Author: CleanTechnica

In October 2021, the city of Frankfort, Kentucky, set a very accelerated and ambitious clean energy goal: to supply 100% clean, renewable electricity to city government operations by the end of 2023. “We need that pressure to hold ourselves accountable,” Frankfort City Commissioner Kelly May said. “Had we not hired the National Renewable Energy Laboratory […]

The gas stove war is heating up, led by the American Gas Association, which says the latest health research is flawed.

Costa Rica retained its leadership position within the Latin American region in 2022 with a record market share of 7.3% for the all-electric light passenger vehicle segment (cars, sport utility vehicles, and pickup trucks). As illustrated in the chart above, the BEV¹ uptake in Costa Rica also exceeded the market shares achieved in Canada (6.1%) […]

I had only ever seen a “Onewheel” once and was not impressed. They seemed like a great way to die, on an electric vehicle. So, it was good to get two very different perspectives on the device when I met with Derek and Stewart at Roma Street Parkland in the Brisbane CBD last Friday. It […]

Norwegian electric boat motor manufacturer Evoy has added the PERFORMANCE e801 to a rapidly growing list of boats that can now be ordered from their respective manufacturer. The new boat will be launched at the Austrian Boat Show in Tulln by PERFORMANCE, taking place between 2nd and 5th of March 2023. Last year, I had […]

Zero tariff on importations, a favorable supply chain, and the second largest access to nickel deposits in the region puts the Philippines in the bullseye of the world’s second largest electric vehicle maker, BYD, as a location for an assembly plant estimated to cost $500 million. The Philippines is one of three locations that BYD […]

Malawi, a southern African country with a population of about 19 million, has one of the lowest electrification rates on the African continent. Access to electricity is still below 20%. The majority of the population lives in rural areas and those with access to electricity in the rural areas are estimated to be around 1%. […]

A year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — one that was accompanied by an ominous cloud of allusions to nuclear use issued from Moscow — how goes the age of predatory nuclear-weapon states? In short, the news is not good. Back in September, I laid out four possible futures: continuing the dangerous status quo, more […]

The US Navy is eyeing e-fuels made from green hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide to sustain seagoing and land-based operations.

The Mexican government says Tesla will build a new Gigafactory near Monterrey that could be the largest Tesla factory in the world.