One RMIer recounts his experience braving Hurricane Ian and why the lights stayed on in his solar-powered sustainable community. By Ryan Foelske My family and I survived our first hurricane. Hurricane Ian passed right over our head and pummeled the west cost of Florida with high winds for 6–10 hours. The storm ravaged our local […]
What’s Better to Drive in a Hurricane — Gas or Electric?
We’re not so sure about that. I just went through the process of evacuating, returning home, and helping friends with hurricane cleanup, and had a good opportunity to contemplate the pros and cons of driving electric in a disaster. It’s true that power tends to go out in a hurricane, which on the face of […]
Ford F-150 Lightning Powers Florida Man’s Cooking, Lights, Fridge, Entertainment During Hurricane Ian
The Ford F-150 Lightning has just barely arrived on the market, yet I’ve already heard a few stories of the Lightning powering people’s needs in the event of power outages. The first I heard about was up in Michigan, and we’ve got a whole podcast coming on that F-150 Lightning owner’s experience as well as […]
Tesla Model X In “Boat Mode” Escapes Hurricane Ian Floodwaters
There is no shortage of crazy stories coming out of the path of Hurricane Ian. (I’ve got my own from my area of Southwest Florida, but none of them are saucy enough or cleantech enough for an article.) One that is a definite fit for CleanTechnica comes from a Twitter friend, Jeremy Judkins. Jeremy’s house […]
Apparently We Need To Talk About Evacuations & EVs (Part 2)
Continued from Part 1… Would Charging Time Kill You? Another common lie about EVs is that they’d take forever to escape the danger zone because they don’t go very far and take 8+ hours to charge. This has led to idiotic posts saying that it would take a week to get out of Florida in […]
Researchers Bring More Reliable Electricity to Puerto Rican Microgrids
Oak Ridge National Laboratory are partnering with local organizations, nonprofits and universities to build resilience into independent microgrids