BeyondKONA: Technology
New cleantech and other disrupting technologies that incorporate advances in the electrification of transportation, economically capturing the sun’s power, empowering power consumers to be clean power producers and partners through hardware, software, and communications advances that are now available to address Hawaii’s most pressing economic and environmental challenges.
Technology is also advancing at an exponential rate, presenting new opportunities to address inefficiencies and cost challenges to sustainable economic growth.
- Alaska Tidal Energy: New Study Shows Alaska’s Cook Inlet Could Power 70,000 Homesby US Department of Energy on May 6, 2024 at 12:36 pm
Much of Alaska is empty—of humans, at least. Vast tundra and forest separate cities and villages, dividing the state into more than 150 isolated power grids. […]
- CEQ Codifies Solar Permitting Reforms, Creating a Win-Win for Clean Energy & the Environmentby Press Release on May 6, 2024 at 6:32 am
[Last week], the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released final rules making important amendments to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and […]
- Tesla Writes Off-Roading For Dummies Book For Cybertruck Ownersby Jennifer Sensiba on May 6, 2024 at 6:30 am
A few weeks ago, some new Cybertruck owners who had no truck experience managed to make fools of themselves. While there are experienced off-road drivers who […]
- Truck Manufacturers A More Carbon Intensive Investment Than Oil, Steel Or Cars — Studyby Transport & Environment (T&E) on May 6, 2024 at 4:44 am
Investors ‘in for a shock’ as scope 3 disclosure requirements kick in next year with truckmaker emissions 50% higher than what they report to investors. […]
- Updated Home Energy Efficiency Standards Could Affect 1 in 4 Homesby RMI on May 6, 2024 at 3:33 am
Updated efficiency standards from HUD and USDA will lower bills and make homes safer. Here’s how. On April 25, the US Departments of Housing and Urban […]
- How Artificial Intelligence Can Transform US Energy Infrastructureby US Department of Energy on May 6, 2024 at 3:27 am
Groundbreaking report provides ambitious framework for accelerating clean energy deployment while minimizing risks and costs in the face of climate change One […]
- EVs At 24.3% Share In France — BEVs Grow Volume 45% YoYby Dr. Maximilian Holland on May 5, 2024 at 10:16 pm
The auto market saw plugin EVs at 24.3% share in France in April 2024, growing from 21.1% year on year. Full electric volume was up by a strong 45% YoY, while […]
- Ramping Up Distributed Renewables Could Help Solve Perennial Load-Shedding Issues In Southern Africaby Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai on May 5, 2024 at 5:35 pm
The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) is the most active power pool in Africa. It is made up of 12 countries and home to 360 million people. The total […]
- Long Duration Energy Storage From Thin Air: Just Add Waterby Tina Casey on May 5, 2024 at 5:16 pm
New long duration, large scale compressed air energy storage system leverages simple water pressure to cut costs. The post Long Duration Energy Storage From […]
- Making More Batteries With Fewer Materialsby US Department of Energy on May 5, 2024 at 3:02 pm
An Argonne partnership with a Minnesota mining company is taking waste from one battery production process and using it in another. Researchers investigate how […]
- Zero-Emission Zones Are Helping Some Cities Fight Pollutionby World Resources Institute on May 5, 2024 at 2:52 pm
With growing urban populations and increases in cars, trucks and buses, cities are poised to experience more harmful pollution threatening people’s health […]
- Electrify America Turns Back To Growthby Jennifer Sensiba on May 5, 2024 at 1:18 pm
A few years ago, Electrify America announced a “Boost Plan” that aims to more than double the number of stations and chargers by the end of 2025. Serious […]
- Impervious Surfaces Lose Appeal, Depaving Movement Gains Momentumby Carolyn Fortuna on May 5, 2024 at 1:16 pm
Urban pavements, which help to maintain clean and secure streets, generate large amounts of runoff that aggravate flooding and degrade the quality of surface […]
- Is NACS As A Standard In Peril? Probably Not.by Jennifer Sensiba on May 5, 2024 at 6:54 am
