Author: CleanTechnica

Trevor St Baker knows how to make money. So, when he makes big decisions around green innovations, it is worth taking note. Mr St Baker recently sold his coal-fired power generator in New South Wales, Australia, to Czech billionaire Pavel Tykac’s Sev.en Energy Group for $200 million. He is now a former coal baron and […]

So many different places where a bad greenhouse gas can leak in natural gas systems. So little incentive for the industry to fix it.

After Ford adopted Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) — basically, it’s Supercharger standard — one of my big questions was whether Nissan would do the same. For one, Nissan was the company that we pushed years ago to go this route, in part because it seemed like the most likely to do so. Also, […]

Batteries play a pivotal role in the world’s mission to reach net-zero carbon emissions, from electric vehicles to grid-scale electricity storage to home use. This includes helping nuclear power work with renewables to develop sustainable, carbon-free energy systems. But current batteries are too expensive and inefficient because of material procurement, battery life, power limitations, and […]

Tesla held its Q2 earnings call on Wednesday, during which CEO Elon Musk and other executives reported financials such as earnings, revenue, and profits for the quarter. In addition to beating Wall Street estimates on both revenue and earnings, Musk also revealed a few pieces of news, including a noteworthy update on Full Self-Driving (FSD) […]

Self-driving cars get all of the hype, but it may well be self-driving trucks that have the most impact in the next several years. Trucks spend hours upon hours upon hours on the highway, and the highway is actually one of the easier places to implement automated driving (hence “Cruise Control”). There’s testing going on […]

Sound waves could play a part in making III-V solar cells more affordable for earth-bound applications, according to newly published research led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Researchers say the application of sound waves, used in a new process called acoustic spalling, holds the potential for significantly […]

Auteco will provide service to all CATL-powered vehicles in the country regardless of brand.

BYD is planning to build electric cars in India and now Brazll as part of its ambition to be the largest electric car company in the world.

The US government is poised to offer the first leases for offshore wind in the Gulf of Mexico beginning in August.