An underground mine provided some welcomed cool on a peak-summer day in the mountains west of Denver, Colorado, for a group of 21 undergraduate interns from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR). Outfitted with hard hats, and as gravel crunched under their closed-toed shoes, the … [continued]
Porsche is in the doghouse with EV fans now that it is planning to eliminate the Taycan from its lineup. However, there is some good-ish news. The company is trying to boost consumer demand for its Macan EV. The Macan EV has had an interesting year or two. In 2025, … [continued]
It wasn’t a totally new bike, it was the replacement for a 5-year-old Bulls mountain ebike which I had to abandon because Bulls could not supply me with a functioning battery for the Brose motor. For only $3,000, they upgraded me to their latest Copperhead model with Bosch motor and … [continued]
There is a story — which may be apocryphal — about the dean of an elite women’s college in northwest Massachusetts who once counseled her students, “When rape is inevitable, lean back and enjoy it.” Suffice to say, this was before the Women’s Lib movement clicked into high gear. The … [continued]
About $100B in shareholder value vanished across hydrogen, eVTOL and SMR bets after my underlying technology warnings were already public.
The Financial Times supplied an interesting prompt this week. Short sellers have made an estimated $2.1 billion betting against Oklo, NuScale and Nano Nuclear, while $30.3 billion of their combined market value has disappeared since the three small modular reactor developers peaked in October 2025. I have been writing for … [continued]
Another renewables-friendly battery maker sets up shop in the US as demand for energy storage soars and grid reliability issues rise.
The Detroit-based startup Grounded EVs is expanding its business from electric RVs to the wide-open world of mid-sized Class 3 vehicles.
Commercial electrolyzers are arriving, but Europe’s lenders are drawing a much tighter boundary around which hydrogen markets are actually bankable.
The Port of Antwerp-Bruges now has what its developer calls a commercial-scale AEM electrolyzer. Power to Hydrogen’s half-megawatt system is intended to make high-purity hydrogen for real users in a real industrial setting, and that is a legitimate engineering milestone. Moving anion-exchange-membrane electrolysis out of smaller stacks and into industrial … [continued]
To disconnect or not? The new Australian conundrum. In Australia’s rapidly changing energy market, Australians are asking the question, do I disconnect and run on battery and solar? Do I stay on the grid and trade like Gary? My house and car charging needs are currently being met by two … [continued]
CleanTechnica readers may remember this article from our visit to Polestar two years ago. At our recent Coffee, Cake, and EVs meeting here in Brisbane, Neil Warner introduced himself to me as the Model Y owner who did the deed, trading in his Tesla Model Y for a Polestar 4. … [continued]
