December 6th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
In October, I published reports on the top US solar states per capita, the top US solar states as a percentage of electricity, and the top US states in terms of total installed solar power capacity. Based on that first ranking system
November 26th, 2020 | by Scott Cooney
Recently, we covered the DIY home efficiency program Kauai is using as an economic recovery and resilience tool. The idea behind the project was to provide immediate and ongoing economic relief to residents who were negatively affected by the economic fallout of COVID-
October 5th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
This report ranks US states according to the percentage of their electricity that comes from solar
October 4th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
After digging into an old spreadsheet to create a new report on top solar power states per capita, it crossed my mind to compare the results from the first half of 2020 with the results from 2012, which is the last time I had published such a report before today
October 4th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
If you've been reading CleanTechnica long enough, you know that 8 to 10 years ago, I used to publish reports on solar power capacity per capita — for both US states and countries around the world. I'm returning to these, starting with this one on the top solar states
October 1st, 2020 | by Rocky Mountain Institute
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and the Under2 Coalition of states and regions today released a handbook detailing five transformative actions, regional governments can take to limit the effects of climate change while bringing other beneficial impacts to society
September 17th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
Noting the climate, economic, jobs and health benefits it would bring, today nine nations on four continents agreed to work collaboratively to grow zero-emission commercial vehicle manufacturing, infrastructure and deployment at home and globally
August 17th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
Recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent has opened the door for states to enact laws requiring all new cars sold in the state to be electric as of a certain date, according to a law journal article by the nonprofit Coltura published in the University of Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law
July 17th, 2020 | by Scott Cooney
I may be the world's biggest fan of Zachary Shahan. (His wife and kids may argue...). When Zach first gave a talk entitled "The Future is Now," it sort of became the ad-hoc tagline for CleanTechnica. And it's true — all the solutions we need are right here, right in front of us
June 9th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
I recently highlighted a couple of big solar + storage projects that were given the go-ahead in Hawaii. Then I found out that these are two of 16 solar and energy storage projects just approved for development in the state
June 4th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
There have been several announcements about big new solar power projects this past week. Rather than try to tackle them one at a time (that wasn't going to happen), I'm running through them below in a combo story
May 27th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Hawai'i is boldly going where no other state has ever gone when it comes to pursuing its goal of 100% renewable energy by
April 1st, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Hawaiian Electric says it is planning to add nearly 1 gigawatt-hour of battery storage and close its largest coal-fired generating station over the next few years.
March 17th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
Even if the U.S. is successful at managing coronavirus infection rates and lethality, it has the capacity to wreak havoc on the November election
February 21st, 2020 | by Michael Barnard
With luck, the airborne wind energy space will sink back into academic research efforts involving kitesurfing kites at University of Delft. It's useful to continue to play with things in academia, and it's a domain with a lot of engineering complexity that's a good proving ground for engineers who can go on to do useful things as a result
February 8th, 2020 | by Andrea Bertoli
Hawaii has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, and yet there are serious water quality issues to content with, primarily due to the large quantity of cesspools in the State. This is a huge issue for all of the islands, and impacts the health of humans, animals, and our ocean ecology. Here's the story of a local non-profit that's working to fix this crappy situation.
January 31st, 2020 | by Andrea Bertoli
Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) just named a new CEO and was voted as 'Best Utility' in the US by Utility Dive. What policies and progress has the utility made in recent years to grab this honor, what's the new CEO going to do going forward, and what does this really look like for residents of the islands?
