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Alstom’s Hydrogen Retreat Marks A Turning Point For European Rail
Alstom’s announcement that it is pausing further development of hydrogen trains has landed with the weight of a company that has been at the center of Europe’s rail innovation story for decades. The firm will still complete existing hydrogen train orders, but R&D work has been halted after France withdrew ... [continued]
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Texas To Host Gigantic 11-GW Solar, Energy Storage, Nuclear, & Gas Energy Island
The US startup Fermi has reserved a spot for solar power and energy storage in its plans for the 11-gigawat Project Matador campus in Texas alongside natural gas and nuclear energy.
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UK Pay-Per-Mile Charge For EVs Set For April 2028
The automobile is both a curse and a benefit. On the one hand, it gives people the freedom to go where they want in relative safety and comfort whenever they want. That’s the theory, anyway. Ever since Robert Moses re-imagined New York City as a car-centric city, the allure of ... [continued]
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GAC T9 and Guangzhou’s Shift to BEV Trucks
Having been in Guangzhou last week, I wanted to give some firsthand context to Michael Barnard’s excellent article: China’s BEV Trucks and the End of Diesel’s Dominance. Overall, the heavy trucks that I saw on the road lagged passenger cars in electrification. Roughly 4 out of 5 cars had green ... [continued]
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Exposing the Learning-Curve Myth: Why Enhanced Geothermal Cannot Follow Solar’s Cost Trajectory
Enhanced geothermal systems have been positioned by advocates as a scalable source of firm, low carbon electricity that can complement wind and solar. The idea has appeal. The deep heat of the crust is available everywhere and geothermal energy is not intermittent. Policy agencies have published scenarios showing EGS costs ... [continued]
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Fossil Lobby Is Out of Arguments in 2025
TL;DR: Fossil narratives are collapsing. Economics, physics, and real-world deployment all now point one way: solar + storage. For several decades now, the fossil lobby has followed the renewable sector like a bad debt — constantly painting molehills as mountains, inventing false comparisons, and trying to derail public understanding any ... [continued]
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Another Vertebrae Added to the “Philippine EV Spine” with the Opening of a New Charging Station South of Manila
The rollout of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in the Philippines continues to accelerate, with new stations opening along major travel routes in Luzon. The expansion, led by Ayala Group’s mobility unit ACMobility, forms part of what the company calls the Philippine EV Spine, a growing network intended to support ... [continued]
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Largest Tesla Supercharger Hub Opens — Is Powered By Solar
Tesla’s largest Supercharger hub has been officially launched and it runs on solar power with battery storage. The Lost Hills, California, charging hub has 164 V4 Supercharger stalls, which deliver over 300 kW of electricity each. The new hub is also mostly off-grid. As explained in an X post, “Our ... [continued]
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China’s Low-Altitude Ambitions Just Got Higher with Airship Purchase
Zhejiang Airspace Integration Low-Altitude Industry Development Company just placed an order of 18 AS700 manned airships from the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) last November 18. This deal, one of the largest modern acquisitions of manned lighter-than-air vehicles, marks a milestone in China’s air travel industry. CleanTechnica picked up ... [continued]
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What If Private Air Travel Meant The Wealthiest Had To Pay A Climate Tax?
Private jet owners and travelers bypass the hustle-and-bustle of major airports. They have the privilege of landing at secluded destinations with luxury concierge amenities, isolating themselves from the congestion, inconveniences, and scrutiny that everyday air travelers experience. If a new proposal becomes the norm, however, owners of private jets, the ... [continued]
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CATL Launches Factory Construction In Spain
CATL, the largest EV battery producer in the world (by far), is doing what some Chinese EV producers are doing — it’s launching production in Europe. With the European Union slapping tariffs on EVs manufactured in China earlier this year, Chinese EV producers are starting to build factories in Europe. ... [continued]
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China’s BEV Trucks and the End of Diesel’s Dominance
Cheap Chinese battery electric heavy trucks are no longer a rumor. They are real machines with real price tags that are so low that they force a reassessment of what the global freight industry is willing to pay for electrification. Standing in a commercial vehicle hall in Wuhan and seeing ... [continued]
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Donald Trump’s $100 Million Power Plant Boondoggle is Extended for 3rd Time
Eddystone, Pennsylvania — Last night, the Trump administration extended its fake ‘emergency’ order to keep the Eddystone power plant online past its scheduled retirement for the third time. The administration also extended a similar order for the J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan last week. According to Sierra Club’s ‘Ticked Off’ cost ticker, the ... [continued]
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Singapore Reimagines Jurong Island as a Global Low-Carbon Testbed as it Celebrates its 25th Anniversary
Jurong Island is Singapore’s flagship energy and chemicals hub. And it is marking its 25th anniversary with a sweeping set of initiatives designed to reposition the island for a low-carbon future. Why is this important to CleanTechnica readers? Simply because despite all our desire for renewable energy, the path leading ... [continued]
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Sierra Club Applauds NYC Comptroller Recommendation to Drop BlackRock Over Inadequate Climate Plans
NEW YORK — The Sierra Club applauds today’s announcement from New York City Comptroller Brad Lander recommending that three of the city’s pension systems — which are all implementing net-zero by 2040 plans — re-evaluate their mandate for BlackRock to manage more than $42 billion, due to the asset manager’s inadequate ... [continued]
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