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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News!   On July 27, 2023, peak hourly electricity demand in the continental United States reached 741,815 megawatt-hours (MWh). This peak was the second highest since we began collecting this data in 2016, just under the all-time high of 742,704 […]

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The Commission welcomes today’s adoption of two final pillars of its “Fit for 55” legislative package for delivering the EU’s 2030 climate targets. Ahead of the crucial COP28 UN Climate Conference, and next year’s European elections, this complete package […]

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Tesla, the dominant player in the electric vehicle (EV) market, is no stranger to high expectations. Despite being the top-selling EV brand in the United States, the company finds itself under pressure to meet its lofty production and sales […]

Biochar is often overlooked as a means of sequestering carbon, but it is effective and inexpensive compared to many techno-fixes.

A new thermal energy storage system leverages icemaking, demand-shifting, renewables, and virtual power plants to decarbonize buildings.

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! I’ve been wanting to write this article for a while, but this post on X from Chamath Palihapitiya prompted me to action: Look at the explosive growth and falling costs of batteries, solar and wind in the chart below…the […]

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! After all the announcements during 2023, it was great to see that the Ford Mustang Mach-E had finally arrived in Brisbane, Queensland. A few demonstrator models have been sprinkled around the different Ford dealerships and we had to be […]

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The average construction costs for solar photovoltaic systems, wind turbines, and natural gas-fired electricity generators all decreased in the United States in 2021 compared with 2020, according to our recently released data. Average construction costs fell by 18% from 2020 […]

The UAW gained a key concession from General Motors this week after the union targeted GM's most profitable factory.

On January 1, 2024, the federal EV tax credit for new and used electric cars becomes a point of sale rebate for buyers.