Renewable Energy Industry

Kirin and Novo Nordisk are shaping their nature strategies using methodologies developed by the Science Based Targets Network. The post Support for nature-based climate pledges builds slowly appeared first on Trellis.

Volvo’s design and engineering teams have been hard at work on a mid-cycle refresh of its full SUV lineup. They invited CleanTechnica out to London to be some of the first people in the world outside the company to see and learn about the newly refreshed vehicles. Most importantly, the ... [continued] The post Volvo Upgrades the XC60 & XC90 Plug-in Hybrids with Significantly More Fully Electric Range appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Washington, DC — More than 110 national, state, and local organizations joined a letter urging Congressional leaders to reject the inclusion of protest criminalization language in legislation reauthorizing the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) pipeline safety programs. The letter comes as Congressional leaders prepare to negotiate a final ... [continued] The post Over 110 Groups to Congress: Don’t Criminalize Protest in Pipeline Safety Bill appeared first on CleanTechnica.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress is considering a slate of Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions that would roll back state clean air protections, including standards that cut toxic diesel pollution from ships and commercial harbor craft that will be voted on in the House this week.  Repealing California’s longstanding maritime clean-air protection would force ... [continued] The post Congress Must Reject Attack on Clean Air Protections for Port Communities appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Phoenix, Arizona — Today the Sierra Club, in partnership with Synapse Energy Economics, published a new report, Passing the Buck: How APS’s Gas Rush Risks Ratepayer Dollars, that provides analysis on how the utility’s reliance on gas resources has changed over time, the impacts all of the added gas will have ... [continued] The post New Report Examining APS’s Massive Gas Buildout Demonstrates How Ratepayers Could Be on the Hook for Decades appeared first on CleanTechnica.

The move is the latest in a proliferation of initiatives aimed at unlocking funding for supply-chain decarbonization. The post Project developers can now sign up for Verra’s Scope 3 registry appeared first on Trellis.

Two years ago, we brought our readers news about the Joule Hive thermal battery from Electrified Thermal Solutions. ETS is an MIT spin-off that began researching the benefits of electrified firebrick more than 12 years ago. Here’s why that is important. About 20 percent of all energy consumed globally each ... [continued] The post Holcim Integrates Two Joule Hive Thermal Batteries Into Its Cement Making Facility appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Or why carbon credits are not like cell phones. The post Busting the myth that newer carbon credits are superior appeared first on Trellis.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority announced its latest Hydrogen Challenge in the same week as I published my updated assessment of hydrogen passenger aviation. The regulator is examining hydrogen-aircraft turnarounds at London City Airport, cryogenic hydrogen storage and airside supply, while its broader hydrogen aviation roadmap targets scaled operations for ... [continued] The post UK Trying to Advance Hydrogen Aviation. Likelihood by 2050 is still under 1% appeared first on CleanTechnica.

SAN PABLO CITY, Philippines — The Philippines’ first locally designed and built electric passenger ferry is no longer just a demonstration project. It is now carrying passengers on the Pasig River in Metro Manila. The M/B Dalaray was developed by engineers at the University of the Philippines Diliman with funding from ... [continued] The post Philippines EV Ferry Has Moved Thousands of Passengers Since Launch appeared first on CleanTechnica.

HANOVER, Germany — Stellantis Pro One brought a broad selection of electric commercial vehicles to IAA Transportation 2026, with battery-electric vans and smaller urban delivery vehicles making up a substantial part of its display–a total of 13 commercial vehicles from its Citroën, Fiat Professional, Opel and Peugeot brands on its stand ... [continued] The post Stellantis Expands Electric Commercial Vehicle Lineup at IAA Transportation appeared first on CleanTechnica.

IAA Transportation 2026 opens with electric trucks, hydrogen and a crowded show floor HANOVER, Germany — Steve Hanleys’ analysis on the IAA Transportation 2026 focuses clearly on the expectation as the event. Cleantechnica barely missed the press day on Monday, Sept 14 but covered the opening of Tuesday to a ... [continued] The post Electrification of Commercial Vehicles Continues at Faster Pace at IAA Transportation 2026 appeared first on CleanTechnica.

A new heavy duty, long haul electric truck from Scania sports an extended front and extra battery packs, achieving a driving range of almost 720 kilometers (about 474 miles) on a single charge. The post Scania Launches 720-KM Battery Electric Truck, Hydrogen Stakeholders Double Down appeared first on CleanTechnica.

