Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 6, 2025

Smooth lines definte the experior Every contour, every curve, has been carefully fashioned to increase both aerodynamics and aesthetic appeal, producing a form that is as powerful as it is refined. The A6 Avant presents a collection of engines that offer invigorating power, all while maintaining prominent effectiveness.

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Audi Design Automobile Engine 80

Cars That Think

MARCH 4, 2025

Deforestation accelerates climate change by reducing the Earths carbon absorption capacity, while soil degradation threatens global food security. Enrich and expand solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal energy generation and utilization. It also contributes to cancer, lung disease, and respiratory infections. Renewable energy innovations.

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Engine Future Climate Change Climate 104

Cars That Think

MAY 1, 2025

Most people have heard about the environmental impact of todays AI boom, stemming from sprawling data centers packed with power-hungry servers. The power plants and backup generators needed to keep data centers working generate harmful air pollutants, such as fine particulate matter and nitrogen oxides (NOx).

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Pollution Virginia Grid Carbon 137

Get Electric Vehicle

MARCH 1, 2025

Since EV batteries typically retain 70-80% of their capacity after vehicle use, they can be reused in stationary energy storage, backup power, and renewable energy integration before recycling. Lower Carbon Footprint : Reduces the need for new battery production, cutting down on mining and emissions. #3.

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Future Battery Batteries Energy Storage 52

EV Central

JUNE 23, 2025

Other improvements have included reducing the amount of wind and road noise permeating the cabin of both models thanks to the addition of more sophisticated active noise cancellation software. The triple-motor Plaid Teslas still remain in a different league for performance thanks to its maximum 761kW peak power. 2026 Tesla Model X.

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Australia Tesla SUV Range 63

CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 27, 2024

On October 27th of 2020, the China Society of Automotive Engineers laid out a roadmap for how the country was going to achieve 50% of all cars sold in 2035 being fully electric, plug-in hybrid, or hydrogen, with 95% of them of course being fully electric.

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2020 China Fully Electric Hydrogen 111

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 25, 2025

Thats the polite way of saying Hyundai is seeking to protect itself against the constantly changing tariff winds. The facility will apparently be capable of producing nearly 3 million tons of steel per year, showing up as so-called low-carbon steel sheets using what Hyundai describes as an abundant supply of steel scrap in America.

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Louisiana Hyundai America United States 109

CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 7, 2025

The first Trump trade war was a disaster for US cleantech, and it looks like 2025 is setting up to be an encore performance. Between 2018 and 2020, Trumps tariffs on solar panels cost the US an estimated 10.5 GW of lost solar capacity, delaying the transition to clean energy.

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Solar 2018 Cleaning Clean 92

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 18, 2025

Decarbonizing maritime operations presents one of the more challengingbut also most impactfulfrontiers in global sustainability efforts.

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Cleaner Emissions Global Engine 63

CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 3, 2025

Imagine slapping a 30% surcharge on your prescription medicationnot because it suddenly got more expensive to make, not because theres a shortage, but because you want to make a point to a pharmacy halfway across the world. Thats the economic logicor lack thereofbehind Donald Trumps newest volley of tariffs.

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Clean Cleaning Fuel Climate Change 86

CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 6, 2025

India’s energy landscape is at a pivotal crossroads, exemplified by the notable recent decline in coal- and gas-fired power generation, which in May 2025 marked the steepest year-over-year drop since COVID-19.

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Coal Renewable Gas Energy 140

Baua Electric

JUNE 13, 2025

Solar, wind, hydro, and other renewable sources are rapidly replacing fossil fuels. Unlike traditional power plants that produce energy in a stable and controllable manner, renewables are largely weather-dependent. The sun doesn’t always shine, and the wind doesn’t always blow.

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Renewable Energy Grid Wind 59

CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 5, 2025

In April 2025, while most of the world was clutching pearls over trade war tit-for-tat tariffs, China calmly walked over to the supply chain and yanked out a handful of critical bolts. The bolts are made of dysprosium, terbium, tungsten, indium and yttriumthe elements that dont make headlines but without.

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Supplies China Climate Change USA 145

CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

In a landmark achievement, global investment in the low-carbon energy transition surged to a record $2.1 trillion in 2024, marking an 11% increase from the previous year, according to BloombergNEF’s “Energy Transition Investment Trends 2025” report.

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Clean Cleaning Global Energy 118

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Texas-based Nacero, a company seeking to produce low- and zero-lifecycle carbon footprint gasoline blendstock ( earlier post ) has awarded a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC a 20-year power purchase agreement to supply wind power to Nacero’s planned flagship manufacturing facility in Penwell, Texas.

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Wind Texas Gasoline Purchase 418

CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 10, 2025

In recent months I’ve been assisting with strategy for a couple of emerging European NGOs on key decarbonization acceleration approaches, and one of the key participants asked me an interesting question this morning. This piece answers the question. The first NGO is Supergrid Europe, a Brussels-based organization which will be.

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Ireland Europe Climate Change Energy Storage 127

Cars That Think

JULY 22, 2025

The “ big, beautiful” Republican legislation largely preserves investment and production tax credits for geothermal power plants—as well as battery storage, nuclear, and hydropower projects—established by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). electricity mix. The first phase of that project is set to come online in 2027.

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Tax Tax Credit Energy United States 107

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

renewable power, producing zero emissions. This will be powered by renewable energy generated by an Ørsted offshore ?wind wind farm in the North Sea and the hydrogen produced will be used in the refinery.?. When powered by renewable ?energy, renewable-powered electrolysis capacity at Lingen. west Germany.

