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Got a High-Mileage Vehicle? You Might Want to Sell It Now

Justin SullivanGetty Images Older vehicles with over 100,000 miles may be suddenly more valuable than their owners would have expected; they’re now selling considerably faster and for much more money amid growing demand. Trucks have seen the largest increase of year-over-year average transaction prices, according to consumer site Edmunds, with the Chevy Silverado 1500 and […]

DSD launches connection platform for development and EPC partners

Solar developer Distributed Solar Development (DSD) has launched DSD Connect, a dedicated platform to provide DSD’s growing network of regional development and EPC partners with the tools, resources and flexible third-party financing to build more distributed generation projects in the C&I and municipal, university, school and hospital (MUSH) markets. “Many solar developers have a strong […]

Will the U.S. Army Switch to Electric Vehicles? Not Quite Yet

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Charles Probst/DVIDS The U.S. Army recently held a technology event to showcase the state of the art in electric vehicles. The service, which owns tens of thousands of internal-combustion vehicles, has a vast incentive to back the most cost-effective vehicle power system possible. The army doesn’t seem to think it’s […]

Borrego begins construction on 6.7-MW community solar array in Maine

CleanCapital and Borrego are working together to install a 6.7-MW community solar project in Maine. The project, which is expected to reach commercial operation in 2022, will benefit from the state’s Net Energy Billing kWh Program and sell power to residential customers. “We are excited to be partnering for the first time with Borrego to […]

Stop Google tracking your location

keeps is your location data. Doing a Google search or using Google Maps gives the company your location to pinpoint accuracy. Why does Google want this? To serve you more relevant ads and search results and so on, but for some people, that’s an unacceptable privacy tradeoff. Here’s how to stop handing over your location […]

Use These Highly Rated OBD-II Scanners to Diagnose Your Car

Foxwell Uh-oh. That dreaded check engine light just popped on. You can feel your wallet shedding weight, right? Maybe not. With a simple OBD-II scanner and some dedicated internet research, you could save some serious cash. OBD-II scanners plug into your vehicle’s OBD port—mandated in 1996 to be equipped on all new cars—and read error […]

FERC to explore options on updates to transmission and interconnection rules

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking inviting the public to comment on potential reforms to improve transmission planning and cost allocation and generator interconnection processes as the nation transitions to a cleaner energy future. “As the generation fleet shifts at an unprecedented rate from resources located closer to […]

SonicWall alerts customers of imminent ransomware attack, IT News, ET CIO

New Delhi: Cybersecurity firm Sonic Wall on Friday sent alerts to its customers of an “imminent” ransomware campaign targeting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series and Secure Remote Access (SRA) products running unpatched and end of life 8.x firmware. The company has requested customers to take immediate action, including disconnecting them from the network […]