Author: CleanTechnica

Swiss Re, one of the world’s top reinsurers, has signed a fresh multi-year deal with carbon removal platform Carbonfuture. At more than 17,000 tonnes, it is one of the largest CDR deals of its kind to date by volume.This move is seen as a real vote of confidence in the carbon removal market, and a […]

A couple weeks ago, we covered Aptera’s buried announcement that it will be using the Tesla/NACS plug for its vehicle. It was expected that the company would make this choice, but it was not highlighted. Days later the company announced in a blog post (as the main topic) that it would be using the Tesla […]

Since Tesla launched its own insurance service in California nearly two years ago, the automaker has expanded the program across several U.S. states. Tesla recently expanded the insurance plan to its 12th U.S. state, and it says it eventually plans to expand to all 50 states. Tesla’s insurance plans recently expanded into Minnesota, according to […]

Does increasing the number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the grid actually result in lower utility costs for all customers? That is just what a recently revised study found. The study shows that EV users are not receiving subsidies from other customers and that, in fact, they are driving prices down. Overall, EV consumers have […]

SolarBotanic Trees has reached two milestones in the development of its solar trees. It’s still at the prototype stage, but it is moving closer towards full-scale commercial production. An agreement has been made with experts at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) to develop a field prototype for the integrated, scalable, and […]

Our Hourly Electric Grid Monitor provides up-to-the-hour information on electricity demand across the U.S. electric grid. Large-scale, planned or unplanned, events that affect normal routines, ranging from major holidays to the COVID-19 pandemic, can change the pattern of electricity usage in the country. The electric grid monitor is updated every hour with electricity demand for the prior hour. Hourly […]

On a recent trip across Texas, I found myself needing to get a charge in Houston. I remembered a previous article about Phillips 66 installing their first DC fast charging station at their flagship store … which just happens to be in Houston. Plus, I haven’t charged at a Freewire station before, so it seemed […]

Since the official launch of its Dealer Community Charging Program in late 2021, GM has enrolled nearly 1,000 GM dealers in the program, which is almost a quarter of all GM dealers in North America. The first community charging stations have been installed in Wisconsin and Michigan. The initiative was first made available to Chevrolet […]

Generac dominates the home generator market when it comes to combustion vehicles and in 2019, made a move into the residential energy storage space. This year, Generac is pushing the envelope further with a new line of portable power stations, starting with the 1kWh GB1000 and the 2kWh GB2000. Disclaimer: Generac provided the GB2000 to […]

Tesla delivered its first batch of Semis to its commercial customer PepsiCo, and beyond being a big deal for the automaker, it represents major changes to come in the hauling industry. The Tesla Semi could help prove to consumers and commercial customers that batteries can support heavy-cargo vehicles over long distances — an important shift […]