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Wind Green Industry Industrial 418

Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2020

In Germany, BSE Engineering and the Institute for Renewable Energy Systems at Stralsund University of Applied Sciences (IRES) have demonstrated the conversion of wind power into renewable methanol. Operation of this technology under dynamic conditions will be confirmed during a year-long test.

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Wind Conversion Powered Power 357

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2021

a United Kingdom-based hybrid clean energy company, is developing a wind-SMR (Small Modular Reactor) and hydrogen production hybrid energy project in North Wales. Power, LLC to provide the clean, base load and load-following energy for the proposed hybrid energy project. Power generation at Wylfa could begin as early as 2027.

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Wind Energy Powered Power 320

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 31, 2025

Wizz Air made headlines recently by signing a major deal to purchase sustainable aviation fuel derived from treated human poop. The optics are amusing, but the implications are profound. This isnt a fringe experiment or a corporate PR stunt. Its a signal that the aviation industry is moving toward a.

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Fuel Energy Corporation Purchase 129

CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

One of the amusing side notes of my recent foray into the challenges that the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) is having was the tone deaf and counterproductive social media responses of their board member from Enbridge, the biggest natural gas firm in North America.

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Renewable Gas North America America 124

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2023

Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor and Germany-based energy company RWE have agreed to work together to develop large-scale value chains for low carbon hydrogen. The cooperation has these main building blocks: Construction of new gas power plants (CCGTs), contributing to Germany’s phase-out roadmap for coal.

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Norway Germany Hydrogen Powered 468

Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2021

Markus Krebber (RWE), accompanied by Chairman of the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industries Union (IG BCE) Michael Vassiliadis, presented a project idea that envisions a new 2 GW offshore wind farm in the German North Sea to provide the Ludwigshafen chemical site with green electricity and enable CO 2 -free production of hydrogen.

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Wind Hydrogen Green Industry 416

CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 23, 2025

The June 2025 U.S. bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities is shaping up to be a pivotal geopolitical event, one whose immediate shockwaves extend far beyond military calculations. Within hours of the U.S. and Israeli strikes on key nuclear sites at Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow, global oil prices surged sharply.

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Iran Global Oil Prices Oil 118

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2021

Siemens Gamesa and Siemens Energy are joining forces to develop an innovative solution that fully integrates an electrolyzer into an offshore wind turbine as a single synchronized system to produce green hydrogen directly. It is a prime example of enabling us to store and transport wind energy, thus reducing the carbon footprint of economy.

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Wind Hydrogen Energy Green 417

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

The Intermountain Power Agency (IPA) has awarded Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) a contract for two M501JAC power trains for the Intermountain Power Plant (IPP) in Delta, Utah. This fuel mixture will reduce carbon emissions by more than 75% compared to the retiring coal-fired technology. Earlier post.).

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Los Angeles Hydrogen Renewable Gas 544

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

As part of a larger £90 million (US$117 million) package of awards to cut carbon emissions in industry and homes, the UK is awarding £28 million (US$36.5 million) to five demonstration phase projects for low-carbon hydrogen production. HyNet – low carbon hydrogen plant. Led by ITM Power Trading Ltd. Contract value: £3.12

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Hydrogen Carbon Production Wind 386

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 24, 2025

As ports around the world push forward on their decarbonization journeys, the final and perhaps most challenging frontier is decarbonizing the vessels themselvesnot only within the harbor but throughout their voyages.

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Water Hybrid Climate Change Energy Storage 118

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The Gigastack project, led by ITM Power, Ørsted, Phillips 66 Limited and Element Energy, will show how renewable hydrogen derived from offshore wind can support the UK’s 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emission target. from an offshore wind farm—the process of producing hydrogen from water (electrolysis) can be decarbonized.

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Wind Hydrogen Renewable Low Cost 379

CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 7, 2025

Canada stands at a crossroads in its energy future, and the path it chooses will define its economic resilience, environmental integrity, and quality of life for generations. As a Canadian who is involved in shaping Ireland’s 2050 energy roadmap through my work with Trifecta Ireland, I see an immense opportunity.

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Canada Economy Ireland Energy 113

CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Air pollution, global warming, and energy security are three of the biggest problems facing the world today. Each year, at least seven million people die from air pollution and hundreds of millions more become ill. About 90% of this pollution is from energy.

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Pollution Global Energy Coal 140

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2018

US electric power sector CO 2 emissions have declined 28% since 2005 because of slower electricity demand growth and changes in the mix of fuels used to generate electricity, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Source: US EIA, US Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions , 2017.

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2005 Emissions Powered Power 414

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Rolls-Royce is further developing its mtu gas engine portfolio for power generation and cogeneration to run on hydrogen as a fuel and thus enable a climate-neutral energy supply. Already today, gensets powered by mtu Series 500 and Series 4000 gas engines can be operated with a gas blending of 10% hydrogen.

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Hydrogen Powered Power Climate Protection 435

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2020

The Volvo Cars manufacturing plant in Chengdu, the company’s largest in China, is now powered by 100% renewable electricity, taking the company’s global renewable electricity mix in its manufacturing network to 80%. By 2040, Volvo Cars aims to be a climate-neutral company. Hydropower station dam in Chengdu.

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Volvo Renewable Powered Power 389

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2020

In addition to hydrogen, other potential renewable fuels are being studied for future applications, and Wärtsilä engines are already capable of combusting 100% synthetic carbon-neutral methane and methanol. The market for hydrogen-fueled power plants will emerge along with regulations restricting the burning of fossil fuels.

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Hydrogen Gas Engine Wind 468

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have created a composite that increases the electrical current capacity of copper wires, providing a new material that can be scaled for use in ultra-efficient, power-dense electric vehicle traction motors. Credit: Andy Sproles/ORNL. —Li et al.

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Motoring Motors Motor Powered 459