ford, GM, and Toyota all pulling the plug on domestic manufacturing operations. Meanwhile, Tesla is preparing to launch the Model S in the Land Down Under, with a plan to power its Supercharger stations with solar power while simultaneously tapping

Gas2. Our friends at Unplugged Performance are taking their latest, fully-customized Tesla Model S to Las Vegas, where it’ll be featured at this year’s SEMA show. The car shown here, however, goes a step or two beyond the Unplugged Teslas we’ve seen so far. The Model S headed to SEMA features the first application of Unplugged Performance’s

Solar energy costs are already dropping faster than you can say

The solar resource-rich Indian state of Rajasthan has launched its new solar power policy with a bang, signing an agreement with SunEdison. SunEdison has signed an agreement with the Rajasthan government to set up 5 GW of solar power capacity over the next five years. The projects will be set up in a batch of 500

SunEdison is looking to expand its footprint in India, one of the fastest emerging solar power markets in the world. The company has recently announced plans to set up more than 5 GW of cumulative solar power capacity across two states in the country. SunEdison won the right to develop 150 MW of solar power projects

(This post is part of our series on Midwest Cleantech Open winners.) Fiber reinforcing bars have been around since the old Soviet Union sought a source of fiber for ballistic-resistant textiles. Peaceful uses started in Japan in the 1980s and moved to Canada before catching on in the States. Despite their advantages of corrosion resistance and

More and more, the top solar PV module suppliers are expanding their numbers by shipping to subsidiary businesses tasked with PV systems deployment. This is especially the case for the top 20 solar PV suppliers in the industry, including Chinese heavyweights such as Trina Solar, Yingli Green Energy, Jinko Solar, and JA Solar. They join industry

EV Obsession. The European EV market is continuing to grow at a steady pace, as the most recent sales figures for the old continent show. The unofficial September 2014 sales figures were recently compiled by the folks over at EV-Sales.blogspot -- with sales of over 10,000 units during the month of September, the market there has just seen

One of the market pioneers in solar energy storage systems/solutions, Solar Grid Storage, has won one of the US Department of Energy's SunShot Initiative awards+funding, according to a recent press statement. The funding that accompanies the