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EU Takes 1st Step to Ensure Green Technologies Are Made In Europe

T&E welcomes self-sufficiency targets for battery raw materials and production goals for clean tech. The EU today unveiled two draft laws in response to the US subsidies that it fears are luring European cleantech companies to North America. The proposed Critical Raw Materials Act will help the bloc secure supply of the metals needed to […]
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New Study Gives Big Boost To Floating Solar

A new study suggests that floating solar could be key to adding renewable energy to the world's utility grids as quickly as possible.
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Best-Selling Author Michele Wucker Talks Gray Rhinos, Climate Change, & Risk Empathy With Michael Barnard

Wucker's work is much more read and attended to in Asia than in the west. Short-termism and individualism has reached its nadir in too much of US thinking.
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Protect The Grid While You Charge Your Electric Car

A recent report from Ergon Energy highlights the need for electric vehicle driver encouragement to charge intelligently to protect the grid. CleanTechnica has published many articles about grid resilience and EV charging installs. In my ignorance, I did not realise the complexity of the issue until I was contacted by Ergon and asked to identify […]
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Vertellus’ EV Discovery Program Fleet Operators Can Try Out 16-18 Tonne Electric Trucks For 3 Months

UK based Vertellus is working to help the transport industry go green through energy transition and decarbonization strategies. Vertellus partners with commercial vehicle operators to find solutions that are more ecological for both the planet and their business. Vertellus says it has over 60 approved partner locations in the UK. Transitioning from a diesel fleet […]
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Comparing The Net Value of Geothermal, Wind, Solar, & Solar+Storage In The Western United States

We are pleased to announce the recent publication of a new Berkeley Lab analysis — “Mind the Gap: Comparing the Net Value of Geothermal, Wind, Solar, and Solar+Storage in the Western United States” — in the journal Renewable Energy. Studies show that a diverse portfolio of zero-carbon resources will be needed to decarbonize the U.S. […]
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Google & LevelTen Make Renewable Energy PPAs Easy As Pie

Google & LevelTen Energy are dialing the renewable energy industry up to 11 with a new streamlined system for negotiating power purchase agreements.
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Another Hydrogen For Energy Play Predictably Fails, This Time In Marine Fueling

Expect a lot more announcements about shutting down hydrogen for energy projects like the recent one from Equinor, Liquide Aire, and Eviny.
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Electrify America Isn’t Crazy For Opening Up An EV Charging Station In Hawaii

It’s easy to assume that Level 3 charging is all about long-distance trips. This is because DC fast charging stations are uniquely positioned to meet the needs of drivers who are planning such trips. As opposed to the slower Level 2 chargers, DC fast chargers can deliver up to seven times more power and fill […]
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Top Highlights of World EV Sales in 2022

Just 5–10 years ago, I’d say 90% of EV enthusiasts were underestimating how much electric vehicle share of the overall auto market would grow in Europe and China. (The US is currently … quite far behind. But EV market share is growing here, too.) If you haven’t been obsessively following CleanTechnica‘s monthly EV sales reports […]