Unprecedented in scale and the first of its kind — the Los Angeles 100% Renewable Energy Study (LA100) provides insights into how the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) can meet its clean energy targets established in 2016 and 2017. LADWP, the largest municipal utility in the country, currently generates more than half of its electricity from renewable and zero-carbon resources.
In both 2019 and 2020, project developers in the United States installed more wind power capacity than any other generating technology. According to data recently published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, annual wind turbine capacity additions in the United States set … [continued]
Welcome to China × Cleantech — January 2021 edition. Our China x Cleantech series covers top cleantech stories in China each month. Happy 牛 Year! I hope your Spring festival went well, Happy 牛 (NIU) Year. EV Sales China — 9.4% Plugin Vehicle Share In Another Record Month On the 28th of … [continued]
In 2019, consumption of renewable energy in the United States grew for the fourth year in a row, reaching a record 11.5 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu), or 11% of total U.S. energy consumption.
Renewables are the primary choice for new electricity generation in Vietnam, Australia, and the US and the pace of adoption is accelerating.
Renewable energy opponents are gleefully blaming wind and solar for the rolling blackouts affecting California this week. The problem is, they are 100% wrong.
My CleanTechnica colleague in arms Steve Hanley beat me to it writing a piece reacting to the movie Planet Of The Humans, but as luck would have it, he actually encourages reactions from any of the several millions who actually watched the whole thing, which I did, mostly because a … [continued]
The coronavirus may become the inflection point when renewable energy begins to surpass fossil fuels. We better hope so.
The IEA predicts renewable energy worldwide will surge between now and 2025. But more must be done to address a warming planet effectively.
Long a laggard in the clean energy revolution, PacifiCorp is now proposing to invest billions in solar, wind, storage, and transmission line upgrades.
