Soaring Cleantech Manufacturing, EV Sales Records, Hurricanes — Top Cleantech Stories

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:39:08 +0000

Our operations here at CleanTechnica got quite disrupted by a couple of recent hurricanes — Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene. As a result, we’ve got a lot of news to catch up on for our regular roundups on top cleantech stories. In this edition, I’m going to break the highlights … [continued]

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Mississauga Could Get A Dozen Electric Buses For The Cost Of Five Hydrogen Ones

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 22:05:35 +0000

Recently I published a perspective on the Canadian city of Mississauga’s plan to pilot hydrogen buses for their transit system. It included global data on the high cost and low reliability of hydrogen electrolysis and refueling systems and the high cost and low reliability of hydrogen fuel cell buses. Someone … [continued]

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US Manufacturing Has Soared Under Biden & Harris, Was Stagnant Under Trump

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 03:15:23 +0000

Hurricane Helene hit, the US vice presidential debate happened, I found out my mom’s area of North Carolina was suffering dramatically from the effects of Helene (they still don’t have water) and I helped her get out of there, then Hurricane Milton terrorized us down here in Florida. I watched … [continued]

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Tesla To Get Into LFP Battery Production — As Max Holland Predicted 4 Years Ago

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 20:31:03 +0000

I recall in the early days of the modern electric vehicle era when the Tesla Model S and the BYD e6 were top selling electric cars. The BYD e6? Well, if you know, you know. If you weren’t around back then, or even if you were and need a refresher, … [continued]

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The US Needs A Marshall Plan For Itself, Not For The Developing World

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 22:41:16 +0000

In the past couple of months, an idea has been percolating through Washington and entities dependent on the United States’ good will that the US should reach back into history and create a Clean Energy Marshall Plan for developing countries. This idea is US economic wunderkind Brian Deese’s brainchild, or … [continued]

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Clean Energy Jobs Are Changing Lives. These Programs Are Providing Liftoff.

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 22:36:55 +0000

Jobs supporting the energy transition are in demand, and programs supported by cities, states — and now a bipartisan coalition of governors — are helping train the future workforce. Before Marcus started as a carpentry fellow with Habitat for Humanity, he didn’t know what he was going to do with … [continued]

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New Hampshire’s Low-Income Community Solar Program Is Finally Hearing The Starting Line

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 00:44:42 +0000

More than seven years after New Hampshire regulators first approved the idea of using community solar to create savings for low-income households, electric bill discounts are finally on the horizon for the first batch of participants. “There has been this rhetoric that we want solar to benefit low-income people, but … [continued]

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Cutting Edge Environmental Initiatives at Arkansas Hazardous Waste Facility Launched

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 04:26:49 +0000

Veolia North America has unveiled—at a celebration yesterday that took place at its hazardous waste treatment center in Gum Springs—a series of unprecedented initiatives to make the plant the most sustainable operation of its kind in the U.S. With the newly announced initiatives, the facility has set an industry standard … [continued]

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Funding Notice: Nearly $2 Million Available to Support U.S. Offshore Wind Workforce Readiness Programs

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:05:44 +0000

Offices: Office of Technology Transitions, Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) Funding Amount: $1.9 million Link to apply: PPO-CWX-006-WETO: Offshore Wind Workforce Readiness – Connectwerx The offshore wind industry is growing. According to the 2024 Offshore Wind Market Report, the U.S. industry’s project pipeline grew by 53% from the previous year—enough to power more than 26 … [continued]

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New Brownfield Solar Project In New Jersey Just Completed

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:12:14 +0000

CEP Renewables’ latest announcement that it has completed the 19 MW Foul Rift brownfield project in New Jersey. The project was built on a site that had been the home to a composting facility for nearly thirty years, & which had a history of over 90 distinct notices of environmental … [continued]

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