Developers plan to add 54.5 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electric-generating capacity to the US power grid in 2023, according to our Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. More than half of this capacity will be solar power (54%), followed by battery storage (17%). Solar US utility-scale solar capacity has been rising rapidly since 2010. Despite […]
Australian culture encourages the vision of the bronzed, sporty Aussie male who can fix anything, build anything, without instructions, and while drinking a beer. Do It Yourself! I’m afraid I don’t really fit that mould, and most Australians don’t. It is a myth perpetuated by self-serving advertisers. So, it was odd to find myself in […]
David Waterworth with Dr Paul Wildman Due to the overwhelming and positive interest shown in our first article, we thought to do a second article as another take on the Toyota/Japanese car-manufacturing situation. Is Toyota not circling the drain, after all? Is Toyota dead tech walking? According to Statista, Toyota has consistently produced and sold […]
In this article, I want to not only identify a problem standing in the way of EV sales growth, but also identify some solutions that manufacturers can look into. It’s not a problem EV manufacturers (including “legacy” auto companies) really face today, but as EVs move from the early adopter phase and into the wider […]