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U.S. Department of Energy & U.S. Geological Survey Release Online Public Database of Large-Scale Solar Facilities

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) released the largest and most comprehensive database to date on large-scale solar energy projects in the United States. The U.S. Large-Scale Solar […]

EIA Expects U.S. Annual Solar Electricity Generation To Surpass Hydropower in 2024

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! We forecast that the United States will generate 14% more electricity from solar energy than from hydroelectric facilities in 2024, according to our Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). Our forecast is driven by continued growth in new utility-scale and small-scale solar facilities. […]

Smartville Is Giving Used Automotive Batteries A Second Life

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Smartville emerged as the product of of the University of San Diego, California, as a result of the research of co-founders Antoni Tong and Mike Ferry. They realized the need for and the opportunity to build a business around […]

First Drive Of The Fully Electric Volvo EX30

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The Volvo EX30 takes Volvo’s legacy of building some of the safest cars in the world, electrifies it, and wraps it all up in Volvo’s smallest SUV package ever. At the same time, the EX30 is the fastest SUV […]