Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Utilities Intervene Against Craig 202(c) Order [ 31-Jan-26 4:58am ]This week Colorado utilities filed a request for reconsideration against the Trump administration's illegal coal orders following similar requests from public interest groups and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser. Tri-State Generation and Transmission and Platte River Power Authority's (PRPA) argue the federal government's intervention to keep the Craig 1 coal unit operating violates ... [continued]
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Electric Cars Jack Up Domestic Content — Thanks to Biden Policies [ 31-Jan-26 4:59am ]American Automobile Labeling Act reports show that the 2026 vehicle models with the biggest gains in domestic content — US and Canadian content, that is — are electric vehicle models. Experts indicate that is most likely due to policies put in place during the Biden presidency. Subsidies were implemented as ... [continued]
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Why a New US Fleet Payment "First" Is Routine in Europe & China [ 31-Jan-26 4:57am ]The announcement that WEX, a major US fleet card provider, can finally combine gasoline and public EV charging into one card, one account, and one invoice lands as a small milestone that only looks novel if the frame of reference is strictly American. For US fleet operators, this closes a ... [continued]
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Volkswagen Group China Starts Production of Its First Locally Developed Zonal Electronic Architecture [ 31-Jan-26 4:54am ]Volkswagen Group China started on-schedule production of the first vehicle built on its China Electronic Architecture (CEA), the Group's first zonal electronic architecture. Developed, tested and produced entirely in China, the VW ID. UNYX 07 is the tech trailblazer for a new generation of Intelligent Connected Vehicles (ICV). The CEA is ... [continued]
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Waymo Responds Regarding Child Hit By Robotaxi — Important Notes [ 31-Jan-26 4:53am ]A Waymo robotaxi in California hit a child, a 10-year-old girl, this week. That headline is, naturally, going to get people's blood boiling and fears soaring. But it's quite important to look at the details before jumping to conclusions. So, the young girl apparently ran into the road after being ... [continued]
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Clear Skies and Autonomous Waymo Rides at SFO [ 31-Jan-26 4:20am ]Time to fly! Starting yesterday, Bay Area travelers can catch their next flight at San Francisco International Airport via convenient and fully autonomous Waymo rides. We'll start by offering SFO access to a select number of riders and will gradually welcome all riders over the coming months. Initially, pickups and ... [continued]
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Hyundai Motor & Kia Unveil 'Vision Pulse,' Driver Safety Technology that Detects Beyond Obstacles [ 31-Jan-26 3:57am ]Vision Pulse leverages ultra-wide band (UWB) signals to detect precise object positions in real time and issue timely alerts, increasing driving safety UWB-based detection enables real-time accuracy of up to 10-centimeters within a 100-meter radius, even in visually obstructed environments Enables development of advanced driver assistance functions that maintain high ... [continued]
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The Chinese Renewable Energy Revolution Affects The Whole World [ 31-Jan-26 2:51am ]Renewable energy in China is surging, with follow on effects that impact the entire world community on the way to the future.
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The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Unevenly Distributed [ 31-Jan-26 2:12am ]Preparing to kick off the Burnaby Board of Trade's 2026 Clean Energy Summit next month felt like the right moment to take inventory. Burnaby sits inside a province where roughly 98% of electricity is already non emitting, hosts a dense cluster of clean energy companies, and also contains a noticeable ... [continued]
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Responses to Tesla Trade-in Article [ 31-Jan-26 1:56am ]A week ago, one of our writers who owns a Tesla Model 3 (like myself) wrote an article about potentially trading it in for a new Tesla. His article compared his 2019 Model 3 with a new Model Y and examined what would be better and what would be worse. ... [continued]
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Alberta's $900 Million Bet: How the Province Chose Fossil Risk Over Clean Energy Markets [ 30-Jan-26 7:32pm ]Alberta's January 2026 Order in Council authorizing expanded powers and funding for the province's petroleum marketing agency shouldn't exist, and if it had, it should have been a bill. Authorizing up to $900 million across borrowing, advances or investments by the Minister of Finance and provincial debt with broad powers ... [continued]
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Active Managed EV Charging Can Double EV Hosting Capacity [ 30-Jan-26 4:54pm ]Electric vehicles are 'batteries on wheels' and have capabilities beyond transportation. Because of the recent frigid weather and snow, someone mentioned the fact that a Ford Lightning can be used as backup power during an outage. Of course, it isn't only Lightnings that can provide such backup power. Potentially, any ... [continued]
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Rooftop Solar Panels By Subscription: Up To 50% Savings On Electricity Bills [ 30-Jan-26 4:10pm ]The US startup Terra Energy is expanding its subscription-based rooftop solar panel business in California, Florida, and Texas, the three hottest solar markets in the US.
