Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 04:53:12 +0000
Duke Energy is beginning to embrace grid scale battery storage after dancing around the idea for many years.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:50:14 +0000
The diligence of builders and installers, the ingenuity of engineers, the guidance of developers, and the commitment of numerous nearby companies, governmental organizations, and nonprofits have been recognized as a well-done collaborative accomplishment out west. Leaving coal behind and jumping into the solar future, the Escalante Solar project has just … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:43:54 +0000
The United States has always had a certain schizophrenia about solar panels. Jimmy Carter installed some solar hot water panels on the roof of the White House, but Ronald Reagan had them ripped off as soon as he moved in. During the Obama administration, the federal government issued a $535 … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:58:06 +0000
Harnessing renewable energy is a crucial step in building sustainable communities, and as climate change accelerates, finding carbon-free energy sources that are affordable, reliable, and can handle changes in policy, extreme weather events, and rising demand is more important than ever. One often-overlooked solution? Our rivers. Small hydroelectric turbines (“Small … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:50:39 +0000
The European Union lost a few things in the past week. The least of them was a couple of billion euros of loans and grants. A big one was a new supply of fresh and shiny Europe-made batteries. The biggest was a belief that anything China could do, they could … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:40:30 +0000
We’re looking to relaunch a regular, frequent cleantech news show on YouTube. It will improve as time goes on, more co-hosts and guests will be included, and we’re open to any feedback or requests. Overall, though, you have to start (or restart) somewhere, and this is where we’re starting again. … [continued]
The post BYD Sales Soaring, Tesla Demand Concerns, Japanese Auto Sales Crashing — Cleantech News Update appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 03:02:17 +0000
A year ago I published an assessment of a quite remarkably bad, non-peer-reviewed paper by one of the Geological Survey of Finland’s (GTK) associate professors, Simon Michaux. The paper’s quite risible conclusions were that there wasn’t nearly enough metal in the ground to be able to electrify everything with renewables. … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Industry Sponsor| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:50:21 +0000
The Illinois Solar Education Association (ISEA) is a great organization. Since its inception in 1975, it has helped countless Illinoisans go solar, providing a directory of proven professionals in the solar energy and storage industries. More importantly, it’s helped create a stable set of regulations and incentives at the state … [continued]
The post For Giving Tuesday, Perhaps Consider Solar, EVs, a Good Charity, and a Chance to Win Your Choice of a Rivian R1S or R1T — Or All of Them Combined! appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 04:55:22 +0000
It’s time to catch up on the most interesting and most exciting cleantech stories of the past week. As it turns out, some of the top stories were also top stories in other recent weeks. But that’s just how big these stories are. There are several new stories as well, … [continued]
The post BYD Popping Sales, Agrivoltaics Winning, US Manufacturing Boom — Top 14 Cleantech Stories appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 21:15:20 +0000
Space-saving bifiacial PV technology is a new addition to the dual-use agrivoltaic movement, which enables farmers to continue working their land while realizing income from solar projects.
The post Small US State Launches Game-Changing Agrivoltaic Project appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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