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VW Hippy Van to Go Electric
Volkswagen will produce the I.D. Buzz, an electric version and seventh generation of their iconic hippy van of the 50’s and 60’s. Compared to the first VW Microbus with 30 hp in 1950, the I.D. Buzz is a 369 hp all wheel drive …
Australia’s main grid reaches 50 per cent renewables for first time
Article originally published by Renew Economy Clean Energy News and Analysis Australia’s main grid – known as the National Electricity Market – broke through the 50 per cent benchmark for renewable energy in one trading …
Solar Water Farm Produces Clean Drinking Water
Givepower installed the first solar water farm that desalinates ocean water into drinking water in Kiunga, Kenya. A small fishing community of 3,500 people along the coast of the Indian Ocean, Kiunga has been experiencing a five-year drought, …
IEA Forecasts 50% Solar Growth Globally by 2024
The International Energy Agency’s Renewables 2019 market report forecasts 50 percent growth in the world’s total renewable-based power between 2019- 2024. Solar PV accounts for 60 percent of that increase. While renewables will rise from 26 percent …
Volkswagen’s Manufacturing Its First Mass-Produced EV
Volkswagen plans to begin manufacturing the ID.3 in November, its first mass-production all-electric, zero-emissions vehicle. Not available in the United States, more than 30,000 preorders of this five door hatchback have been placed with the first …
Daimler Ends Its Era of Gasoline
Daimler, a German automotive company, announced that it will no longer develop internal combustion engine vehicles, gasoline or diesel. Already, they offer an extensive selection of electric vans, small trucks, big rigs, and buses, but this shift will …
Copenhagen – The “Five-Minute City” to Carbon Neutrality
The city of Copenhagen’s goal is to become the first carbon-neutral capital of the world by 2025. Already, it has cut emissions 42 percent. One key strategy is to become the “five-minute city” through urban …
German EV Integrates Solar Panels
Sono Motors released an updated model of the Sion, an electric car partially powered by integrated solar panels. The Sion can travel 155 miles on a full charge, and the solar panels could add up to …
World’s First Solar Train in Australia
A 1949 diesel heritage train by Byron Bay Railroad Company in Australia was retrofitted to be 100 percent solar-powered. A 6.5 kW curved carriage-top solar array and electric traction motors from the US, including a 77 kWh lithium-ion battery and regenerative breaking, powers the 70 ton train …