Author: CleanTechnica

In an effort to catch up to competitors’ green credentials, Coles supermarkets in Australia plans to install solar panels and batteries on 100 supermarkets and liquor stores. To put this in context, Coles has 846 stores throughout the country. Australia’s big three supermarkets (Coles, Woolworths, and Aldi) are working towards net-zero emissions and beginning to […]

Tesla began 2023 by making major price cuts to its entire lineup, subsequently charging its record-breaking sales in the first and second quarters of the year. The automaker’s multiple rounds of price cuts throughout this year have opened up discussions about what some call “dynamic pricing,” as a part of the company’s unique direct-to-consumer sales […]

Millions of Americans live in communities heavily dependent on the fossil fuel industry, facing both risks and opportunities as the U.S. moves to a low-carbon future. These communities are expected to face economic risks including job loss, reduced tax revenues to fund services and depressed property values. However, these same communities could see large opportunities […]

Despite the evidence in front of my own eyes — electric vehicles are everywhere on the roads — it appears that EV sales have dipped in Australia in the month of July to a disappointing 7% penetration of new vehicles sold. Let’s hope it is just due to the delivery cycle. Meanwhile, in New Zealand, […]

Following up on our Latin American EV Market series, we continue now with countries that are further ahead of the “Laggards” but can’t be considered leaders. If you haven’t read it yet, you can find the previous article here: Latin America EV Market Share Part 1. In this article, we’ll finally see countries surpassing the […]

Following up on our Latin American EV Market series, we continue now with countries that are further ahead of the “Laggards” but can’t be considered leaders. If you haven’t read it yet, you can find the previous article here: Latin America EV Market Share Part 1. In this article, we’ll finally see countries surpassing the […]

Fisker has big plans for its electric car lineup including a compact electric pickup truck for people who prize affordability over payload.

Scientists from NOAA, NASA and 21 universities from three countries are deploying state-of-the-art instruments in multiple, coordinated research campaigns this month to investigate how air pollution sources have shifted over recent decades. Since the 1970s, U.S. scientists and environmental regulators made significant strides in reducing air pollution by cleaning up tailpipe and smokestack emissions. Yet […]

Noted climate researcher Joe Romm has published a paper debunking carbon offsets as basically useless and holding back emissions reductions.

It is really good to see that some people have started tracking some data and deducing what has been going on in South Africa’s solar PV and now also lithium-ion battery storage scene. Recently, we reported that some analysis by Johannesburg-based Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, a Senior Economist at Trade, Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), showed that $650 […]