Category: Commercialization

July 22, 2024

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in May of this year signed the Brighter Tomorrow Act into law. The measure expands the solar facilities that qualify for subsidy, and improve the level of subsidy, and contains certain miscellaneous provisions applicable generally expanding […]

June 25, 2024

In support of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $63.5 million for four transformative technologies through the Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program. The four projects […]

June 24, 2024

The European Union has announced nearly €3bn in backing for renewables projects across the continent. It has paid out €2.967bn via the Modernisation Fund to support 39 energy projects in 10 EU Member States. These investments will support the upgrading […]

June 18, 2024

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) yesterday announced $41.4 million in federal funding for 50 impactful projects across 17 National Laboratories to propel clean energy solutions. The funding is made available through the Fiscal Year […]

June 6, 2024

More money is pouring into solar power than all other electricity sources combined, with investments set to reach half a trillion dollars this year, the world’s top energy research body said Thursday. The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast in a […]

May 7, 2024

Booming investment in the manufacturing of clean energy technologies, especially solar and batteries, is becoming a powerful economic driver globally, according to report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Advancing Clean Technology Manufacturing finds that global investment in the manufacturing […]

March 13, 2024

Primergy Solar LLC (‘Primergy’), a leading developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale solar and storage projects, announced today that it closed commitments for $588 million in debt financing for the 408 MWac Ash Creek Solar project in Hill County, Texas. […]

February 27, 2024

A microgrid project combining solar PV, wind and a 10MWh flow battery in Germany has been completed by BayWa r.e., Ampt and Fraunhofer. The completion of the project was announced today (27 February) by renewable energy developer and independent power […]

February 20, 2024

Don’t listen to the haters — EV sales are booming, solar power is rising, and the cleantech revolution is alive and well. Read on for this week’s roundup of the top top stories of the past week here on CleanTechnica. […]

February 20, 2024

During 2024 US states could award as much as 1550MW of new power offtake, 60% of which will be used to replenish lost contracts, according to Oceantic Network. In its 2024 US Offshore Wind Market Report the trade body also […]

February 19, 2024

Ineos Inovyn has confirmed that its 60MW solar farm in Belgium will come online in July 2024. The project is being developed with PerPetum Energy & Green4Power and will supply power exclusively to the Jemeppe production site, which employs over […]

February 8, 2024

Steel components manufacturer US Forged Rings Inc (USFR) plans to spend USD 700 million (EUR 651m) on the construction of a tower fabrication facility and a steel forging plant on the US East Coast to service the growing domestic offshore […]

February 6, 2024

The Renewables Readiness Assessment (RRA): Solomon Islands undertaken by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE), through the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Lighthouses Initiative (LHI) finds that renewable […]

February 1, 2024

A major offshore wind farm near Scotland set to come online later this year has a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Amazon, the technology company that continues as the largest purchaser of renewable energy worldwide. Amazon on Jan. 30 announced […]

January 26, 2024

In the latest significant step for California’s efforts to build offshore wind farms in the Pacific Ocean, the Biden administration has awarded nearly half a billion dollars for a project to construct and deploy hundreds of huge turbines to float […]

January 24, 2024

Renewable energy in Brazil will get a boost after the chief executive of Petrobras, the country’s state-run oil giant, said the company will begin buying solar power and onshore wind projects in an effort to build a clean energy portfolio. […]

January 23, 2024

Circle K Ireland has announced the expansion of its partnership with Ionity to establish more high-powered charging points for electric vehicles (EV). The retailer will add new chargers at six locations, totaling 12 fast chargers that have a 350kW capacity. […]

January 22, 2024

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, commonly known as Sinopec, has established a joint venture with charging equipment manufacturer Wangbang Digital Energy. According to a report by Jiemian, Sinopec Wanbang was registered less than a month ago and established with a […]

January 18, 2024

Virginia-based AES Corp. said the company added 3.5 GW of new renewable energy generation capacity to its global portfolio in 2023, an amount nearly double that built in the previous year. The projects, including solar power, wind power, and energy […]

January 16, 2024

Renewable energy company Storm and mobility player Q8 are launching Belgium’s first network of full-service fast charging stations. Both companies have entered into a unique partnership to build up to 200 fast charging stations together at new locations. At many […]