For decades, nuclear energy has been treated as the black sheep of the energy universe thanks to major drawbacks including high costs, high-profile nuclear accidents and hazardous by-products of nuclear energy production. […]
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Finland’s Fortum Replaces Russian Nuclear Fuel With U.S. Fuel
Finnish power utility Fortum has announced that it has successfully started using nuclear fuel from U.S.-based Westinghouse Electric as it seeks to replace Russian supply. For years, Fortum’s Loviisa power plant in […]
Global Solar Generation Overtakes Wind Power
Global electricity generation from solar farms has exceeded power generation from wind farms since May, marking the longest stretch in history where solar has surpassed wind as the top utility-scale renewable power […]
Here come the batteries: Six new big battery projects in line for capacity payments in W.A. grid
Six big battery projects are in line to receive capacity payments in Western Australia, in a significant reshaping of the state’s grid as it accelerates its transition away from coal. The six […]
US distributed solar installations exceed 800,000 in 2023, setting new record
The LBNL distributed database now includes 3.7 million distributed solar systems, representing 78% of the entire US market, and report analyses 550,000 solar systems installed in 2023 to extrapolate conclusions for the […]
How to Prepare for a Bull Market in Natural Gas
Anybody who has ever traded will know that nothing about markets is certain, so the idea of a predictable move is fundamentally flawed. That said, though, there are times in certain markets […]
U.S. Cleantech Boom Garners Bipartisan Support
The outcome of the US presidential election could have significant implications for global energy dynamics. However, Rystad Energy’s analysis suggests that the domestic renewable energy and cleantech sectors will continue to thrive, […]
BYD Cruises Past Tesla to 1st Place in ABI Research’s Electric Vehicle Manufacturers Competitive Ranking
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! A new competitive assessment by global technology intelligence firm ABI Research has found that BYD is the leading Electric Vehicle […]
Shell to cut 20% of workers in oil and gas exploration units
Chief executive Wael Sawan’s cost-cutting drive has reached the oil major’s core upstream business via Financial Times – Oil & Gas industry https://ift.tt/JZRqmUo
U.S. energy spending increased by more than 20% in 2022
In 2022, energy expenditures—or the amount of money U.S. consumers spent on energy—increased 22% from 2021 to more than $1.7 trillion when adjusted for inflation, according to our State Energy Data System […]