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
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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
November 8th, 2020 by Steve Hanley Joe Biden will be the 46th president of the United States. That much is clear to anyone not named Steve Bannon. But the odds are, during at least his first two years in office, he will need to deal with the same Senate Republicans who supported his predecessor’s full
November 8th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan The most popular articles on CleanTechnica last month are listed below. The top story of the month was about electric conversions! And no, it’s not 2010. After that, it’s Tesla, Tesla, Tesla, Tesla, Tesla. Before getting to those, though, let’s have a quick stroll through CleanTechnica exclusives from the
November 8th, 2020 by Vijay Govindan Here’s the situation: President Trump has no plans to concede. Most likely, he’ll exhaust every legal means possible, including recounts, lawsuits, and potential Supreme Court petitions before leaving the White House. No evidence of fraud has been shown. Many Republican and Democratic governors, secretaries of state, senators, representatives, and
NextEra Energy recently passed ExxonMobil in market cap with headlines citing the milestone for the “clean energy” company. It’s also one of the biggest utilities in the world, but by combining its 20th century fossil-fuel power generation model with decades of investment in renewable energy, investors are betting it s model is the future. ALFREDO
November 7th, 2020 by Steve Hanley Tony Seba is well known to CleanTechnica readers. Founder of RethinkX, he is a futurist of some renown. RethinkX says its mission is to analyze and forecast the scope, speed, and scale of technology driven disruption and predict what impact those disruptions will have on society. Seba began predicting