A view of Manchester, England, at night. Nigel_Wallace | iStock | Getty Images In England, scientists are trying to create the home of the future by testing how varying types of weather affect energy use in both homes and small buildings. Construction work is underway on a £16 million ($21.07 million) facility which will utilize
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November 13th, 2020 by Tina Casey File this one under D for Don’t let the door hit you on your way out. Outgoing President* Trump blew a lot of hot air about saving coal jobs, but he leaves office with the US coal industry in tatters. Domestic oil and gas producers are also looking at
A worker wrestles a stand of drill pipe into place on a drilling rig near Midland, Texas. Nick Oxford | Reuters Top energy chief executives say oil demand will recover next year, but they expect volatility to remain elevated, as the industry emerges from the reckoning of the coronavirus pandemic. “We face a lot of
November 12th, 2020 by Tina Casey The states ringing the Gulf of Mexico are are sitting on an offshore wind power goldmine, but up until now the political landscape has been somewhat inhospitable to the idea of tapping into that reservoir of economic activity. That is all about to change, because suddenly along comes Louisiana
Ford unveiled its new all-electric Transit van on Nov. 12, 2020. Ford Ford Motor expects its new all-electric Transit van to help it hold on to its lead in commercial vans as new and longtime competitors enter the emerging market. The vehicle, which Ford unveiled Thursday morning, is designed for commercial and work buyers —
owngarden | Moment | Getty Images Work has started on a liquid air energy storage site in the northwest of England, with the team behind the project stating it will be one of the largest energy storage systems in Europe. Highview Power’s 50 megawatt facility in Greater Manchester will harness technology that uses something called
November 11th, 2020 by editorialstaff November is here! And that means the holidays are just around the corner. (Yikes, already??) With the impending mayhem that holiday shopping brings, we at CleanTechnica decided to create an alternative to the hectic, consumerist shopping experience we’ve come to accept during this time of year. Enter … Virtual Trade
November 11th, 2020 by Johnna Crider During Tesla’s Q3 2020 earnings call, CEO Elon Musk noted that this was Tesla’s “best quarter in history.” Most of the revenue came from Tesla’s automotive business. However, if you look closely, you can see the leaves of Tesla’s energy business rapidly unfolding as this side continues to grow.
A horizontal drilling rig and a pump jack sit on federal land in Lea County, New Mexico, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. Callaghan Callaghan O’Hare | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — OPEC on Wednesday trimmed its global oil demand forecasts both for the remainder of this year and 2021, citing a weaker-than-expected economic
Allianz Global Investors’ Mona Mahajan won’t rule out market consolidation over the next several weeks. But she’s painting a bullish long-term picture that’s chiefly tied to a key advancement on the coronavirus front. “We’ve had tremendous vaccine news,” the firm’s senior U.S. investment strategist told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Tuesday. Since yesterday’s encouraging vaccine announcement
November 10th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan It’s 2020. Anyone who follows electric vehicles closely knows that a new long-range electric vehicle can get basically anywhere it wants to go. Many normal people, though, still wonder how far an electric car can drive and whether or not it takes a full day or night to charge
November 10th, 2020 by Tina Casey Renewable energy advocates are eagerly anticipating President-elect Joe Biden’s plans for bringing the US back into the Paris Agreement on climate change, and it looks like his first 100 days in office will be fruitful ones. In one of life’s little ironies, outgoing President Donald J. Trump* talked a
November 10th, 2020 by Johnna Crider The State of Louisiana held its first Climate Initiatives Task Force meeting yesterday, and Governor Edwards kicked off the meeting with an empowering speech. “I appreciate your service on this task force and/or agreeing to join us on this journey of what I think is critically important work for
The first production Ford Transit commercial van waits on the assembly line to be unveiled at the Ford Kansas City Assembly Plant April 30, 2014, in Claycomo, Missouri. Getty Images Ford Motor plans to invest $100 million in a plant in Missouri to produce an all-electric version of its Transit van, which the company is
November 8th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan Four years of political conflict and division are coming to a closure — or, at least, transitioning. The Democratic Party just accomplished goal #1, #2, and #3 politically — get Donald Trump out of office. However, some of the 2020 results were disappointing. I follow politics and policy extremely
November 8th, 2020 by Tina Casey If US President-Elect Joe Biden doesn’t do the fossil fuel industry any favors, he’ll only be following in the footsteps of outgoing President* Donald J. Trump. Intentionally or not, Trump has already overseen the demise of the domestic coal, oil, and natural gas industries. The latest development occurred right