BYD’s Massive Growth, Sunrun’s Dominance, Waymo Popping — 11 Top Stories of the Week

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 20:20:43 +0000

Cleantech industries are flying, and the past two weeks show more evidence of that. Check out some of the biggest recent stories in the update below. Note that this is part of CleanTechnica’s weekly newsletter. Sign up for the newsletter here! 1. Waymo is growing, fast. Just a few days after … [continued]

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20% of US Rooftop Solar Systems Are Sunrun Systems, 45% of New Battery Installations Are Sunrun

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 03:55:34 +0000

Sunrun, the largest rooftop solar company in the United States, recently hit a big milestone — one million customers. We recently sat down with Chris Rauscher, Head of Grid Services & Virtual Power Plants at Sunrun, to discuss this and related matters. Listen to the podcast via the following embedded … [continued]

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Soaring Cleantech Manufacturing, EV Sales Records, Hurricanes — Top Cleantech Stories

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:39:08 +0000

Our operations here at CleanTechnica got quite disrupted by a couple of recent hurricanes — Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene. As a result, we’ve got a lot of news to catch up on for our regular roundups on top cleantech stories. In this edition, I’m going to break the highlights … [continued]

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How Well Do Rooftop Solar Systems Survive A Hurricane?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 23:26:34 +0000

As we went through Hurricane Milton down here in Southwest Florida, and particularly as the roofs all over my neighborhood got torn up, I and many others wondered: how well do rooftop solar systems survive in a hurricane here? While I’ve seen the shingles ripped off many a roof from … [continued]

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This Net-Zero Community Got Hit Hard By Hurricane Milton And Is Fine

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:04:38 +0000

After Hurricane Ian, we discovered that a sustainable, cleantech-loving community down right in the brunt of the destruction held up superbly when communities around it did not. Now, another horrific hurricane has plowed through Florida a bit further north (right where I live, in fact) and another cleantech-focused community has … [continued]

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Ford CEO Jim Farley Targets 19 Million Potential EV Buyers With New Ford Power Promise

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:46:56 +0000

Easy, convenient home EV charging takes center stage as Ford launches new “Ford Power Promise” to attract potential electric vehicle buyers.

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$17 Million to 23 State & Local Governments for Clean Energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 03:50:16 +0000

Grants From the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Fund Clean Energy Infrastructure Projects in Communities Ranging from Energy Audits and Studies to EV chargers and Solar-Plus-Storage WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced its latest round of award recipients … [continued]

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How To Design Great Houses That Protect Against Severe Weather Events

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 19:55:12 +0000

Check out the latest Green Builder Media demonstration house, the VISION House Austin — a climate-responsive, carbon-neutral, beautiful powerhouse. “The climate is changing. We must design accordingly,” warns Green Builder Media CEO Sara Gutterman. “The latest project in Green Builder Media’s VISION House demonstration project series, the VISION House Austin, … [continued]

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SolarEdge Announces Next Generation Home Inverter, Battery, & Bi-Directional EV Charger

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:49:53 +0000

SolarEdge is known for high efficiency inverters, and the company was at RE+ 2024 in Anaheim, California, again this year showing off all the latest improvements and upgrades it has made to its home solar ecosystem of products. Most people don’t get excited about the white and grey boxes that … [continued]

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BYD’s Trek Toward #1 Automaker, New EV Reviews, Solar Power Boom — Top 10 Cleantech Stories

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 14:57:41 +0000

What are the hottest, most interesting, and most important cleantech stories of September so far? Here’s my opinion on that. Note that this is part of CleanTechnica’s weekly newsletter. Sign up for the newsletter here! 1. Juan Diego Celemín Mojica wrote an analysis for us this week on EV manufacturing … [continued]

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