How can a business survive and thrive while spending $5.30 to make a product that sells for $1.90? That’s what’s happening in the booming renewable diesel (RD) market, where government subsidies allow […]
U.S. Electric Power Sector Reported Fewer Delays for New Solar Capacity Projects in 2023
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The U.S. electric power sector reported fewer delays to install new utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) projects […]
Competition in transmission ownership does not lower consumer costs
Bill Marsan is executive vice president and general counsel at American Transmission Co. In a recent opinion piece, Paul Cicio, who chairs the Electricity Transmission Competition Coalition, wrote “the case for competition […]
Vanadium Flow Batteries Are Coming For Your Gas Power Plant
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Prying the death grip of fossil energy from the global economy is a tough hill to […]
The doom vs. optimism debate
Depending on how you look at it, the climate story is one that can inspire genuine optimism or a fair bit of doomerism. On any given day, there are news stories, academic […]
Power-to-Liquids Primer: Fuel From Thin Air
By Rose Oates, Renewable Fuels, BloombergNEF E-fuels made from hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide (CO2) via the power-to-liquids (PtL) process can boast extremely low emissions compared to the fossil fuels they replace, […]
EIA expects electricity growth to be mostly met by renewables
EIA expects electricity growth to be mostly met by renewables Published by Jessica Casey, Editor Energy Global, Wednesday, 08 May 2024 11:30 The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects electricity generation will […]
Solar PV was world’s fastest-growing source of electricity generation in 2023
Combined, solar PV and wind generation growth met 82% of last year’s global electricity demand growth. Growth in solar PV and wind pushed global renewables electricity generation past 30% in 2023, a […]
The world’s largest carbon removal plant is here, and bigger ones are on the way
Climeworks’ Mammoth direct air capture plant in Hellisheiði, Iceland. | Image: Climeworks Mammoth, the largest industrial facility yet built to filter carbon dioxide out of the air, just powered up in Hellisheiði, […]
National Fusion Facility Completes Upgrade
Enhancements will enable research into the physics of advanced fusion reactors and accelerate the drive to commercial fusion energy. The DIII-D National Fusion Facility has completed a series of important […] The […]