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High-voltage direct current transmission used to look like a specialist technology reserved for unusually long lines, subsea links or awkward grid problems. That is changing. In a recent Redefining Energy conversation, Cornelis Plet, CTO of Grid Systems Integration at GE Vernova, described HVDC as something that is moving into the ... [continued] The post 2 GW HVDC Is Becoming Standard. The Rest…
SolarAnywhere® is often associated with utility-scale or distributed PV, but our solar irradiance data powers a lot more than solar plants. A great example: Piotr Lichota at the Warsaw University of Technology is using SolarAnywhere to figure out when to launch solar-assisted Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), and how long they can realistically stay ... [continued] The post SolarAnywhere® Supports…
Every champion is born in private. Far away from the crowd, performance is relentlessly honed, obsessively optimized. This is not spectacle — it’s the unseen work of thousands of hours of painstaking practice. It’s the dance of brutal precision where perfection is earned, unfolding under the cover of a dark ... [continued] The post Cadillac CELESTIQ Night Test Is Inspired By The Quiet, After-hours…
Collaboration Will Advance Research and Technical Insights Needed To Support Reliable, Resilient Energy Future for More Than 400 Million North Americans By Madeline Geocaris, NLR The National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) announced a new partnership to advance the reliability of the ... [continued] The post NLR & North American…
There’s been a push for the past several years to get more cleantech products produced in the United States. One of the key target products is solar panels, as well as the various components of solar panels. That has been encouraged through a variety of strong production incentives (brought into ... [continued] The post Translucent Solar Starts Producing Solar Panels in South Carolina appeared…
Bouge RV has been a staple brand in the affordable solar and portable refrigeration space for years. Over the last few years, they have really ramped up their efforts to flesh out the product line, improving the quality of their products at the same time. Disclaimer: Bouge RV provided the ... [continued] The post Bouge RV’s Battery-Powered Portable Fridges Make Going Off Grid Easy (CleanTechnica…
16 agrivoltaic projects in the state of New Jersey have just gotten approval to move forward by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU). Together, the projects aren’t huge, but they do total 52.06 more megawatts of clean, renewable energy, produced on land productively being used for agricultural purposes. ... [continued] The post 16 Agrivoltaic Projects on Local Farms Move Forward in New…
It appears that Chinese carmakers are working around the US tariff wall, by targeting other export markets. Southeast Asia and Latin America are importing record numbers of Chinese EVs. Some Chinese carmakers are not just exporting to these markets, but setting up shop. Which leads me to ask the question: ... [continued] The post Can Legacy Automakers Survive Without Exports? appeared first on…
New Sales Data Shows Potential of Investment in More Fuel-Efficient Vehicles New sales data shows that Toyota’s plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) sales are increasing due to the automaker expanding availability of the PHEV models to dealers across the country. The strong rise in Toyota’s hybrid sales this year can be attributed to ... [continued] The post If Toyota Sells EVs, People Will Buy Them…
A fraud lawsuit against Tesla CEO Elon Musk is moving to the next step, in which class action status will be determined in regards to his pledge to select random voters to receive $1 million each, if they sign petitions circulated by his America PAC. The post Famous US Automaker Faces The Music As Million-Dollar Vote Scheme Goes South appeared first on CleanTechnica .
The Orange County Transportation Authority is spending another $27.6 million on hydrogen infrastructure as it expands its fuel-cell bus fleet from 10 buses toward 50. Read the announcement quickly and it sounds like ordinary fleet growth: more buses require more fueling capacity. OCTA’s history makes the story much less straightforward. ... [continued] The post OCTA Is Spending Again On Hydrogen…
Solar power has passed another big milestone. Solar has reached and quickly surpassed the 3-terawatt — yes, terawatt — marker globally. That’s how much solar power is installed across the world. Naturally, a lot of the growth was from China, but a lot of it was also from emerging markets ... [continued] The post Solar Power Passes 3 Terawatts! appeared first on CleanTechnica .
