Category: Clean Technica
Canon Alpha EREV Ute — Can It Be The #1 Big Shot?
Great Wall Motors has launched its answer to the BYD Shark in Australia — the Canon Alpha EREV (Extended Range Electric Vehicle). The ute (light truck) market in Australia is huge. In May 2025, one in eight vehicles sold in the country were utes (about 14,000). The top three best-selling … [continued]
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Inside The Iberian Grid Collapse: What Really Went Wrong
On April 28, 2025, the Iberian Peninsula experienced a dramatic blackout. At exactly 12:33:30, a cascading failure disconnected the grids of Spain and Portugal from the wider European electricity system, plunging millions into darkness. We now have not the hot takes of the usual anti-renewables rabble, but the 192-page report … [continued]
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Reclaiming Coal Country: 300 GW Solar Goldmine From Coal Mine Conversions
In a landmark report released this month, Global Energy Monitor reveals that converting recently closed and soon-to-be-retired coal mines into solar farms could boost global solar capacity by nearly 300 gigawatts (GW) by 2030 — a 15% increase over today’s total installed solar base. The report, titled “Bright Side of … [continued]
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The Baojun Yep Plus — I Mean, the Chevrolet Spark EUV — Lands in Mexico. Will This Turn the Tide for GM?
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em It is not a secret for anyone that China has been rising as the uncontestable EV leader globally. Competition is arising in Europe and South Korea (mainly thanks to relatively protected markets and government support for locally produced EVs), whereas the US seems … [continued]
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The Solar Energy Whack-A-Mole Continues, & Coal Power Plants Keep Closing
Solar energy innovators are still hard at work in the US, as demonstrated by a new concentrating solar power project in California.
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