Category: wind power

Alphabet quits work on its energy-generating kites

Post author By Randall
Post date February 18, 2020
Categories In alphabet, energy, gear, Google, green, kite, kites, makani, Power, Robots, shell, Tech, wind energy, wind power, x

[ad_1] As Makani’s Fort Felker said, this doesn’t necessarily mean that Makani is shutting down. Its recent investor Shell is “exploring options” to continue work on wind kite technology, although Felker didn’t elaborate on what that meant. The team did make some progress while under Alphabet’s wing, launching a 20kW demo project, and growing it […]

The UK likely got more power from renewables than fossil fuels last quarter

Post author By Randall
Post date October 14, 2019
Categories In analysis, biomass, carbon brief, electricity, fossil fuels, gear, green, grid, Power, renewable energy, renewables, solar, Tech, Uk, wind power

[ad_1] According to the analysis, from July through September, renewables generated 29.5 terawatt hours (TWh) while fossil fuels generated 29.1 TWh. As Gizmodo points out, a 0.4 TWh may sound small but it represents the electricity used by hundreds of thousands of customers. For context, in the third quarter of 2009, the UK generated twice […]

Nissan’s zero-emission ice cream truck uses recycled EV batteries

Post author By Randall
Post date June 20, 2019
Categories In clean air day, e-nv200, electric van, electric vehicle, emissions, energy roam, ev, gear, green, ice cream, mackie, nissan, power pack, prototype, roam, second life, second-life batteries, solar power, Tech, tomorrow, Transportation, Uk, wind power, zero emissions

[ad_1] The prototype is based on Nissan’s e-NV200, a fully electric light commercial vehicle that has a range of up to 124 miles. The company installed two Nissan Energy ROAM power packs — which use lithium-ion cells recovered from first-generation Nissan electric vehicles — to power the coolers. Those can be charged along with the […]