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JackSawyer
Student Boston MA United States Member Since: 05/28/2016
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The Exponential Growth of Electric Vehicle Adoption
The rise of electric car companies like Tesla, growing fears of climate change, and tougher policies on emissions have culminated in a growing attention on the electric vehicle industry. And the EV industry is ready for this attention “because the factors required to unlock demand...are [now] in place” (Mims). These factors will allow the EV market to grow exponentially and compete against gas cars for the first time...
By JackSawyer // Student Last updated: 04/05/2023 + Show |
Senate Bill 32 Sets Aggressive New Goal for California Emission Levels
California is leading the nation in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, and has done so through aggressive climate bills. This effective methodology looks to continue as California recently passed Senate Bill 32 (SB32), the bill requires the state to lower greenhouse-gas emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. The bill builds off a previous...
By JackSawyer // Student Last updated: 09/01/2016 + Show |
India Committing to a Renewable Future
NTPC, India’s largest electricity producer, is altering its expansion plan to include a greater emphasis on renewable energy. With a successful completion of the company’s expansion plan, NTPC will become the biggest renewable energy company in the world. Originally NTPC was going to install more thermal units, however this changed after the...
By JackSawyer // Student Last updated: 08/22/2016 + Show |
Clinton looks to California Regulators for Green Fuel Standards
Hillary Clinton is looking to find new ways to revamp the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), a regulation that was created in 2005 to try and promote renewable energy fuels, in order to do this she has sought out advice from California regulators. California is leading the United States in the clean energy shift and so it makes sense for the...
By JackSawyer // Student Last updated: 08/08/2016 + Show |
California’s Efficient Permit Licensing Helps Residential Solar Expand
California has been leading the country in solar energy consumption and looks to continue this impressive achievement as it implements new progressive policies like “The Expedited Solar Permitting Act” (Solar Bill AB 2188) which was implemented in 2014. The law gave “cities and counties in the state a September 2015 deadline to establish a...
By JackSawyer // Student Last updated: 08/05/2016 + Show |
Cloud Services Turning to Renewable Energy
The cloud - a service many of us use to extend our phone's and computer's storage by uploading information to remote servers - consume a lot of electricity to stay operational. In fact, in 2013 data centers used 2 percent of all the power produced in the U.S.. This electricity is the largest expense for cloud services, and subsequently, they are...
By JackSawyer // Student Last updated: 07/23/2016 + Show |
Are Renewable Energies Reversing Progress on Climate Goals in Some Ways?
Renewable energy sources have seen great progress in the last decade, with significant innovation and growth, especially since the Paris Agreement was signed lasted fall. However, with their embracement, we are starting to see that clean energy may be bringing about unforeseen problems that may hinder our efforts towards a carbon free...
By JackSawyer // Student Last updated: 07/19/2016 + Show |
Corporations are Becoming Major Players in Renewable Energy Growth - PPAs are a Key Factor
With the Paris Agreement having set aggressive climate goals and the price of renewable energy getting cheaper, more and more corporations are adopting clean energy in order to become more economical and competitive while also meeting new mandates. The main component leading this development is Power Purchase Agreements (PPA). These agreements...
By JackSawyer // Student Last updated: 07/18/2016 + Show |
California Sets New Solar Production Record
California continues to make tremendous progress towards harnessing 50% of it's energy from renewable sources by 2030, and news coming out this week reinforces that, as the state has managed to set a new record for solar electric production - 8 gigawatts. That is double of what the state was producing from solar just two years ago. More and...
By JackSawyer // Student Last updated: 07/16/2016 + Show |
What is in Store for Elon Musk's Second Master Plan
Elon Musk announced via Twitter this Sunday (July 10th, 2016) that he plans to unveil his second master plan for Tesla. His first master plan involved four general goals, those being; build a sports car, use that money to build an affordable car, use that money to build an even more affordable car, and lastly, provide zero emission electric power...
By JackSawyer // Student Last updated: 07/11/2016 + Show |
Report Shows California's Push for Clean Energy is on the Right Path
The California Green Innovation Index has come out with a report that supplies outstanding statistics to support California's progress on its renewable energy goals. The report examined California's energy production, clean patents/investments, and clean transportation. The results reveal substantial progress in all of the categories. One all...
By JackSawyer // Student Last updated: 07/04/2016 + Show |
Increasing Transparency in the Built Environment - March 30, 2017, 7:30-9:30 am - Denver
Increasing Transparency in the Built Environment March 30, 2017, 7:30-9:30 am Xcel Energy 1800 Larimer St. Denver , CO 80202 Join USGBC Colorado and the Denver Chapter of IFMA for a March 30 breakfast to learn how our industry is working to increase transparency in the built environment. A panel of experts will discuss efforts being...
By JackSawyer // Student Event Date: 03/30/2017 + Show |
U.S. Energy Storage Summit 2016 - December 7 - 8, San Francisco
U.S. Energy Storage Summit 2016 Wednesday, December 7 (All day) - Thursday, December 8 (All day) 5 Embarcadero Center San Francisco , CA 94111 Now in its second year, GreenTech Media's U.S. Energy Storage Summit will bring together utilities, financiers, regulators, technology innovators, and storage practitioners for two full days of...
By JackSawyer // Student Event Date: 12/07/2016 + Show |
Help Build What’s Next - California November 16, 1:30-4:30 google 345 Spear St San Francisco, CA 94105 Are you a Sustainable Building Leader, or... Do you Want to be? Check out this promising workshop series, hosted by cradle2cradle, BuildingGreen, and google: Built Positive workshops are for thought leaders in the built...
By JackSawyer // Student Event Date: 11/16/2016 + Show |
San Francisco Green Festival Celebrates 15 Years:
San Francisco Green Festival Celebrates 15 Years! SAN FRANCISCO GREEN FESTIVAL Friday, November 11 at 12:00 PM - to - Sunday, November 13 at 5:00 PM (PST) Pier 35 1454 The Embarcadero San Francisco, CA 94133 New Location Pier 35 Friday 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm Saturday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Sunday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm **Kids 16...
By JackSawyer // Student Event Date: 11/11/2016 + Show |
A Turning Point in California's Clean Energy Future - Webcast - September 6th, 2016
This hour long webcast will cover the proposal to phase out PG&E's production of nuclear power in California by 2025. A coalition of labor leaders, environmental groups, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company came together in June to propose shifting California's energy solutions to increase the amount of carbon neutral sources while phasing out...
By JackSawyer // Student Event Date: 09/06/2016 + Show |
Massachusetts & the Internet of Things Wednesday, June 8th, 2016 - 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Boston Convention and Exhibition Center 415 Summer St Boston, Massachusetts United States MassTLC is hosting a conference on the Internet of Things (Iot) and are bringing in companies that have developed, tested and deployed a range of smart devices...
By JackSawyer // Student Event Date: 06/08/2016 + Show |
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