Wind and solar are the new cash crops
by Kevin Brehm: We’re living in an era of big numbers and rapid shifts. In a matter of weeks, the pandemic transformed the lives of billions all over the world. […]
Could Biomass Reduce The Risk Of Wildfires?
by Stan Parton & Sydney Hedberg: Wildfires have been raging along the Pacific coast of North America, further complicating an already difficult year… […]
New Report Shows Truck And Bus Manufacturers Are Readying For A Zero-Emission Future
by Jason Mathers: The North American truck and bus market is on the cusp of a zero-emission future… […]
3 Things Energy Efficiency Could Do
by Sarah Golden: Regular readers of Energy Weekly know Energy Efficiency Day is one of my favorite holidays… […]
In the 1980s, Solar Water Heaters Took Off In Israel, But Stalled In The U.S.
by Dina Berenbaum & Manoshi Datta: For Gershon Grossman and Ed Murray, 1978 was a big year… […]
UK Unveils ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ Strategy
by Kelvin Ross: Boris Johnson’s ten-point plan includes action on offshore wind, CCS, hydrogen, heat pumps and electric vehicles, writes Kelvin Ross… […]
90% Of The Global Power Capacity Added In 2020 Will Be Renewable
by Edd Gent: There’s been plenty of hand-wringing about the potential for the Covid-19 pandemic to distract from the ongoing fight against climate change… […]
Lockheed Begins Testing Of Long-Duration Flow Battery Solution
by (Renewable Energy World): Lockheed Martin said on Monday that it is closer to powering clean energy after installing the first commercial product variant of GridStar Flow, its innovative long-duration energy storage technology… […]
Green Hydrogen, Holy Grail For Long-Term Energy Storage, Getting Supermajors’ Attention
by Mona Dajani: Using renewable electricity to convert water to hydrogen fuel is one answer for the energy storage needed for solar and wind power to reach their full potential… […]
Virgin Hyperloop Completes First Human Ride On New High-Speed Transport System
by Eric M. Johnson: A trip between New York and Washington would take just 30 minutes in the levitating pod system, the company said… […]
From Design To Recycling, Opportunities Abound To Make Solar More Circular
by Myisha Majumder: Solar has become a staple of the U.S. power generation mix in the last decade… […]
Earth Power: Hemp Batteries Better Than Lithium And Graphene
by Barnaby De Hoedt: Henry Ford’s Model T was famously made partly from hemp bioplastic and powered by hemp biofuel… […]
How Alt-Protein Companies Impossible Foods, Memphis Meats Hope To Reshape Diets
by Holly Secon: By 2050, nearly 10 billion people will be on the planet. That’s about 2 billion more hungry mouths to feed… […]
Setting A New Foundation For Decarbonizing Cement
by Juan Villar Mallagray & Marek Stec: Demand for cement has dropped since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the slowdown in construction… […]
Energy Department Looks To Boost Hydrogen Fuel For Big Trucks
by John Fialka: Hydrogen fuel weighs less than electric batteries, making it an attractive option for long-haul vehicles… […]
Transitioning To 100% Clean Energy Could Save US Households $321B
By Renewable Energy World Content Team: A new analysis by Rewiring America — a grant-funded non-profit — shows that transitioning to 100% clean energy would save Americans as much as $321 billion in energy costs. [...]
California Power Shut-Offs Drive Customers To Solar And Storage
by Lewis Milford: The devastating California wildfires and related power outages are already leading to new approaches to energy resiliency that rely on battery storage technologies… […]
Suppressing Fires Has Failed. Here’s What California Needs To Do Instead.
by James Temple: It’s time to reverse a century of fire-management policy. That will require sweeping regulatory reforms, and tons of money… […]
California Looks To Eliminate Gas Guzzlers—But Legal Hurdles Abound
by James Temple: Governor Newsom’s EV order sets up confrontations with the auto industry and perhaps a second Trump administration… […]
To Confront The Climate Crisis, The US Should Launch A National Energy Innovation Mission
by Varun Sivaram: Investing in clean energy technologies is the most important contribution the US can make to the world’s fight against climate change… […]
To Confront The Climate Crisis, The US Should Launch A National Energy Innovation Mission
by Varum Sivaram: Investing in clean energy technologies is the most important contribution the US can make to the world’s fight against climate change… […]
What Kind of Weather Can We Expect This Winter?
