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Electric Camping & Overlanding Gear Is Catching Up With & Passing Propane

July 15, 2024 admin batteries, Camping, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, ev road trips

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 14:32:42 +0000

I recently came across a video on YouTube that showed me the serious progress that electric overlanding and camping gear has made in the last few years. As a clean tech fanatic who gets a lot of review items from manufacturers, I figured out early on where this was going, … [continued]

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Michigan Stops HOAs From Prohibiting Solar & Other CleanTech

July 15, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, energy efficiency, ev charging, Michigan, policy & politics, rooftop solar

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 13:15:11 +0000

Almost nobody likes HOAs. Sure, there are HOAs out there that play fair, act reasonably, and don’t contribute to the bad reputation that HOAs have earned for decades. However, unreasonable restrictions on everything imaginable, a lack of mercy for people struggling financially or with their health, and even criminal activity … [continued]

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With Commercial Partners, DOE’s Building Technologies Office Readies Two Lab-Developed Innovations for Market Introduction with $1.7 Million from Technology Commercialization Fund

July 7, 2024 admin buildings, California, california energy commission, clean power, consumer technology, energy efficiency, green economy, heat pumps, home energy management, investment, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, national renewable energy laboratory, research, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2024 14:43:47 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Building Technologies Office (BTO) released $1.7 million for two projects with funding from the recently announced FY24 Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) Core Laboratory Infrastructure for Market Readiness (CLIMR) Lab Call. This lab call invited proposals from national laboratories to advance energy technologies and strengthen existing … [continued]

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US Election 2024: Setting The Stage For Climate Policy And Promises

July 3, 2024 admin buildings, cap and trade, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, carbon tax, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, Democratic Party, Democrats, Donald Trump, energy efficiency, events, Fossil Fuels, green economy, Joe Biden, policy & politics, republican party (united states), subsidies, us election 2024, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 16:34:36 +0000

Four years ago, as the United States election cycle once again brought the presidency into contest in addition to the Senate and the House, CleanTechnica published a Presidential Climate Policy Report Card. It’s time again to contrast administrations. At the time, Trump’s and Pence’s climate legacy in office was clear, … [continued]

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Colorado Aims To Reduce Light Pollution With Dark Sky Month

July 3, 2024 admin COLORADO, energy efficiency, light pollution, lighting

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:05:30 +0000

Earlier this month, Colorado Governor Jared Polis announced Dark Sky Month. The goal? To raise awareness of a serious problem that affects people, animals, and plants without many of us even noticing. This month, take the time to learn about the impacts of excessive artificial light at night and to … [continued]

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Energy Efficiency: Why Are We Wasting Two-Thirds Of The Energy In Fossil Fuels?

July 3, 2024 admin clean power, distributed energy, energy efficiency, Fossil Fuels, green economy, rmi

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 23:53:02 +0000

Energy efficiency is the subject of a recent study by RMI, which finds two-thirds of fossil fuel energy is wasted each year.

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Decarbonizing Industrial Heat Means Electrifying It — Transcript Of 2nd Half Of Podcast With Paul Martin

June 29, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, Energy, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, heat pumps, INDUSTRY, investment, Manufacturing, plasma, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:56:54 +0000

Recently I sat down virtually with professional chemical process engineer Paul Martin of Spitfire Research on my podcast Redefining Energy – Tech to discuss how much industrial heat can be replaced with electrical heat technologies (tl’dr: virtually all of it directly). In the theme of providing transcripts of presentations I’m … [continued]

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Proven Climate Solutions — A New Book On Accelerating Change

June 27, 2024 admin Agriculture, air quality, Bill McKibben, Books, buildings, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, climate change, climate solutions, Energy, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, HEALTH, mark z. jacobson, Media, renewable energy, Water

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 18:20:01 +0000

A couple of years ago, BF Nagy contacted me, asking if I would be interested in contributing to a book he was assembling. He already had Bill McKibben, Mark Z. Jacobson and others signed up, so how could I disagree? Fast forward two years, and the book, Proven Climate Solutions: … [continued]

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Huge Solar Power Boom, Tariffs on Chinese Electric Cars — Top Cleantech Stories

June 27, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, batteries, byd, chevy bolt, chevy bolt euv, china tariffs, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, electric cars, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, eu tariffs, lithium-ion batteries, market research, research, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar power plants, tariffs, tesla, tesla model 3, tesla model y, tesla robotaxis, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 18:13:37 +0000

I’ve been traveling for summer vacation with the family and skipped a week or two, but here’s another roundup of some top CleanTechnica articles from the past two weeks. Enjoy! And let us know if there are any favorites I missed here. The European Union (EU) announced tariffs on Chinese … [continued]

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What I Learned Towing 4,000 Miles With A Bolt EUV

June 25, 2024 admin chevy bolt, chevy bolt euv, chevy bolt euv long-term review, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reviews, electric cars, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, ev charging, ev road trips

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 14:51:57 +0000

A few years ago, I got tired of how expensive travel could be. Even with an efficient vehicle, you’re still needing to pay a lot of money for hotels and for meals. Travel with family, and both of those things get even more expensive. What I ultimately want is to … [continued]

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