I was going through the new Integrating Solar and Wind: Global experience and emerging challenges report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), and I noticed an interesting graph. Well, there are at least a few interesting charts, but this one chart is something I don’t think I’ve ever seen. The … [continued]
Market forces and government incentives are creating a growing number of renewable energy jobs. Workers riveting solar panels to roofs, keeping wind turbines spinning, and weatherizing homes across the nation are part of a job market that’s been outpacing U.S. employment growth overall. Renewable energy jobs now comprise more than … [continued]
These days, batteries are frequently recycled and repurposed, and companies that tackle this environmental issue make weekly news. We’ve got more battery recycling news below. MAN will build the biggest public charging network for heavy commercial vehicles in the nation to date, with 400 charging stations across 170 locations spanning … [continued]
A coalition of environmental and health groups has called on Microsoft to rely on clean energy generation instead of a proposed expansion of methane-fueled power for its planned Racine County data center — projected to become Wisconsin Electric’s “largest electric load.” In an open letter to Microsoft, the groups charge … [continued]
Newly released data compilation from Berkeley Lab tracks operational and proposed plants Improving battery technology and the growth of variable renewable generation are driving a surge of interest in “hybrid” power plants that combine, for example, utility-scale wind and/or solar generating capacity with co-located batteries. A newly released briefing from … [continued]
Ford has a plan to hook up EV and hybrid EV drivers in the US with low-cost renewable energy, through a new vehicle-to-grid platform called ChargeScape in partnership with BMW and Honda.
New IEA report offers first-of-its-kind global stocktake of efforts to integrate variable renewables across 50 power systems, identifying best practices and key challenges. As solar PV and wind grow at an accelerated pace around the world, governments must act to ensure that they are well integrated into power systems — … [continued]
It’s no secret — the 2024 US election for president is a super tight one, and the difference between what would happen under a Kamala Harris presidency versus another Donald Trump one is immense. Not enough people realize it, but Biden’s work advancing climate legislation is completely unmatched in US … [continued]
What are the hottest, most interesting, and most important cleantech stories of September so far? Here’s my opinion on that. Note that this is part of CleanTechnica’s weekly newsletter. Sign up for the newsletter here! 1. Juan Diego Celemín Mojica wrote an analysis for us this week on EV manufacturing … [continued]
The latest installment of the ongoing seminar series on global decarbonization that I’m leading for India’s utility professionals under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum was on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). It’s an overly hyped, overly hoped for solution that isn’t and won’t scale remotely economically. When … [continued]
