The highway drive through Johnston has become anything but routine these days, for, as we crest a highway hill, we now see a line of wind turbines that appears on the horizon, rising high to the skyline. The 7 total wind turbines have become part of the norm of our RI renewable energy landscape, and many of us who live and work in the state are mighty glad.
Puerto Rico can turn to green growth and gain self-reliance from the fossil fuel industry.
President Trump promised to save coal jobs, but a new DOE energy storage R&D program aims at accelerating the renewable energy transition.
In April of 2018, the CleanTechnica braintrust was surveyed for their opinions and sentiment on blockchain for cleantech.
They were asked nine questions about the impacts both positive and negative of blockchain on clean tech.
An op-ed in the Dallas Morning News says now is the perfect time for US companies to partner with Mexico to bring renewable energy to that country. It’s time for business, not politics, it argues.
Coal power plants around the world just can’t compete with natural gas and renewable energy, and that’s especially — and ironically — true in the US.
The Victorian Labor Party was re-elected to power in the State’s Saturday election this past weekend in a victory that is being described as “stunning,” “a landslide,” and a “bloodbath.” In fact, the Labor Party will return to power with more seats than have been held in over 15 years, delivering the party a strong mandate that includes important policies on climate change and renewable energy.
A new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance has highlighted the rising importance of developing nations in driving clean energy adoption worldwide, and finds they are seizing the mantle of global clean energy leadership from wealthier, more developed nations.
One of the world’s leading offshore wind turbine manufacturers, MHI Vestas, announced on Tuesday that the first of two new wind turbine blade molds had arrived at the company’s factory in the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England, in a move that will serve to help support 1,100 new jobs at the factory and £42 million worth of additional economic benefit per year to the regional economy.
The tech industry is the largest consumer of renewable energy as companies like Google, Amazon, and Facebook seek to satisfy investors they are operating in an environmentally friendly manner. As the internet of things expands exponentially, power usage by data centers will increase significantly.
