The editor-in-chief at The Verge recently interviewed Rivian’s CEO and founder RJ Scaringe. The big takeaway? That other EV manufacturers are copying Tesla too much. In this article, I’m going to briefly cover what Scaringe said and opine on whether it’s really true. The rest of the interview is definitely … [continued]
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We were pleased at CleanTechnica when our friend Tierney reached out to us. Tierney wanted us to know about a church congregation in Compton, California, that recently held a solar ceremony and resiliency workshop to celebrate their new 12 kW rooftop solar and upcoming battery storage installation. With solar energy, … [continued]
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Editor’s note: Unfortunately, we’re already seeing examples of global heating leading to the burning of more fossil fuels, which of course is creating more global heating. It’s a vicious cycle. Here’s the latest example. U.S. power plant operators generated 6.9 million megawatthours (MWh) of electricity from natural gas on a … [continued]
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Researchers working at the forefront of an emerging photovoltaic (PV) technology are thinking ahead about how to scale, deploy, and design future solar panels to be easily recyclable. Solar panels made of perovskites may eventually play an important role amid global decarbonization efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As the … [continued]
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Office: Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) FOA Number: DE-FOA-0003334 Link to Apply: Apply on EERE Exchange FOA Amount: $48.6 million The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) announced the Offshore Wind National and Regional Research and Development Funding Opportunity, which will award $48.6 million for projects that address several … [continued]
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Norway is among the world’s leading countries when it comes to taking global heating seriously, and yet even it needs to do so much more.
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California-based Lucid Motors recently announced that its Air Pure all-electric sedan has achieved two important energy-efficiency milestones: 146 MPGe and 5 miles per kilowatt-hour. The Air Pure also has about 420 miles of range from its 84 kWh battery. If you follow electric vehicles, you know the Air Pure’s energy-efficiency … [continued]
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Plug-in hybrid vehicles seem to have a growing market in South Africa. In 2023, there were 333 plug-in hybrids sold in South Africa. The number of plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) sold in the first half of 2024 has already hit 88% of last year’s total, as 293 PHEVs were sold … [continued]
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Sunrun and Ford are running a potentially game-changing first of its kind vehicle-to-home energy storage experiment this summer, leveraging the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck.
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