by Mary Jo DiLonardo: You just want to know whether to stock up on salt and other snow supplies for the winter. […]
Massachusetts-Based 800-MW Offshore Wind Farm Reaches Agreement With ISO-NE
by (Renewable Energy World): After receiving final authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)… […]
Morocco In The Fast Lane With World’s Largest Concentrated Solar Farm
by Nicki Shields: It’s not just on the track that Morocco is aiming to become a world leader in renewable energy… […]
Fukushima Water Release Could Change Human DNA, Greenpeace Warns
by Amy Woodyatt: Contaminated water that could soon be released into the sea from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant contains radioactive carbon with the potential to damage human DNA… […]
Crisis in the Galapagos: Chinese Fishing Fleets And COVID-19 Threaten A Natural Wonder
by Susanne Rust: Just south of the Galapagos’ Marchena Island, there’s a dive spot known by locals as the “fish arena…” […]
New Super-Enzyme Eats Plastic Bottles Six Times Faster
by Damian Carrington: Breakthrough that builds on plastic-eating bugs first discovered by Japan in 2016 promises to enable full recycling… […]
You May Not Own A Car In 10 Years
by Peter Diamandis: The era of the internal combustion engine (ICE) car is ending. We may have reached “peak ICE…” […]
Astronomers Observe Star Being ‘Spaghettified’ By A Supermassive Black Hole
by George Dvorsky: A star 215 million light-years away has been obliterated by a supermassive black hole, making it the closest observation to date of stellar spaghettification. […]
It’s Official: Solar Is The Cheapest Electricity In History
by Caroline Delbert: Tough break for fossil fuels… […]
How To Be A Cloud Detective
by Bridgett Henwood: What different clouds mean, explained for kids… […]
Companies Are Making Major Climate Pledges. Here’s What They Really Mean.
by Kyla Mandel: How to decode corporate climate change targets ― from net-zero emissions to going carbon negative… […]
How Do We Prevent Our Inevitable Extinction? | Dave Stevens | TEDxBeaconStreet
by Dave Stevens: Humanity faces several extinction-level events that could annihilate us in days not decades, but unlike pandemics and climate change, we now have the technology to completely prevent them… […]
The 19 Physical And Mental Benefits Of Being Outside
by Kieran James Cunningham: It really should come as no surprise that we humans are spending less and less time outdoors and it’s having an effect on our physical and mental wellbeing… […]
5 New Battery Technologies That Will Change The Future
by Karen Wilhelm: Your phone is about to go dead—again—and you can’t find a place to plug it in… […]
Tesla’s New Structural Battery Pack — It’s Not Cell-To-Pack, It’s Cell-To-Body
by Chanan Bos: Tesla’s Battery Day was not just full of surprises… […]
These Brave Malaysian Townsfolk Are Waging War Against Illegal Plastic Recycling Factories
by Sukhbir Cheema: Meet Pua Lay Peng, a 46-year-old chemist from the quiet town of Jenjarom in Malaysia… […]
Electric Cars Cost Less To Own — Consumer Reports Agrees With Us
by Zachary Shahan: We’ve been publishing “total cost of ownership” comparisons — well, forecasts — for years here on CleanTechnica… […]
Tesla Germany Is Planting More & Better Trees Than Promised, And Is Inspiring Cyber Blessings
by Johnna Crider: Tesla is continuing to keep its promise to plant more trees… […]
Solar Expected To Dethrone Coal, Become ‘New King Of Electricity,’ Global Forecast Finds
by Alexander C. Kaufman: Yet fossil fuel demand still exceeds safe climate scenarios, and growing poverty is leaving millions without access to clean, reliable electricity… […]
The Immense Potential Of Solar Panels Floating On Dams
by Prachi Patel: Putting solar farms on water has benefits, but coupling them with hydropower amps them up and could provide almost half of the world’s electricity… […]
Tesla’s Elon Musk Lays Out How To Transition Earth To Clean Energy
by Mike Brown: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has a plan for humanity to ditch fossil fuels for good… […]
Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Wind Power
by Liz Hartman: 10. Human civilizations have harnessed wind power for thousands of years… […]
Want To Improve Wind And Solar Power? Bring Them Together
by Ben Jervey: By combining intermittent renewable energy sources through hybrid projects, developers are taking advantage of the strengths of each… […]
The Secret to a Greener, Longer-Lasting Battery Is Blue
by David Stringer: A sodium-based technology is proving more effective for some uses. […]