I have countless sources for tracking and following cleantech news. Every day, I go through numerous feeds and websites and news alerts to try to find out what’s happening and spot the biggest stories to cover. I very seldom see anything notable cleantech-wise from Tesla or other Elon Musk companies … [continued]
Google Gemini generated this conceptual illustration highlighting the physical continuity between infrastructure originally built for Russian natural gas and the proposed German Hydrogen Backbone.
Germany’s newly pressurized hydrogen backbone segment with no suppliers and no customers is often described as a clean break from the past, a necessary early investment in a future hydrogen economy. The steel tells a different story. The route, diameter, age, and economics of the pipeline point back to Russian … [continued]
Google Gemini generated this infographic comparing the structural parallels between Soviet Lysenkoism and modern US science policy, illustrating the human and economic costs when political power overrides empirical evidence.
On December 30, a little noticed federal vaccine advisory meeting took place in the United States. It was scheduled between Christmas and New Year’s, broken into four brief sessions for a specific reason, and focused on procedural matters within a committee most Americans have never heard of. There was no … [continued]
Global refinery margins for diesel have widened since late October and increased to their highest level all year, following refinery outages in Russia and in the Middle East and new sanctions on Russia’s crude oil, leading to limited refinery production and a decreased global diesel supply. The impact was most … [continued]
There’s been a bit of talk this week about how Europe is still buying fossil fuels from Russia. As usual, a bit of a lying has been going on, but there’s also a bit of truth to it. Funny enough, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) just put out a … [continued]
Five countries account for more than two-thirds of the world’s total nuclear electricity generation capacity. The United States has the most capacity, followed by France, China, Russia, and South Korea, based on International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) data as of June 2025. Globally, 416 nuclear power reactors are operating in 31 countries, … [continued]
From 2020 to 2024, crude oil and condensate exports from Russia averaged 5.0 million barrels per day (b/d). Exports from Russia in the first half of 2025 (1H25) were 4.3 million b/d (compared with 4.8 million b/d in 2024). Even as crude oil export volumes from Russia have remained relatively high, the … [continued]
If we want peace, we need to end our reliance on oil, writes T&E’s William Todts Europe could be at war with Russia within 5 years. Anyone who has watched last week’s ambush of Ukraine’s Zelensky in the White House knows Europe can’t count on the US anymore. It is time … [continued]
Wind power continues to add megawatts of clean power to the Ukrainian electricity grid, even as Russia continues its drive to demolish the country’s energy infrastructure.
Solar power is featured in the reconstruction of the historic Estonian National Library in Talinn, deploying building-integrated solar panels that match the original roofing material.
