January 17th, 2021 | by NASA
By most accounts, 2020 has been a rough year for the planet. It was the warmest year on record, just barely exceeding the record set in 2016 by less than a tenth of a degree according to NASA’s analysis. Massive wildfires scorched Australia, Siberia, and the United States’ west coast
January 14th, 2021 | by NRDC
Xcel Energy will deploy approximately 20,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at residential, commercial, and public sites across Colorado, under a $110 million plan formally approved by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission this week
January 9th, 2021 | by Zachary Shahan
A new vehicle-to-grid (V2G) project is going into operation in Denver, Colorado. The Alliance Center, whose mission is "to demonstrate sustainability in action and mobilize change agents to accelerate solutions," is installing a V2G system from Fermata Energy at their Denver offices
January 7th, 2021 | by U.S. Department of Energy
Some neighbors depend on each other for a cup of sugar or dog-walking. But in the Colorado neighborhood of Basalt Vista, the residents are closer than most: They share their electricity
December 15th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
Last Thursday night, Golden City Council took a big step toward cutting transportation pollution by adopting a GoEV Resolution — a set of ambitious targets to electrify the city fleet, public transportation, taxis and ride-share companies, micro-mobility vehicles, and all passenger vehicles in the City of Golden, Colorado
December 14th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
Clean Fuel Standards like the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) have been around for more than a decade, but have not attracted the attention of more narrowly targeted policies promoting electric vehicles, biofuels, or renewable power
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
December 5th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
The City of Boulder is partnering with Fermata Energy to test the ability to reduce the city’s building energy costs with an innovative pilot at the North Boulder Recreation Center
December 4th, 2020 | by Jennifer Sensiba
When it comes to charging non-Tesla EV vehicles in the Southwest, there's good news and bad news these days. Utah and Colorado continue to make progress on rural routes while Arizona and New Mexico are falling behind
November 16th, 2020 | by John Farrell
Here’s a brief overview of several ballot measures illustrating how cities are moving at a rapid pace creating new funding to support local clean energy, and that clean energy has a much broader appeal than either political party
November 3rd, 2020 | by NRDC
The transportation sector is the single largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, both in Colorado and nationwide. Though the state passed ambitious climate legislation last year setting GHG reduction targets, a recent report from
October 19th, 2020 | by Rocky Mountain Institute
Getting around cities in electric vehicles (EVs) is getting easier as EV infrastructure grows. But traveling between cities is still a challenge as infrastructure, incentives, and policies aren’t always implemented on a regional scale
October 12th, 2020 | by NRDC
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, the Bureau of Land Management has held 13 lease sales for drillers looking to lock up cheap oil and gas rights at the expense of U.S. taxpayers, clean air, clean water, vital wildlife habitat, and pristine wildlands
October 5th, 2020 | by Tina Casey
It's game over for coal power when a leading steel maker in the US favors renewable energy, on-site solar style
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