California keeps installing more and more renewable energy power plants and rooftop solar systems. Therefore, it keeps using more and more renewable energy. Stanford professor Mark Z. Jacobson, Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has long gone with the “WWS” (Wind, Water, Solar) ... [continued] The post More Than 56% of California Electricity Demand Supplied by Wind, Water, & Solar in 2026 appeared first on CleanTechnica.

JET charge is facilitating heavy vehicle fleet transition in Australia. “At current diesel prices, the fuel cost savings of switching a commercial fleet to electric are not marginal. They are transformational,” said Tim Washington, Co-Founder and CEO of JET Charge, in a recent press release. “The question for Australian fleet ... [continued] The post JET Charge Helps The Fleet Transition appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Waymo has a kind of Japanese sounding name, doesn’t it? Well, it’s not Japanese of course, but the self-driving vehicle company under the Alphabet umbrella is planning its move into one of the places most obsessed with new, futuristic tech. For as long as I can remember, the Japanese have ... [continued] The post Waymo Readying to Launch Robotaxis in Japan appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Sierra Club & partners are challenging the repeal in court as states & lawmakers move to reverse it WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Trump administration rule attempting to rescind the federal regulatory definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act goes into effect today. The change removes language that made clear ... [continued] The post Trump Habitat Rollback Takes Effect As Sierra Club and Conservation Partners Sue appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Washington, D.C. — According to reporting, Donald Trump’s administration will propose to repeal the Endangerment Finding for power plants today — a move that would permanently strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas power plants under the Clean Air Act. This ... [continued] The post Trump Moves to Strip EPA of Authority to Limit Power Plant Carbon Pollution appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Part of me likes it and gets it, but part of me is super frustrated by what Volkswagen is doing here. The company has designed and unveiled the most efficient “near-production” electric car in the world. The “Most Efficiency,” as it is called, uses various design techniques and technologies in ... [continued] The post Volkswagen Unveils Ridiculously Efficient “Mission Efficiency” — But Why? appeared first on CleanTechnica.

We all know that one of Donald Trump’s favorite things to do is complain about China and put tariffs — or threaten to put tariffs — on Chinese produced goods. Indeed, we’re all paying a lot more for products in the United States because of the vast, high tariffs Trump ... [continued] The post Could Trump Throw US Automakers Under The Chinese Electric Car Bus?* appeared first on CleanTechnica.

What’s the latest word on electric commercial vehicles in the US? Pretty much crickets. In fact, most medium and heavy duty truck manufacturers in the US are doing their damnedest to beat back local and state regulations designed to reduce exhaust emissions. That may soon change, as the price of ... [continued] The post Electric Trucks Will Take Center Stage At IAA Transportation Show In Hannover This Week appeared first on CleanTechnica.

The walk down the slight incline to the East Falmouth harbor seemed a lot like many other waterfront areas of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. One and two story homes with weathered shingles. Pleasure craft and small commercial boats parked in gravel driveways. A combined aroma of seaweed and salt wafting on ... [continued] The post Slurp Down That Oyster — You’re Helping To Restore Water Quality appeared first on CleanTechnica.

The cost-cutting firm Costco has been forced to raise prices and implement rationing, as US President Donald Trump's war in Iran continues to push up the cost of fuel and motor oil, too. The post Another Reason To Love EVs: Costco Is Rationing Motor Oil appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Geothermal energy has emerged as another up-and-coming existential threat to the US coal industry, with support from the Trump administration. The post Trump’s Geothermal Energy Time Bomb Is About To Explode appeared first on CleanTechnica.

ARES North America has now operated enough of its GravityLine system at Gamebird Pit in Nevada to make clear its deep limitations to people who didn’t simply do the grade 7 math and science calculations. Sandia National Laboratories documents a pair of mass cars weighing roughly 340 tonnes climbing a ... [continued] The post ARES’ Nevada Demonstrator Shows Why Rail Gravity Storage Is A Train Wreck appeared first on CleanTechnica.

