Renewable Energy

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image of a hydrogen-powered container ship, uniquely lifted by large balloons with dollar symbols

ICCT Thinks Green Hydrogen For Shipping Will Have More Energy Than Electricity Required To Make…

A month ago the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) released a Europe-focused report on the total cost of ownership of various decarbonization pathways for freight trucking. It was deeply flawed, with unrealistically low costs for the hydrogen pathway as they put multiple thumbs on the scale. Perhaps their analyses … [continued]

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image that metaphorically represents a flawed hydrogen strategy, with a quicksand foundation and stakeholders pushing in conflicting directions.

Ontario’s Hydrogen Approach Will Be A B-School Case Study In Failure

Not to be left behind as the world is spun in circles by hydrogen hype, Ontario published a hydrogen strategy in 2022. Recently it announced the first approved significant project, one that involves truckloads of hydrogen leaving Niagara Falls to be burned in a gas generator over 100 kilometers away. … [continued]

"Bill McKibben and Nnimmo Bassey: Break Free from Fossil Fuels" by John Englart (Takver) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Historic COP28 Agreement Calls for Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels

They slept fitfully on couches deep into the night. Rumors were that food was running out. After two weeks of negotiations, unanimous agreement at the end of this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) seemed destined for greenwashing. Then the news broke: An 11,000 page document referred to what … [continued]

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic illustration that visualizes the concept of maximizing pipeline value by incorporating High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission

Will Pipelines Be Repurposed For HVDC Transmission?

This question is asked regularly of me these days. After all, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) is the new pipeline, doesn’t care if it’s run underwater, underground or through a steel pipe, and the millions of kilometers of pipelines in the world are going to be decommissioned at an accelerating rate … [continued]

"Drumming up support for clean energy" by John Englart (Takver) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Best Clean Energy Stocks — December, 2023

As an investor and a CleanTechnica reader, you’re likely somebody who wants to allocate your capital into a diversified portfolio of clean energy companies. Clean energy stocks invest in companies that focus on green sources of energy, like wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, tidal, wave, and hydroelectric power, as well as … [continued]