Clean Technica

Yoshino B4000 — Ideal Portable Power Station?

12 min read

Portable energy storage systems have improved massively in the past few years. As electric cars have become much more popular, battery production has ramped up enormously, and thanks to economies of scale, battery prices have come down. The benefits of that extend well beyond the electric car market, also bringing … [continued]

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Clean Technica

Solar Power Booming All Around, Chinese EVs Expanding, US EV Charging Infrastructure Boom — Top Cleantech News

8 min read

December has been absolutely packed with big cleantech stories. The solar power and electric vehicle markets keep growing fast, evolving, and even surprising. To be honest, when I write these weekly and bi-weekly news highlights, there are ends up being far more big and noteworthy news than I expect. It … [continued]

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Great Lakes Now

The race for clean energy is local

21 min read

The race for clean energy is local

By Emily Jones and Gautama Mehta, Grist

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The U.S. power grid is at a critical crossroads. Electricity generation, like every other industry, needs to rid itself of fossil fuels if the country is to play its role in combating the climate crisis — a transition that will have to happen even as energy providers scramble to meet what they claim is an unprecedented spike in electricity demand, attributed to the rise of AI.

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