SACRAMENTO, CA — On Monday, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) reported that the value of investments it classifies as climate solutions reached $71 billion as of June 30, 2026, up from $59.7 billion a year earlier. The increase brings the nation’s largest public pension fund closer to its … [continued]
Many of you may remember that Tesla and SpaceX got significant boosts early on in their corporate lives from the Obama administration, the Democrat-controlled House, and the Democrat-controlled Senate. There’s a solid chance these companies would no longer exist today without that early support. Democrats in California and in the … [continued]
There’s been a lot of talk this year about a humongous AI bubble. We’ve written about that many times here on CleanTechnica, but focused on the US market. AI software companies have massive valuations/market caps based on hype and growth in AI use but without demonstrating anything close to profitability … [continued]
US Federal Election Commission data revealed this week that Elon Musk has donated at least $445 million into Republican-aligned political action committees and groups since last year. Interestingly, it seems that Musk’s deep influence isn’t enough, and he is worried. If Democrats win big on Tuesday in midterm elections, Musk … [continued]
Carbon pricing in a global context In April 2025, governments at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreed on a historic global regulation, the Net-Zero Framework (NZF). It was designed to set global shipping on a course to net-zero by 2050 in a just and equitable way. Global shipping is responsible … [continued]
Series A led by VXI Capital, with backing from the people who built modern solar, including founding Enphase CEO Paul Nahi, former SunPower CEO Tom Werner and former New York energy czar Richard Kauffman Nine years in the making, Optivolt’s energy intelligence turns passive solar hardware into adaptive power systems … [continued]
There’s been a lot of chatter in recent days, weeks, and months about the possibility that SpaceX and Tesla will merge. Elon Musk has been a fan of merging, swallowing, and mushing together his companies. This has happened especially as Musk companies have needed saving. Tesla saved SolarCity, a company … [continued]
Verdox has completed a useful industrial demonstration at Hydro’s Sunndal aluminum smelter in Norway. During a two-month test, its electrochemical process captured carbon dioxide from exhaust containing only about 1% CO₂ and operated in the presence of contaminants found in real smelter gas. Hydro’s investment and continued work with Verdox … [continued]
Heart’s ES-36 keeps electric motors at the propellers while turbogenerators extend missions beyond practical battery range.
On August 12, Heart Aerospace flew its X1 demonstrator for 27 minutes from Plattsburgh International Airport in New York. The aircraft weighed more than 25,000 pounds, had a 106-foot wingspan and put more than a megawatt through its electric propulsion system while taxiing, taking off, climbing, maneuvering and landing. There … [continued]
A little-noticed provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act means new stable revenues for western states, but the Trump administration’s actions have limited its impact. The enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), in concert with aggressive anti-renewable energy actions from the Trump administration, is set to … [continued]
