Author: CleanTechnica

How can we learn to appreciate climate-friendly behaviors that are beneficial in the long term? It will take conscious efforts to resist short-term consumer satisfaction that perpetuates climate pollution and risks a healthy future.

The past year saw amazing developments in climate, energy, and more that will make a difference for years to come. The past year might unfortunately be remembered as the year that Russia invaded Ukraine — or for some even stranger events such as the Oscar slap, Musk’s Twitter chaos, or Taylor Swift ticket mayhem. But […]

With the energy situation in Europe right now, countries are looking for ways to cut energy use and save their energy supplies for when they really need it. Ironically, this fossil-derived energy challenge has led to the Swiss government encouraging EV drivers to use their cars less — just for urgent needs like going to […]

Redwood Materials has selected South Carolina as the site of its next battery recycling facility as it scales up production in the US.

Welcome to another issue of our India x Cleantech series! On a monthly basis, we are pulling news from across clean technology sectors in India into a single, concise summary article about the country. Cleantech Investments Partners Group Plans To Invest $300 Million In Rooftop Solar Company Sunsure Switzerland-based private equity fund Partners Group is […]

In 2020, following some pilot projects, Zimbabwe’s electric utility company ZETDC started its net metering program. Zimbabwe’s net metering regulations say anyone who has a renewable energy source, e.g. wind or solar, and has a grid-tied inverter can apply for net-metering. At the time they were introduced, the threshold to apply for net metering was […]

Raise your hand if you want to win a Tesla! The Illinois Solar Education Association (ISEA) is holding a contest to raffle off a Tesla Model Y, the most popular Tesla model. Enter to win a 2022 Tesla Model Y and support solar education! It’s not the first Tesla raffle that the ISEA has sponsored. In […]

We’ve written about the total cost of ownership of automobiles for a decade, comparing the total cost of ownership of electric cars to the total cost of ownership of fossil-powered cars. The short and sweet of it is that due to lower operational and maintenance costs, as well as higher value retention, electric cars are […]

It appears that Tesla CEO Technoking Elon Musk recently determined yet again that he needed to sell a lot of Tesla shares (NASDAQ:TSLA) in order to have cash available for Twitter. Or perhaps he sold for other reasons, but that was his rationale for the prior two periods of major TSLA sales. Notably, this is […]

A few years ago, you couldn’t get a Lyft (or Uber) ride in an electric car. Now there are electric cars getting added to the Lyft and Uber fleets every day. They are committed to being greener (going electric) and drivers can increasingly save money while having a sweet ride by going electric. In fact, […]