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Ramping Up Distributed Renewables Could Help Solve Perennial Load-Shedding Issues In Southern Africa
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) is the most active power pool in Africa. It is […]
Microsoft made the biggest renewable energy agreement ever to fuel its AI ambitions
Satya Nadella, the executive chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation speaks during the “Microsoft Build: AI Day” event. | Photo by Peerapon Boonyakiat / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Microsoft […]
US Coal Plants Face New Rule: Capture CO2 or Shutter
By Julia Attwood, Industrial Decarbonization Specialist, BloombergNEF The US Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule on carbon pollution from power plants may not be the boon for carbon capture that it seems. While […]
Stagflation Signals Soar as Manufacturing Surveys Show Skyrocketing Prices
While ‘hard’ data has been improving recently (albeit then downwardly revised a month later), it is the ‘soft’ survey data that has collapsed amid Bidenomics. Source: Bloomberg And this morning continued that […]
U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions decreased by 3% in 2023
Based on analysis in our most recent U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions report, U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions decreased by 3%, about 134 million metric tons (MMmt), in 2023. via Today in Energy […]
The POWER Interview: The IRA’s Impact on Tax Credits, Tax Equity, and Renewable Energy
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) represents the largest incentive effort for clean energy in U.S. history. Its impact touches multiple sectors, including solar, wind, hydrogen, energy storage, and more. The […] The […]
When Worlds Collide – U.S. Gulf Coast Refiners Face Challenges to Accessing Heavier Crude Oil
The prospect of decreased crude oil supplies from Mexico, the top international supplier to the U.S. Gulf Coast (USGC), is creating uncertainty among heavy crude-focused refineries. Mexico’s state-owned energy company, Petróleos Mexicanos […]
PV Data: Where is the 1TW solar capacity queued up in the US?
Another key aspect of the continued growth of solar projects waiting for interconnection access is how they are being driven through policies at all levels, says Joseph Rand, lead author of Lawrence […]
Wind generation declined in 2023 for the first time since the 1990s
U.S. electricity generation from wind turbines decreased for the first time since the mid-1990s in 2023 despite the addition of 6.2 gigawatts (GW) of new wind capacity last year. Data from our […]