Just yesterday, I wrote about Einride and DAF Trucks partnering on a new, serious autonomous trucking initiative. There’s another recent autonomous trucking story that slipped through the cracks. Autonomous driving company Pony.AI is reportedly looking to deploy 1,000 autonomous heavy-duty electric trucks in the next two to three years. In ... [continued] The post Pony AI Plans to Deploy 1,000…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced its latest step to eliminate protections under the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, claiming the move is necessary to reduce wildfire risk and expand forest management. Since the Forest Service created the Roadless Rule in 2001, it has protected millions of acres of ... [continued] The post Sierra Club Statement on USDA…
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Duke Energy released its latest long-range energy plan, which proposes two additional gas plants and extends costly coal plant operations based on speculative data center developments, according to its own documents released last Friday. This alarming development underscores the need for the South Carolina Public Service Commission to ... [continued] The post Duke’s New Energy…
An underground mine provided some welcomed cool on a peak-summer day in the mountains west of Denver, Colorado, for a group of 21 undergraduate interns from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR). Outfitted with hard hats, and as gravel crunched under their closed-toed shoes, the ... [continued] The post Unearthing the Future: Inside NLR’s Summer Educational…
Porsche is in the doghouse with EV fans now that it is planning to eliminate the Taycan from its lineup. However, there is some good-ish news. The company is trying to boost consumer demand for its Macan EV. The Macan EV has had an interesting year or two. In 2025, ... [continued] The post Porsche Looks to Boost Macan EV Sales appeared first on CleanTechnica .
It wasn’t a totally new bike, it was the replacement for a 5-year-old Bulls mountain ebike which I had to abandon because Bulls could not supply me with a functioning battery for the Brose motor. For only $3,000, they upgraded me to their latest Copperhead model with Bosch motor and ... [continued] The post A High-Tech Control with Bluetooth Display Comes to Mountain Ebikes appeared first on…
There is a story — which may be apocryphal — about the dean of an elite women’s college in northwest Massachusetts who once counseled her students, “When rape is inevitable, lean back and enjoy it.” Suffice to say, this was before the Women’s Lib movement clicked into high gear. The ... [continued] The post Climate Change Is Happening, So Let’s Just Enjoy The Warmth! — Reform UK appeared first on…
The Financial Times supplied an interesting prompt this week. Short sellers have made an estimated $2.1 billion betting against Oklo, NuScale and Nano Nuclear, while $30.3 billion of their combined market value has disappeared since the three small modular reactor developers peaked in October 2025. I have been writing for ... [continued] The post About $100 Billion Vanished After My Technology…
The long-held rule is a commonsense protection against sonic booms and unnecessary climate emissions. Washington, D.C. — Today, Earthjustice and Sierra Club filed comments urging the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) not to repeal its long-held ban on commercial supersonic flight over land. “The FAA’s proposal to allow supersonic flights over our communities ... [continued] The post…
China has published a new five-year plan for coal, the latest in a slew of important policy documents for the country’s energy transition. The 15th five-year plan for the development of the coal industry was published by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the National Energy Administration (NEA) on 10 August, covering the period ... [continued] The post Q&A: What Does…
As wildfires rage across Europe, T&E calls for a permanent tax on the windfall profits being made off the back of European drivers. Just eight oil companies¹ have made €7.5 billion in excess profits² in Europe in the first half of 2026, new T&E analysis shows. With oil prices shooting back ... [continued] The post Oil Majors Double Profits in Europe in Latest Quarter appeared first on…
There’s so much attention on robotaxis and so many companies trying to lead this sector, but there seems to be relatively little news on autonomous long-distance trucking. That seems somewhat surprising since one would think autonomous long-distance trucking would be easier than unpredictable urban taxi service, and might also be ... [continued] The post Autonomous Electric Freight Trucks Scaling…
I’ve purchased a total of 7 ebikes (electric bikes), of which only 3 operational ebikes remain. I had to abandon bikes 1, 2, 3, and 4 described below because it was too expensive to fix them or the manufacturer could not supply a functioning battery. If you have a problem ... [continued] The post What I’ve Learned Owning Ebikes for 12 Years appeared first on CleanTechnica .