A few days ago, Tesla shocked the charging world when Elon decided to fire the whole Supercharger development team. These weren’t the people who maintain […]
- US EV Sales Up 170% in 1st Quarter vs. 1st Quarter of 2021by Zachary Shahan on May 5, 2024 at 3:58 am
One of the hottest topics of the year in the auto industry has been hype about EV sales drooping, or at least not living up to expectations. How much substance […]
- Tesla Still Sells More EVs In USA Than Ford, Chevrolet, Hyundai, Kia, Audi, BMW, Chevrolet, & Toyota Combinedby Zachary Shahan on May 5, 2024 at 3:57 am
Actually, wait, Tesla still sells more electric cars in the USA than every other automaker combined. The company accounted for 55% of US EV sales in the first […]
- Hydrostor Plans Two Large Compressed Air Storage Facilities, One In Australia And One In Californiaby Steve Hanley on May 4, 2024 at 9:37 pm
Hydristor in Toronto is proposing two long term energy storage facilities that use compressed air ajd stored heat to power turbines. The post Hydrostor Plans […]
- I’m Using Just 20% of My Tesla Model 3 SR+ Batteryby Zachary Shahan on May 4, 2024 at 6:17 pm
Many people feel a need for long-range batteries when they buy electric vehicles, and that actually goes for new buyers as well as repeat buyers. I have to […]
- EVs Take 91.0% Share In Norway — Volvo EX30 Grabs Top Spotby Dr. Maximilian Holland on May 4, 2024 at 4:39 pm
The auto market saw plugin EVs take 91.0% share in Norway in April, roughly flat from 91.1% year on year. BEVs alone took 89.4% share, up from 83.3% YoY. […]
- Tyson Foods Is Dumping Millions Of Pounds Of Pollutants Into American Waterwaysby Steve Hanley on May 4, 2024 at 1:42 pm
The Union of Concerned Scientists reports that Tyson Foods has dumped millions of pounds of toxins into America waterways. The post Tyson Foods Is Dumping […]
- Can A Nudge Help Consumers To Choose Foods That Reduce Environmental Harm?by Carolyn Fortuna on May 4, 2024 at 1:39 pm
Everyday we make choices. We know in our hearts what is the best of all possible choices, but we sometimes hesitate due to lack of willpower, long-held habits, […]
- Tesla Cars Should Have V2L Capabilityby Guest Contributor on May 4, 2024 at 3:57 am
I was interested to read in CleanTechnica (regarding Tesla layoffs and slowing demand) that Tesla sales have slowed in the USA in recent months, although they […]
- NIO & XPENG Smart EV Sales Jump in 2024by Zachary Shahan on May 4, 2024 at 3:53 am
There has been a lot of hype in recent months about EV sales growth slowing. As we’ve discussed here on CleanTechnica, the story actually varies […]
- Car Fires by Vehicle Type (meme)by Scott Cooney on May 4, 2024 at 3:50 am
We’ve all heard it — OMG, EVs/lithium fire danger is SO REAL. Is it, though? If you believe the memes you get from “friends” who try to deter you from […]
- Popular NREL Cell Efficiency Chart Now Better Presents Tandem Photovoltaicsby US Department of Energy on May 4, 2024 at 12:23 am
NREL Photovoltaics Researchers Create a New Version of the Iconic Chart That Tracks World-Record PV Cells Across Many Technologies and Time The Best […]
- IRS Guidance On Electric Drive Incentives Will Provide Clarity For The Stakeholders Throughout The Value Chainby Press Release on May 4, 2024 at 12:18 am
WASHINGTON — Following the IRS release of guidance on Section 30D and 25E incentives, Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) President Genevieve […]
- U.S. Department of the Treasury Releases Final Rules to Lower Consumer Costs, Continue U.S. Manufacturing Boom in Batteries & Clean Vehicles, Strengthen Energy Securityby Guest Contributor on May 3, 2024 at 11:46 pm
WASHINGTON — Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final rules on the clean vehicle provisions of the […]
- U.S. DOE Releases Final Interpretive Guidance on the Definition of Foreign Entity of Concernby US Department of Energy on May 3, 2024 at 11:38 pm
Final Guidance Provides Clarity on Terms that Restrict FEOCs from Clean Vehicle Tax Credits and Support Growth of Domestic Battery Materials Processing and […]
- EVs Take 56.9% Share In Sweden — Volvo EX30 Is The Top BEVby Dr. Maximilian Holland on May 3, 2024 at 5:30 pm
April saw plugin EVs take a 56.9% share in Sweden, up modestly YoY from 55.7%. The BEV share fell slightly YoY, while PHEV share climbed higher. Overall auto […]
