Though the world’s eyes are on the biggest global sporting event of the year, countries are also battling for a top spot off the soccer pitch. ACEEE released its own World Cup rankings today in the realm of energy efficiency in its 2018 International Energy Efficiency Scorecard. This report ranks the world’s 25 largest energy … Read more
Energy plays soccer in Russia More than 1.5 million foreign tourists are expected to visit Russia during the 2018 FIFA World Cup… Written by Nicholas Newman, eniday.com, June 26, 2018 This summer’s football festival takes place in eleven Russian cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Saransk, Rostov-on-Don, Yekaterinburg and Sochi. Of the 12 venues, … Read more
Prices set to rise as LED tariffs get go-ahead luxreview.com, June 18, 2018 The cost of lighting looks set to rise now that the US government has confirmed that Chinese lighting components will be hit with tariffs of up to 25 per cent. Light emitting diodes, filament lamps and HID lamps as well as aluminium … Read more
Beijing Winter Olympics cloud data center launched China.org.cn, June 13, 2018 Recently, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee (BWOOC) and Alibaba Cloud unveiled the Beijing Winter Olympics Cloud Data Center in Zhangbei county, Hebei province. The digital communication and broadcasting of the 2022 Winter Games will rely on cloud computing technology empowered by clean energy … Read more
Car Buyers Rank Fuel Economy as a Top Priority Written by Reuven Sussman, aceee.org, June 12, 2018 The Trump administration is expected to propose any day a rollback of greenhouse gas and fuel economy standards, based partly on the notion that Americans are not interested in efficient vehicles. However a new study shows that American consumers consider fuel efficiency one … Read more
Written by Ryan Pollin, ERS for Zondits, June 11, 2018 A new Rocky Mountain Institute report, “The Economics of Clean Energy Portfolios,” considers four proposed gas plants in different areas of the United States, comparing the cost of their construction and operation to a locale-appropriate mix of clean energy resources – solar, wind, storage, and … Read more
Zondits Talks Electric Vehicles with EV Owners and Industry Insiders Mark Renburke, Executive Director, Drive Electric America, 2012 Chevy Volt How did you first become interested in or involved with EVs? I wanted to commute to work without using gasoline to reduce my personal tailpipe emissions. As I learned more about all the additional benefits of EVs, … Read more
Registration open for webinar on energy efficiency mortgages 19th of June eceee.org, June 5, 2018 The EU funded EeMAP Initiative is launching a “ground-breaking” pilot of a “European energy efficiency mortgage” with several major financial institutions. The Energy Efficient Mortgages Pilot Scheme will be presented in Windsor, United Kingdom, the 13 and 14 June. A … Read more
E-Buses to Surge Even Faster Than EVs as Conventional Vehicles Fade Bloomberg New Energy Finance, about.bnef.com, May 21, 2018 The electrification of road transport will move into top gear in the second half of the 2020s, thanks to tumbling battery costs and larger-scale manufacturing, with sales of electric cars racing to 28%, and those of … Read more
DTE Energy to sell “green bonds” to fund green energy investments Written by Dave Kovaleski, dailyenergyinsider.com, May 3, 2018 DTE Electric is offering $525 million in “green bonds,” which are bonds to finance environmentally-friendly energy investments, like low-carbon, renewable, and energy efficient projects. Detroit-based DTE is the fifth energy company in the nation to sell … Read more