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Well, things might be getting wild. When SolarCity was facing financial challenges, Tesla swallowed it up. Elon Musk was the Chairman of the Board at SolarCity, and his cousins were the cofounders, CEO, and CTO. The synergies were supposed to help both, but Tesla's solar business has declined a great ... [continued]
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In response to my article yesterday about Tesla's gradually declining net income, a reader pointed me in the direction of an interesting article from Fortune. Before I get to that and some additional thoughts that came out of that, it just hit me that I didn't take a good look ... [continued]
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Intersolar Africa 2026 to Position Nairobi as East Africa's Key Hub for Solar & Energy Storage [ 30-Jan-26 4:57am ]East Africa is emerging as one of the world's most dynamic regions for solar power and battery storage. On 3-4 February 2026, Intersolar Africa will take place at the Sarit Expo Centre in Nairobi, expanding from the successful Intersolar Summit Africa in 2025 into a full international exhibition and conference. ... [continued]
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Schneider Electric Recognized for Continued Sustainability Leadership Across Leading ESG Ratings in 2025 [ 30-Jan-26 4:56am ]Schneider Electric's performance across major global benchmarks reflects consistent progress on climate, social impact and governance Schneider Electric, a global energy technology leader, has once again been recognized by global environmental, social, and governance (ESG) organizations for the strength, consistency, and long-term credibility of its sustainability performance. Schneider Electric achieved ... [continued]
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Aspen Power Acquires New York Community Solar Projects [ 30-Jan-26 4:50am ]Two Upstate New York projects from CTEC Solar total nearly seven megawatts Aspen Power, a leading distributed generation platform building the clean energy future, today announced it has acquired the first two projects in an 18-megawatt direct current (MWdc) portfolio in upstate New York. The initial projects will cumulatively generate ... [continued]
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Intersolar & Energy Storage North America Unveils Interactive Programming to Enhance Education and Networking [ 30-Jan-26 4:45am ]Intersolar & Energy Storage North America, the premier U.S. tradeshow and conference series for solar, energy storage, EV infrastructure, and manufacturing, today announced onsite activities that enhance education, collaboration, and connection at its Flagship event on February 18-20 at the San Diego Convention Center. "As the industry navigates administrative headwinds ... [continued]
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Researchers Improve Sodium-Ion Batteries Almost 4× With Thin Layer Of Activated Carbon [ 30-Jan-26 3:35am ]Researchers are developing new materials to improve the performance of earth-abundant, sodium-ion batteries for stationary energy storage and EVs, too.
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Lynk & Co Launches "The New 08 Limit Less" Campaign and a New in‑Car App Designed to Encourage Electric‑First Driving [ 30-Jan-26 2:00am ]Gothenburg, Sweden — Lynk & Co launches its new dedicated marketing campaign: "The New 08. Limit Less", celebrating a milestone product for the European market. "The New 08. Limit Less" campaign reignites the conversation around the Lynk & Co 08 by spotlighting range as a driver of flow - uninterrupted, ... [continued]
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Gleiche Länge, unterschiedliche Logik: Chinas industrielle Wasserstoffpipeline im Vergleich zu Deutschlands Backbone [ 30-Jan-26 12:38am ]Der Vergleich zwischen Deutschlands Wasserstoff-Backbone von nirgendwo nach nirgendwo und Chinas angeblich über 1.000 km langer Wasserstoffpipeline taucht immer wieder auf und wird oft als Beleg dafür gerahmt, dass Deutschland lediglich früh dran sei und nicht falsch liege. Das ist eine berechtigte Frage, denn aus der Distanz wirken beide Projekte ... [continued]
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Insurance Gas Car Rental: Like a Time-Warp after Owning a Tesla Model 3 with FSD [ 29-Jan-26 10:11pm ]Note: I believe Donald Trump has done unthinkable damage to our country and to our relations with other countries. I was sadly disappointed when Elon Musk supported his run for reelection in spite of Trump getting in bed with fossil fuel companies. Musk's behavior as leader of the DOGE agency ... [continued]
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Tim Berners-Lee Created The Internet, Now He Wants To Fix It [ 29-Jan-26 8:40pm ]Tim Berners-Lee invented the internet while he was at CERN in 1989. Today, he is searching for ways to make it live up to his dream.