I’m not going to lie — I don’t typically jump or get riled up by claims that AI is going to take over the world or threaten humanity, beyond the insane energy use and emissions issue, that is. I first heard such warnings 23 years ago. Yes, 23 years ago. ... [continued] The post AI May Be on Verge of Causing Internet Chaos, Economic Catastrophe — Warning from Top AI CEO appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Look around your home this evening. The days are getting shorter, and our craving for light means that we are substituting artificial illumination for sunlight. It also may mean that we are unknowingly causing injury to the hundreds of species of birds that are now migrating to their southern homes. ... [continued] The post Turn Off The Lights: Birds Are Migrating appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is desperate to win the unsupervised FSD (Full Self Driving) race, but questions continue to rise over his promotion of the technology. The post Rush To Promote Unsupervised Tesla FSD Videos Raises More Questions appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Earlier this week, IFA Berlin wrapped up. If there was a consistent theme around clean technology, it was that sustainability is not just one thing, but a diverse range of approaches. Some of the innovations that we focus on in the US have become routine in Germany. Although I had ... [continued] The post IFA Berlin Recap Part 2: More Diverse Sustainability Approaches appeared first on CleanTechnica.

The J.H. Campbell generating station first went into service in 1962. It is located in West Olive, Michigan in the western part of the state, just a few miles from the shores of Lake Donald Lake Michigan. At its peak, it supplied 1,420 MW of coal fired electricity from three separate ... [continued] The post US District Court Strips Away Insane JH Campbell Fake Emergency Order appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Conceptualising a twelve-month roadmap for domestic gateway teleports, Q/V band licensing and a Harare Point of Presence. By Willard Shoko The Satellite Evolution: From Mazowe to LEO Constellations Zimbabwe’s satellite telecommunications journey began following an official state visit to Japan, which led directly to the establishment of the country’s primary ... [continued] The post Integrating Starlink LEO Infrastructure with Zimbabwe’s Terrestrial Fibre Networks appeared first on CleanTechnica.

RheEnergise deserves credit for something a lot of energy-storage startups never accomplish: it built the thing. At Cornwood in Devon, the company constructed upper and lower reservoirs, installed pumps, pipes and generating equipment, manufactured hundreds of cubic metres of its proprietary high-density fluid, pumped that fluid uphill and ran it ... [continued] The post Dense-Fluid Pumped Hydro Works. Scaling It Is The Problem. appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Vietnam-based electric vehicle manufacturer VinFast has accelerated its market penetration in the Philippines by signing strategic Memoranda of Understanding with 13 major local automotive dealer partners. The agreements pave the way for the establishment of 27 new showrooms nationwide, marking a critical operational milestone as the brand works toward its ... [continued] The post VinFast PH Opens More Dealers, Nearing 60 Dealer Total Before Year Ends appeared first on CleanTechnica.

MANILA, Philippines – Cagayan State University (CSU) has made its locally developed electric vehicle prototypes available to commercial investors, representing a practical step forward in expanding domestic manufacturing and clean transportation across the Philippines. At the Sustainability Expo 2026 in Manila, the university’s ElectroMobility Research and Development Center (EMRDC) showcased ... [continued] The post Philippine University-Developed Electric Tricycles Ready for Commercial Production appeared first on CleanTechnica.

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government wants private companies to bankroll forest restoration, and it is building the administrative machinery to make those investments stick. At a forum organized by the CarbonPH Coalition in Manila, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) officials laid out plans for a national carbon ... [continued] The post CarbonPH Coalition Charts Roadmap for Philippine Forest Carbon in ASEAN appeared first on CleanTechnica.

MANILA, Philippines — SAIC Motor-backed MG Motor Philippines expanded its local electric vehicle lineup late last month with the official launch of the S5 EV, a rear-wheel-drive compact crossover aimed squarely at the country’s growing battery-electric vehicle market. The debut, held at the TriNoma, a huge mall just north of ... [continued] The post MG Motors Philippines Launches New EV appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Electric vehicles have seen a real drop-off of sales across the US this year, including in California, the main EV market in the country by far. Whereas in previous quarters and years electric vehicle models were peppered across the top 5 of numerous vehicle categories — even topping a few ... [continued] The post The Electric Vehicles Leading Their Categories in California appeared first on CleanTechnica.

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright claps back at federal judges with yet another coal power plant emergeny order. The post Government Clown Just Can’t Quit Coal Power appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Aberdeen’s hydrogen double-deckers have finally produced a useful market price, and it is more revealing than another theoretical argument about fuel-cell efficiency, hydrogen costs or refuelling infrastructure. First Bus is set to buy 23 Wrightbus StreetDeck Hydroliners for £30,000 each. Aberdeen City Council originally spent about £13.9 million on the ... [continued] The post Aberdeen Paid £556k Per Hydrogen Bus. Five Years Later, First Bus Is Paying £30k appeared first on CleanTechnica.

