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Vivint Solar Closes $300 Million Of New Tax Equity Commitments

published: 2020-07-01 10:00
Vivint Solar (NYSE: VSLR), a leading full-service residential PV provider, today announced it has secured $300 million in new tax equity financing commitments from two repeat investors to boost the growth of Vivint Solar's residential solar business. With the addition of these two tax equity commitments, Vivint Solar has committed financing capacity for approximately 185 MWs. ...  more

Gogoro S3 ABS Debuts on Racetracks In Full Throttle

published: 2020-06-30 18:30
Gogoro has announced its brand new model Gogoro S3 ABS, and will be collaborating with racer Lin Bo-cheng on a maximum performance 125cc model that will make its debut at the TSR competition this weekend. Gogoro S3 is priced at TWD$89,980, and the S3 ABS is priced at $96,980. ...  more

LF Energy Launches Digital Substation Initiative to Modernize Power Grid Infrastructure

published: 2020-06-30 10:00
LF Energy, a Linux Foundation nonprofit coalition that seeks to radically improve power grid infrastructure through open-source projects, today launched its Digital Substation Automation Systems (DSAS) initiative to enhance the power grid's modularity, interoperability and scalability to accelerate the global effort toward carbon neutrality by 2050. ...  more

IDTechEx Forecast the Battery Electric Bus Fleet to Increase to 817,000 Vehicles by 2030

published: 2020-06-29 13:00
The bus market is at a crossroads. The pressing need for cities around the world to improve air quality, alongside commitments by many governments to address climate change, are powering plans to deliver zero on-road emission city bus fleet solutions. Over the next decade, these efforts will see major cities increasingly refuse to purchase anything but zero-emission buses, as they deliver on promised zero-emission zones to protect the health of their citizens. ...  more