Coming soon to truckers: Peel-and-stick solar panels

Sunflare Solar aims to expand into the trucking market with its solar panels.

Solar panels can be heavy, hard to install or fragile. Sunflare Solar’s panels have double-sided adhesive that allows customers to “peel and stick” solar panels in place, Philip Gao, CEO of Sunflare Solar, told FreightWaves. 

Sunflare’s panels have not been installed on any semi tractors or trailers, but the company is interested in expanding its applications, which currently include homes and other structures, off-road vehicles, campers and recreational vehicles.

“We’ve got quite a bit of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/coming-soon-to-truckers-peel-and-stick-solar-panels

Coal fourth quarter 2018 numbers buck trend, analysis shows

Barged shipments of coal reached their highest quarterly level during the fourth quarter of 2018 since the third quarter of 2017. Corps of Engineers photo

Cleaner burning natural gas and renewable choices such as wind and solar power have, in recent years, displaced coal as a popular source of domestic energy. Coal fired generating plants have been going the way of the dodo bird in recent years, but an analysis of Department of Energy data by River Transport News shows that barged coal shipments improved during the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to the previous quarter and the previous year’s volumes.

Coal shipments moved by barge to domestic...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/coal-fourth-quarter-2018-numbers-buck-trend-analysis-shows/