As India hosts the BRICS leaders’ summit in September and the world heads to Antalya, Turkey, for COP31, India is making the case for why international climate finance must flow differently. By Dr. Vyoma Jha, India Clean Energy Senior Advocate, International, NRDC The world is going electric. The West Asia crisis ... [continued] The post Finance Beyond the COP: How India Is Rebuilding the Case for Global Climate Finance appeared first on CleanTechnica.

NLR and University of Hawaii Deploy Wave Energy Device, Capturing and Sharing Data for Marine Energy Industry By Samantha Cuneo, NLR Like a surfer, the Small Underwater Research Flap Wave Energy Converter, or SURF-WEC, rides the ocean’s waves—but this system converts wave motion into electricity. The WEC recently made the leap ... [continued] The post New Kind Of Surfer Is Riding Waves — And Producing Power appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Twenty or more years ago, automakers in the US and Europe turned their covetous eyes toward China, the most populous nation on Earth. As that country sought to drag itself up from the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution and become a modern economic powerhouse, the prospect of selling automobiles to ... [continued] The post Volkswagen & Skoda Eye Investments In India appeared first on CleanTechnica.

The Amendment Will Open No Greater Than 1% of the County to Agrivoltaic Solar Projects LEXINGTON, Kentucky — On Thursday, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council voted to pass a zoning ordinance text amendment (ZOTA) opening up no greater than one percent of Fayette County, including agriculturally zoned land, for large-scale solar ... [continued] The post Lexington-Fayette County Council Passes Solar Zoning Amendment, a Win for Lower Bills & Climate Goals appeared first on CleanTechnica.

I was wedged between tractor trailers as I held to the extreme right hand lane. Vehicles entered from frequent on-ramps and forced me to make quick lane changes to the left. Road construction narrowed lanes and forced me to merge into oncoming traffic. I veered in and out, around vehicles ... [continued] The post Tesla Superchargers For Non-Tesla EVs On The Mass Pike! appeared first on CleanTechnica.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. District Circuit Court for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of the Sierra Club, overturning the Department of Energy’s“emergency” order overriding the state’s and utility’s decision to close the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant. In May 2025, Trump’s Department of Energy issued a last-minute “emergency ... [continued] The post VICTORY: Court Rules Against Trump’s Michigan Coal Bailout appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Solar power is outpacing all other forms of domestic energy in terms of additions to the US grid despite the political headwinds, and the best is yet to come as new solar materials emerge on the market. The post Solar Power Beats Coal And Gas With BOTH Hands Tied Behind Its Back appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Lynk & Co is one of those 100% plugin vehicle brands sitting under the giant Geely umbrella. It has had its ups and downs, and it’s not blazing a rapid, insane path of growth like a few other Chinese EV startups, but it’s doing alright. A key focus of the ... [continued] The post Lynk & Co Chooses Volvo Cars As Exclusive European Distributor appeared first on CleanTechnica.

BLUETTI* used IFA 2026 to stretch the idea of power stations in several directions. The BLUETTI IFA 2026 lineup covered balcony solar, home energy management, compact batteries, and a 5,000W jobsite E-Generator, with products for apartments, road trips, outages, and worksites. More interestingly, the company is trying to solve a ... [continued] The post BLUETTI Launches New Energy Solutions for Work, Home, & Life on the Move at IFA 2026 appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Like many of its rivals in retail, the company is struggling with Scope 3 emissions and lagging on packaging goals. The post Target delays key emissions goals appeared first on Trellis.

The NSF certification rewards products that reduce packaging, water use and emissions. The post First-of-a-kind label focuses on compact products appeared first on Trellis.

Sustainability in the era of extended producer responsibility is a data problem first, and a strategy problem second. If neither is addressed, it becomes a big budgetary problem. The post 7 steps toward a future-friendly EPR strategy appeared first on Trellis.

The International Organization for Standardization must review feedback from more than 170 member organizations before requesting final approval. The post What’s next for the ISO net-zero standard appeared first on Trellis.

Climate-skeptical Republicans will back action on emissions provided there is a business angle to the argument. The post How the right language can convince skeptics to support corporate climate action appeared first on Trellis.

Data centers, energy shocks, extreme weather and anti-oligarch anger are converging as front-burner issues. Is your sustainability team watching? The post What sustainability teams need to see coming appeared first on Trellis.

The company’s adoption of Watershed’s data collection system exposed the limitations of its historical data. The post Why software firm Genesys will reset its emissions reduction baseline appeared first on Trellis.