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GM Profit Sharing Takes a Hit & Some UAW Members Blame EVs [ 29-Jan-26 8:36pm ]Tesla's recent financial reporting has gotten a lot of attention this week. Its business continues to become less focused on EVs and its already limited lineup is shrinking. Overall, Tesla is not on a positive trajectory. Sales, revenue, and earnings are down, but it is still profitable. However, Tesla was ... [continued]
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Tesla will stop making the Model S and Model X in the second quarter of this year and begin production of Optimus robots instead.
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According to a new report from Paren, about 18,000 new fast EV chargers were installed in the US in 2025. "U.S. fast-charging networks expanded meaningfully in 2025, adding approximately 18,000 new DC fast-charging ports, a ~30% year-over-year increase. Deployment increasingly favored larger, higher-capacity stations, reflecting a continued shift toward sites ... [continued]
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A proposed orbital data center design consists of solar panels branching out from long columns that hold computing hardware.
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VinFast Introduces Battery Subscription Program in the Philippines [ 29-Jan-26 3:31pm ]This story updated on January 28 to add some details on the battery subscription as it applied in the Philippines. As electric vehicle adoption continues to gain momentum in Southeast Asia, VinFast Philippines is once again highlighting battery subscription as a central strategy for lowering the cost barrier to EV ... [continued]
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Gutterres Says It's Time To Switch To Clean Energy Goals [ 29-Jan-26 12:30pm ]United Nations secretary-general António Guterres' message was powerful on January 26, the International Day of Clean Energy. Rather than succumbing to the global powers' failure to meet goals to cap warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, he insists "we must pick up the pace" to a "just, orderly and equitable transition ... [continued]
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Forget Sensors, Tesla's AI Training Costs Are Soaring [ 29-Jan-26 4:58am ]One argument Elon Musk and Tesla fans have made for ages — for about a decade — is that the extra costs of sensors like lidar and radar for self-driving vehicles are not worth it, are illogical, and will be the death of a company like Waymo. Just use cameras ... [continued]
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Can Europe Go Electric & Remain Sovereign? [ 29-Jan-26 4:55am ]The Greenland crisis showed that if Europe shows spine, it can be strong. It must now apply that lesson to industrial policy, or suffer the consequences. By William Todts, Executive DirectorBrussels (EU), T&E "The strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must," wrote the Greek historian ... [continued]
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Trump's EPA Proposes to Reward States for Being Bad Neighbors [ 29-Jan-26 4:53am ]Washington, D.C. — Today, the Trump administration released yet another coal industry handout by proposing to undo the Environmental Protection Agency's previous disapproval of State Implementation Plans from states failing to meet their Clean Air Act obligations under the federal ozone air quality standard. Previously in 2023 the EPA had ... [continued]
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4 of the 5 Wind Power Projects Stopped by Trump in December Have Resumed Work [ 29-Jan-26 4:51am ]Court Allows Vineyard Wind Project to Continue Construction BOSTON — A judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has granted a preliminary injunction for yet another one of Donald Trump's freezes on offshore wind. Judge Brian Murphy ruled Wednesday that Vineyard Wind, a 13 megawatt wind project off the ... [continued]
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Groups Challenge Trump Administration's Illegal Craig Coal Plant Extension [ 29-Jan-26 4:50am ]Order required broken plant to stay online to address unproven emergency DENVER — Public interest organizations today challenged the Department of Energy's illegal emergency order extending the life of Unit 1 at Colorado's Craig Station. The groups include Sierra Club and Environmental Defense Fund, and Earthjustice on behalf of GreenLatinos, Vote Solar, ... [continued]
