The US renewable energy firm Exus has attracted $365 million in construction financing to complete two wind power projects in Pennsylvania (cropped/enhanced, courtesy of Exus).
US President Donald Trump swept back into office on a mission to destroy thousands of construction jobs and disrupt private sector investments in the domestic wind industry. Why? Who knows! Fortunately for some job seekers, the effort to curtail wind power in the US has been only partially successful, with … [continued]
Across the country, governors and state lawmakers are facing the same challenge: electricity demand is rising, power bills are increasing, and constituents expect solutions. Increasingly, policymakers from both parties are arriving at the same answer. Solar and energy storage are among the fastest, most cost-effective resources available to add new … [continued]
The race to dominate artificial intelligence is forcing Asia and the Pacific into an infrastructure buildout unlike any in its history, with electricity grids emerging as the next strategic battleground. The Asian Development Bank is betting that the region cannot sustain the coming wave of AI data centers, semiconductor manufacturing, … [continued]
Author’s note: I am reminded, usually by the comments to these opinion pieces I write, that the reason CleanTechnica is what it is, and why I joined it, is because when the founders set it up 18 years ago, clean energy was a revolution. Today it is a hard default. … [continued]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration is finalizing two new regulations that will undermine the implementation of federal protections for wildlife under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the nation’s cornerstone conservation law. One rule rescinds the longstanding blanket 4(d) rule, ending the practice of automatically extending key ESA protections from killing, injury, … [continued]
Long Beach’s policy language remains technology-neutral, but chargers, grid infrastructure and electric cargo equipment reveal where deployment is moving.
The Port of Long Beach keeps describing its clean-technology investments as “zero-emission,” a phrase broad enough to include both batteries and hydrogen. Its funded assets are much less ambiguous. Chargers, electrical infrastructure and electric cargo-handling equipment are extending the power system into terminal operations while hydrogen remains largely inside the … [continued]
The California-based green hydrogen startup HyWatts is pitching a modular, transportable “Power Plant In A Box” combination electrolyzer system and fuel cell for off-grid EV charging, among other purposes.
As part of NLR’s extensive work to improve battery safety, the Flatirons Campus recently hosted a battery energy storage system response training for local emergency responders. Photo by Joe DelNero, National Laboratory of the Rockies .
Battery failures can escalate quickly: Heat accumulates, materials break down, and gases ignite in a chain reaction known as thermal runaway. Such events are rare thanks to carefully applied safeguards in material design and battery management systems. Still, continued research is needed to anticipate how new battery materials behave, understand … [continued]
Only Malta falls short on the EU’s fleet-based target for public charging. All but one EU country are meeting the bloc’s targets for EV charging infrastructure to keep pace with the number of EVs on the road, new research shows. The analysis by T&E also finds that most of the … [continued]
Last week, I was invited to the launch of the XPENG L03 in Munich. As we have already written several articles about the L03 (MONA L03 in China) on CleanTechnica, I didn’t want to just repeat information or paraphrase the press release. Overall, the L03 seems somewhat simple on the … [continued]
