Dive Brief: Venture capital funding in the global energy storage space broke records in 2023, coming in at $9.2 billion in 86 deals — a 59% year-over-year increase, according to a recent report […]
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Sunrun reports successful residential solar-plus-storage programme in California
Critically, Sunrun customers provided electricity to the PG&E grid between 7pm and 9pm in the evening, when California’s electricity demand is highest. According to the US Energy Information Administration, in August 2023, […]
“We’re about to lose the whole European PV manufacturing industry,” says ESMC’s secretary general
“If you look at the Net Zero Industry Act, its goal is that Europe should be able to produce at least 40% of the net zero technologies that we install. And rather […]
The Rise of Batteries in 6 Charts & Not Too Many Numbers
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The unstoppable rise of batteries is leading to a domino effect that puts half of global […]
The Rise of Microgrids: Bridging the Rural Energy Gap
For over a century, many countries have been relying on the same electricity transmission mechanisms. While some countries have upgraded their equipment, others are using antiquated lines to deliver electricity. As populations […]
New Analysis: Geothermal Heat Pumps Key Opportunity in Switch to Clean Energy
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! ORNL and NREL Modeling Finds Installing Geothermal Heat Pumps in About 70% of US Buildings Could […]
Russia’s planned gas mega-pipeline to China hit by construction delay
Moscow and Beijing have not yet agreed details of mammoth infrastructure project, says Mongolian prime minister via Financial Times – Energy https://ift.tt/xm3QC4B
U.S. natural gas exports signal higher prices for U.S. consumers (in the long run)
After reading Art Berman’s excellent summary of how fast-growing U.S. natural gas exports are likely to reduce domestic supplies significantly over the next several years as shale gas output begins to decline, […]
The Evolution of Battery Technology and the Path Toward Cleaner Energy
Battery technology powers many aspects of our modern world. It’s an invention that’s ubiquitous, yet often overlooked. In the 1970s, the need for alternative energy sources emerged following the peak […] The […]
Biden’s LNG Dilemma: Please Voters or Expand as Exporter
A study from Cornell University released last November suggested that LNG is worse for the climate than coal. Little did anyone know at the time that this study would put the U.S. […]