Hydrostor, a Canadian company, says it has developed a new compressed air energy storage system that is half the cost of grid-scale batteries and equal to the cost of a new natural gas powered generating plant.
While it certainly seems true that the switch to renewables is irreversible, if Donald Trump were to succeed in the Koch-promoted efforts he’s already adopted to trash his predecessor’s climate-and-energy initiatives, the switch could be slowed in the states, giving China and Europe the same kind of advantage as the Danish Vestas company got when it moved ahead on wind technology after the Reagan administration abandoned America’s wind-power lead in the 1980s.
New figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance show that clean energy investment in the first quarter of this year only reached $53.6 billion globally, continuing a slump that has been in effect ever since the second quarter of 2015.
The Victorian Labor Government has announced it will commit $1 million in funding to establish a series of community hubs to drive renewable energy projects in regional Victoria, while also exploring the renewable energy potential of empty mine shafts in the state’s center.
Junior telecommunications company amaysim has agreed to pay $120 million for online energy retailer Click Energy in a move designed to challenge the dominance of the big utilities in both the telco space and the energy sector.
As you might imagine, those of us behind Important Media, CleanTechnica’s parent company, spend most of our time online. But over the past year, we’ve branched out into a few events to help bring the sustainability conversation to cities around the globe.
With the new Protecting Americans from Credit Exploitation (PACE) Act, three Republican senators push alternate facts on PACE financing.
Late last year, San Diego set a landmark goal that made it the largest U.S. city to target a 100% renewable electricity mix over the next two decades. But as the pact’s first anniversary approaches, big questions loom over how exactly San Diego will hit the ambitious benchmark.
It’s been a busy news cycle over at the National Security Council, and most of the attention has focused on the ouster of top Trump advisor Steve Bannon. That’s only half the story, though. Suddenly included in the NSC’s upper echelons is Rick Perry, the head of the US Department of Energy.
Most popular CleanTechnica stories of the past week or so? Want to see how they rank? Well, we’re actually going back to April 1 since we skipped the first few days of the month, so below are the 30 most popular stories of the first ⅓ of the month. Enjoy!
