The U.S. power sector anticipates significant demand growth and capital spending over the next few years, but it will also need to navigate new federal rules and resource restrictions as it meets […]
Charting the Course of U.S. Oil Production
Despite facing significant challenges in recent years, the US remains the largest oil producer in the world and set a new annual production record in 2023. The narrative surrounding US oil production has gained […]
Thinking About Buying A Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle? Please Use It Responsibly
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! If you’ve been looking at greener drivetrains, you’ve encountered hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and battery-electric vehicles. A […]
Why Are Hard-To-Abate Industries So Difficult To Decarbonise?
The world has come a long way in its decarbonisation efforts across a range of industries in recent years. however, it remains extremely difficult to cut carbon in some hard-to-abate industries. Governments […]
US EIA Predicts Solar Will Account for 58% of New Electricity Generation Capacity in US in 2024
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The US Energy Information Agency issued its latest report on February 15, 2024. According to its […]
Major Oil Companies Make Moves in Megamerger Frenzy
Over the last year, several oil and gas majors have undergone high-profile mergers as we enter the era of the megamerger. Big Oil in the U.S. appears to be undergoing a transition, […]
Biden Administration Is Said to Slow Early Stage of Shift to Electric Cars
In a concession to automakers and labor unions, the Biden administration intends to relax elements of one of its most ambitious strategies to combat climate change, limits on tailpipe emissions that are […]
Google Powers EDF’s Methane Monitoring Satellite
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has partnered with Google for MethaneSAT, a new satellite that will map, measure, and track methane globally. MethaneSAT will launch in early May on a SpaceX Falcon […]
Solar and battery storage to make up 81% of new U.S. electric-generating capacity in 2024
Developers and power plant owners plan to add 62.8 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electric-generating capacity in 2024, according to our latest Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. This addition would be 55% […]
Study Finds Grid Transparency Behind-the-Meter a Challenge for Utilities
North American electric utilities continue to grapple with the challenge of managing behind-the-meter distributed energy resources (DERs), according to the results of a survey of utility decision-makers published Feb. 15. […] The […]
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