Absolute Beast Of A Wooden Wind Turbine Blade Rolls Off The Assembly Line
April 19th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
A new record-breaking wind turbine blade from GE's LM Wind Power branch is perfectly timed for the US offshore wind revolution
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New Plan To Save Coal Jobs: Teeny, Tiny Coal Power Plants
April 15th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
The latest plan to save coal jobs won't save coal jobs, but it could shoehorn small scale coal power plants into the decentralized grid of the future
Rural Electric Co-ops Dive Into Gas-Killing Solar Panels + Farmland Fray
April 15th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
If all goes according to plan, solar panels will provide key benefits to US farmers in addition to cutting electricity costs and carbon emissions, too
Ford To Gasmobiles: Look Out, Solid State EV Batteries Are Coming
April 12th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
Long range solid-state EV batteries are ready for their mass market closeup, according to iconic US auto manufacturer Ford and cheeky startup Solid Power
How Coal-Killing Solar Panels Can Help US Farmers
April 11th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
In yet another bad sign for coal (and natural gas), the US Energy Department is building the case for putting more solar panels on farmland
Renewable Hydrogen To The Rescue: Steel Trap Snaps Shut On Coal, Eventually
April 9th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
Renewable hydrogen could squeeze fossil fuels out of steel making and other industrial sectors, but keeping up with global demand will be challenging
Global Coal Industry Enjoying Good Times While They Last
April 7th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
Banks are still betting big on fossil fuels, but South Africa's powerful Nedbank sends a warning shot over the bow of the global coal industry
Diesel-Killing Alaska Solar Power Company Walks The Green New Deal Walk (#CleanTechnica Interview)
April 6th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
New Green Deal in all but in name: diesel-killing solar power company has big plans for its socially responsible, "Alaska tough" business model
Wind Turbines Don’t Cause Cancer, But They Are Absolutely Killing Coal
April 4th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
Wind turbines are sprouting all over the US landscape like mushrooms after a rain, and there is nothing the Commander-in-Chief can do about it
US Energy Storage Solution: Giant Coal-Killing Water Batteries
April 2nd, 2019 | by Tina Casey
The hits just keep on coming: US Department of Energy seeks coal-killing energy storage solutions with new pumped hydro technology
Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Poised For Global Domination
April 1st, 2019 | by Tina Casey
Who says the Earth can't take much more pumped hydro energy storage? A new study reveals up to 530,000 new sites for potential pumped hydro development
Hostile Planet: Hostile To Fossil Fuel, That Is (#CleanTechnica Interviews)
April 1st, 2019 | by Tina Casey
The end of fossil fuel: new Hostile Planet series enlists acclaimed storytellers to speak for some of the most climate-vulnerable creatures on earth
Energy Dept. Sees Gold In US Wind Energy “Dead Zones”
March 31st, 2019 | by Tina Casey
The Commander-in-Chief took another poke at wind turbines last week, but it looks like the US wind energy industry will get the last laugh
Talk Is Still Cheap: Illinois Coal Collapse Looms
March 29th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
President* Trump had fun at the expense of the US wind industry at a campaign rally last night, but the US coal market continues its long, inevitable slide
US Devotes More Coal-Killing Dollars To Cut Solar Costs
March 27th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
Regardless of the pro-coal rhetoric emanating from the White House, it sure looks like the US is banking on solar power, not coal power
The Invisible Renewable Energy Revolution (#CleanTechnica Interview)
March 26th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
Toting up the number of new wind and solar farms is one way to track the renewable energy revolution, but much more is bubbling under the surface
Missouri Greenlights Massive New Wind Power Transmission Project
March 25th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
Missouri breathes new life into a massive "zombie" wind power transmission project that will knock out coal and natural gas like bowling pins
EPA Aims At Water Resources, Could Hit Oil & Gas
March 21st, 2019 | by Tina Casey
When a former coal lobbyist helms the EPA, that may be a comfort to US coal stakeholders but it's not necessarily great news for oil and gas
More Good News About Solar Power & Rural Electric Cooperatives
March 20th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
The nation's sleeping giant of hundreds of rural electric cooperatives is waking up and getting into solar power in a Green New Deal kind of way
Trump Admin. Throws Coal Under Bus, Now With Jell-O
March 15th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
In which Energy Secretary Rick Perry admits that the federal government has run out of ideas for saving the nation's coal power plants from certain doom
Just Ask Antarctica: Yes, Thin Film Solar Cells Work In Freezing Cold Temps (#CleanTechnica Interview)
March 14th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
Thin film solar cells may sound like shrinking violets — after all, they are thin — but they are about [&hellip
Money Talks: US Clean Energy Jobs Outnumber Fossil Fuel Jobs 3-to-1
March 14th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
Renewables and other clean tech sectors are huge economic drivers for the US, with or without support for clean energy jobs from the Commander-in-Chief
Minnesota Lays Claim To First-Of-Its-Kind Renewable Energy Hybrid
March 12th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
A first-of-its-kind renewable energy hybrid project in Minnesota will propel a rural electric cooperative into the wind and solar powered future
Thank A House Plant: Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage Inspired By Mother Nature
March 9th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
The global race is on to squeeze 700 million years of hydrogen-based energy storage evolution into a few years worth of laboratory research
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