Everybody wants what they can’t have. Every sales professional knows this and it is the most powerful tool they have in their quest to earn a living. It even has a name — it’s called “the takeaway” — and it is embedded into the culture of salesmanship at every level. ... [continued] The post Chinese Cars Will Come To America Sooner Rather Than Later appeared first on CleanTechnica .
The off-road specialist BC Customs will compete against Ford and General Motors for a new Army vehicle program that makes more space for hybrid EVs. The post The US Army Takes Another Step Towards EVs appeared first on CleanTechnica .
China’s solar industry is entering a more challenging phase following years of record expansion. The sector is currently grappling with slower installation rates, shifts to market-based electricity pricing, significant manufacturing overcapacity, and a rapid transition toward higher-efficiency technologies. Some experts say that the solar industry in the country is being ... [continued] The post…
Tesla FSD has recently received permission to be activated in the Netherlands. This makes it the first country with FSD in Europe. My friend Dick Helders of XpengCam, who sometimes comments here on CleanTechnica, was one of the first to drive it in the country. He has a unique perspective ... [continued] The post Netherlands FSD Drive Raises Questions appeared first on CleanTechnica .
Erthos solar modules are mounted directly on the earth without structural steel, streamlining development and enabling the solar energy system to generate electricity at a lower cost ForeFront Power, a leading developer and asset manager of commercial and industrial-scale renewable energy solutions, on Thursday announced that it has achieved commercial ... [continued] The post ForeFront Power…
Just eight oil companies have made €7.5 billion in excess profits in Europe in the first half of 2026. The conflict in Iran began on 28 February 2026. Within weeks, Brent climbed to over $100 and Europe’s oil companies began to experience and then report significant increases to income and ... [continued] The post How Much Windfall Profit Have Oil Companies Made in Europe? appeared first on…
“The greenest car is the one already built” has been one of the more durable arguments against replacing internal combustion cars with EVs. It sounds sensible enough. Manufacturing a new vehicle has a carbon cost, while continuing to drive an existing car avoids another manufacturing event. But that framing quietly ... [continued] The post New Science Says Scrapping A Working Gas Car For An EV Is…
(Note: This article has been updated with photos of the Prius and the RAV-4 EV -The author) THE automotive world lost a visionary on August 8. Hiroshi Okuda, the former chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation, who passed at 93, was the first outsider to break the Toyoda family’s grip on ... [continued] The post Op-Ed: Hiroshi Okuda–The Man Who Saved Toyota by Forcing It to Change appeared first on…
HANOI, Vietnam — I have driven through enough of Vietnam to get a good sense of what belongs on its roads. Over the past two years, my trips have taken me from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Da Nang, Hai Phong and Can Tho, and through Dong Nai, ... [continued] The post I Watched Vietnam Fall for the VinFast VF 3 appeared first on CleanTechnica .
Earlier this week, BYD launched the new Seal 06 and Qin Max. In Part 1, I focused on the changes to the vehicles and their positioning. However, where these vehicles stand out is in their affordability and value. Capability has been upgraded, including the fastest charging in this class, without ... [continued] The post New BYD Seal 06 & Qin MAX Part 2: Affordability & Value appeared first on…
A decade ago, the automotive world was gaga over the news that Porsche had decided to move forward with the Mission E, the car that ultimately became the Taycan. The automotive world was over the moon with the news that mighty Porsche — the company that dominated Le Mans for ... [continued] The post Bombshell! Porsche To End Taycan Production appeared first on CleanTechnica .