- Elegant Wind Turbine Blades Made Of Wood Can Outperform Compositesby Tina Casey on May 3, 2024 at 5:17 pm
Wooden wind turbine blades can outperform conventional composites while reducing costs and improving recycling rates. The post Elegant Wind Turbine Blades Made […]
- SEIA: Landmarks in the History of Solar Energy in USAby Guest Contributor on May 3, 2024 at 3:57 pm
The history of solar energy is an American success story. Since the creation of the first silicon solar cell 70 years ago, solar leaders have been innovating, […]
- Kia EV Sales Soar To New Monthly Sales Record In USA — But Still So Far To Goby Zachary Shahan on May 3, 2024 at 3:25 pm
Kia has some great electric vehicle news. It just reached a new monthly EV sales record for itself in the United States. In fact, the company’s US EV sales […]
- Charging At Home & On The Road: How To Get Electrons Into Your EVby Naomi Cole & Joe Wachunas on May 3, 2024 at 3:23 pm
Once you’re ready to drive electric (we hope we helped convince you in our last post), you’ll have to determine how and where to charge your new electric […]
- New Sodium-Ion Battery Could Charge An Electric Vehicle In Seconds, Not Minutesby Tina Casey on May 3, 2024 at 3:10 pm
The electric vehicle revolution has barely gotten under way, and already the goalposts for EV charging times are moving on to the next phase. The post New […]
- Fossil Fuel Companies Build Structures To Hide Methane Flaring From Satellitesby Steve Hanley on May 3, 2024 at 2:55 pm
Fossil fuel companies are building enclosed structures that hide the flaring of methane gas from satellites. The post Fossil Fuel Companies Build Structures […]
- Want To Sell More Electric Vehicles? Let The Salespeople Drive Them — Literallyby Carolyn Fortuna on May 3, 2024 at 12:53 pm
Many automotive dealerships, which sell the majority of new vehicles, are not prepared for the electric transition. Auto salespeople as a general rule seem not […]
- More Than $26 Million to 37 State, Local, & Tribal Governments to Support Clean Energy Projectsby US Department of Energy on May 3, 2024 at 3:59 am
President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Helping Upgrade Public Infrastructure in Communities Across the Country to Deploy Even More Cleaner, Cheaper […]
- Two EVs For The Price Of One!by David Waterworth on May 3, 2024 at 3:50 am
Recently at a Coffee, Cake and EVs morning, a friend told me how he had just bought a Great Wall ORA Cat for only AU$30,000! That’s cheaper than a petrol […]
- Electricity From Carbon Dioxideby David Waterworth on May 3, 2024 at 2:43 am
When I first read about the work of the University of Queensland research team claiming to create electricity from CO2, my initial thought was that this was a […]
- Light, Flexible, Efficient Perovskite-Based Tandem Solar Cellsby Guest Contributor on May 3, 2024 at 12:55 am
All-perovskite tandem solar cells could soon pick up where silicon solar cells reach their limits. These highly efficient, lightweight, and flexible cells have […]
- Disneyland Refreshing Autopia Around Electric Vehiclesby Zachary Shahan on May 2, 2024 at 11:54 pm
Did I know there was an Autopia at Disneyland? No, I did not. But I’m very happy to hear that Disney is now refreshing it in order to center it around […]
- EV Sales Continue To Increase In Norwayby Steve Hanley on May 2, 2024 at 9:45 pm
Norway may have eliminated most of its major EV incentives, but sales of electric cars continue to climb higher anyway. The post EV Sales Continue To Increase […]
- RYTLE’s MovR3 E-Cargo Bike Has An Onboard Pallet Lift For Quick Loading & Unloadingby Derek Markham on May 2, 2024 at 7:59 pm
The MovR3 electric cargo bike from Germany’s RYTLE incorporates a feature that enables the driver to quickly swap out an empty cargo box for a full one, […]
- U.S. Department Of Energy’s Faculty-Applied Clean Energy Sciences Program Announces First-Ever Cohortby US Department of Energy on May 2, 2024 at 7:37 pm
Minority-Serving Institutions’ Faculty Play a Pivotal Role in Advancing STEM Education WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced […]
- Tesla, Saturn, & The Conundrum Of The Cultby Steve Hanley on May 2, 2024 at 3:56 pm
Tesla may careening toward a bad ending as Elon Musk continues to lead through chaos rather than effective management. The post Tesla, Saturn, & The […]