Currently, the northern hemisphere houses 89% of the installed solar modules worldwide. Therefore, global solar generation peaks in the summer months of the northern hemisphere. Ember added that monthly global solar generation […]
Accenture boss Tinkler urges utilities to ‘reinvent business as usual’
Accenture’s global utilities lead issues call to ‘compress innovation cycles into months’ Accenture’s global utilities lead Scott Tinkler drew inspiration from Portugal’s legendary maritime history when he opened the company’s annual utilities […]
PJM has been dispatching coal-fired generators less than other generators
Use of the coal fleet in PJM, the country’s largest wholesale electricity market, has fallen over the last decade, driven largely by higher relative fuel costs. Much of the competitive pressure has […]
US Army seeks nuclear microreactors for reliable on-site generation
Dive Brief: The U.S. Army is seeking proposals by June 21 for prototype onsite microreactor power plants that can begin operations at an Army installation in the continental United States by the […]
Court Returns Line 5 Pipeline Case to Michigan
The Sixth Court of Appeals ruled against Enbridge in a case regarding its Line 5 pipeline and ordered the case returned to a Michigan court. The court battle between the state of […]
The Waiting – As EPA Bottleneck Grows, CCS Approvals Pick Up Steam in States With Well Primacy
Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August 2022 was intended to unleash a wave of clean-energy initiatives, from hydrogen and renewable fuels to electric vehicles and large-scale carbon-capture projects, all […]
Global solar installed capacity up 87% to 447GW in 2023
There are several factors that contributed to the growth in 2023, including a significant increase in global solar PV manufacturing capacities that greatly improved the availability of solar modules following the supply […]
California Public Utilities Commission Crushes Community Solar With Latest Monopolistic Play
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! California has seen massive growth across its solar power sector — utility-scale solar, commercial solar, and […]
Electric Vehicle Sales Headed for Record Year but Growth Slowdown Puts Climate Targets at Risk, According to BloombergNEF Report
• BloombergNEF’s Long-Term Electric Vehicle Outlook shows that as technology for electrification continues to improve, and battery prices fall, adoption moves from being policy-driven to being driven by consumer demand across all […]
Construction begins on new big battery next to one of Australia’s oldest wind farms
Construction has begun on a new 130 MWh big battery that is located next to one of Australia’s oldest wind farms. Pacific Blue, formerly known as Pacific Hydro, says it is building a […]