The Solutions Project has launched a new website that showcases their grantees’ community-led climate resilience projects. From California, Texas, and Florida to Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, community-led climate resilience projects are more important than ever in these trying times of extreme weather and political ennui. Converting Community ... [continued] The post Community-Led…
IN WESTERN markets, the transformation of legacy retail networks relies heavily on open-hardware procurement and large-scale software integration. Energy giant BP Pulse made waves by purchasing 100 million dollars worth of Tesla Supercharger hardware, equipping its retail sites with specialized adapters to support both North American Charging Standard and Combined ... [continued] The post Gas…
TANGERANG, Indonesia — GAC Indonesia recorded 2,170 vehicle orders at the 2026 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show, with the larger AION V electric SUV accounting for more than half of the total and the smaller AION UT urban hatchback providing most of the remainder. The results offer a snapshot of ... [continued] The post GAC’s Indonesia EV Strategy Puts Customer Feedback at the Center of…
TANGERANG, Indonesia — Chery is using Indonesia as more than a sales market for electrified vehicles, with the company developing products around local driving conditions while using the country as a base for its wider Southeast Asian strategy. That approach was evident at the 2026 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show, ... [continued] The post Chery Previews New EV and Hybrid Lineup at GIIAS…
The ambitious push by the Department of Energy (DOE) in the Philippines to accelerate clean energy transitions is encountering major friction on the ground. As developers race to build onshore wind facilities to hit national decarbonization targets, projects are running directly into complex regulatory frameworks, environmental constraints, and strong organized ... [continued] The post The Blades…
VinFast delivered 21,781 electric vehicles in Vietnam in July, bringing its sales for the first seven months of 2026 to 137,697 vehicles and putting the company on course to substantially exceed last year’s record in its home market. July deliveries increased 21.3% from June’s 17,955 vehicles. The seven-month total is ... [continued] The post VinFast’s Vietnam Sales Surge as EVs Enter a Tipping…
Earlier this year I argued that China’s aluminum-sector carbon emissions had probably peaked around 2024. Since then, the output data have weakened one important part of that case. China produced 45.02 million tonnes of primary aluminum in 2025, 2.4% more than the year before, and another 23.19 million tonnes in ... [continued] The post China Is Making More Aluminum. Its Emissions May Still Be…
Well, this is an interesting one…. For some background, regulations in the European Union require that automakers reduce the CO2 emissions that the cars they sell create. Year after year, they have to cut their average fleet emissions. If they don’t cut their emissions to the necessary level, they have ... [continued] The post Porsche Ditches Volkswagen Group Emissions Pool, Joins Up With XPENG…
I was just writing about China exporting electric vehicles, and Chery buying a Nissan factory in South Africa to produce them there. Now I’ve also seen news that China just reached a new milestone, with electric vehicles playing a big part of that. China exported more than one million electric ... [continued] The post China Exports 1 Million Automobiles in a Month … Twice appeared first on…
On Friday, the Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter shared with Gov. Katie Hobbs’s office about 2,000 comments that were submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) last week opposing the Desert Southwest Pipeline. The comments, mostly from the states along the route of the gas pipeline, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico, ... [continued] The post Thousands of Comments Shared with Governor…
There’s a line in a Bruce Springsteen song that goes like this: “Foreman says these jobs are going, and they ain’t comin’ back.” Something similar is happening to demand for methane in Europe. When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the Continent depended heavily on supplies of cheap methane from Russia. ... [continued] The post More Renewables Lead To Lower Demand For Methane In Europe appeared…
The Chinese EV market has gotten gigantic. In June, 685,000 pure-electric vehicles were sold in the country, accounting for approximately 43% of China’s auto market. However, 2026 is a down year for the market. As such, Chinese EV companies have been working extra hard to get their cars into other ... [continued] The post Chery Buys Nissan Factory in Africa appeared first on CleanTechnica .
This week, BYD launched new Seal 06 and Qin MAX mainstream midsized sedans. These models bring improved performance, upgraded technology and flash charging to the affordable sedan segment. However, they also bring up some questions about how the models compete with each other. Mechanically, the new Seal 06 and Qin ... [continued] The post New BYD Seal 06 & Qin MAX Part 1: Competitive Sedans…
Local Governments, Tribes, Utilities, and Organizations Across the Country Can Pursue Affordable Energy Solutions With Support From National Laboratories and Regional Organizations Coastal, remote, and island communities across the United States can overcome energy reliability hurdles—like aging infrastructure and harsh weather conditions—as participants in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s)…