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Warum grüner Stahl — nicht grünes Eisen — Europas industrielle Zukunft bestimmt* [ 29-Jan-26 3:43am ]Die Idee einer europäischen Prämie für grünen Stahl hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren weitgehend etabliert. Sie beruht auf der Annahme, dass Europa seinen Stahlsektor im Inland dekarbonisieren kann, höhere Produktionskosten durch eine Mischung aus politischer Unterstützung und Zahlungsbereitschaft der Abnehmer auffängt und dabei seine industrielle Wettbewerbsfähigkeit bewahrt. Diese Annahme ... [continued]
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From Peak Load to Public Health: What Batteries Are Already Doing for Power Grids [ 29-Jan-26 3:18am ]Being invited to speak (virtually) at an upcoming hybrid Ottawa Lunch and Learn on peak grid load and battery energy storage provided an opportunity to extend several ongoing lines of analysis. This article is an extension of the brief remarks I will be making at that event, written to unpack ... [continued]
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Tesla's First Ever Annual Revenue Drop Is Not The Concerning Part [ 29-Jan-26 1:41am ]Tesla has now published its 4th quarter and full-year financial details and various updates on vehicle models, robots, factories, and its energy business. Steve Hanley is going to cover some of the vehicle and robot news, so I'm jumping into the finances. One of the big headline stories is that ... [continued]
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Europa baute Wasserstoffinfrastruktur statt des benötigten Stromnetzes* [ 28-Jan-26 11:30pm ]Die wichtigste politische Lehre aus dem 400 km langen europäischen Wasserstoff-Backbone-Abschnitt ohne Lieferanten und ohne Abnehmer, einer Pipeline von nirgendwo nach nirgendwo, über den ich kürzlich geschrieben habe, ist, dass Dekarbonisierung an Nachfrage-Realismus scheitert oder gelingt, nicht an technologischer Ambition. Europa wusste bereits Ende der 2000er-Jahre, dass eine tiefgreifende Elektrifizierung ... [continued]
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Caterham Project V: Electrification Of Fun [ 28-Jan-26 10:50pm ]In the past weeks, we have had a lot of serious coverage. The political landscape in the US has become discouraging, while the world realigns around us. Many of us could use a release from that seriousness. While the world order seemed to be unraveling last week, Caterham showed a ... [continued]
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Waabi Robotaxis, What? [ 28-Jan-26 10:03pm ]Just when you thought you knew all the robotaxi startups out there and the door was closing for any new entrants, here's another one! And it's coming in with a bang! Maybe some of you had spotted Waabi already, but I certainly hadn't. The news today, though, is this robotaxi ... [continued]
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Demand For Electric Vehicles From BMW & Mercedes Higher Than Expected [ 28-Jan-26 5:22pm ]Electric cars are enjoying a sales surge in Europe, outselling gas-powered cars for the first time in December of 2025.
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Solar-Powered Boat Travels Into France [ 28-Jan-26 5:18pm ]The last time I watched a True North solar-powered boat video, he was slowly moving on a journey of about 200 miles and on electricity from his boat's solar panels. He constructed his own boat with rooftop solar and an electric motor for propulsion, an Epropulsion 6 kW. There are ... [continued]
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Trump Fails, Again, To Stop US Offshore Wind Industry [ 28-Jan-26 5:16pm ]Wasting time and taxpayer money yet again, US President Trump has suffered yet another blow in his war against the domestic offshore wind industry. On January 27, a federal judge allowed work to resume on the massive, 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind project in Massachusetts, staying a stop-work order issued by the ... [continued]
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Transforming EVs & Charging Stations into Virtual Power Plants [ 28-Jan-26 3:19pm ]Nearly a decade ago, I gave a presentation at EVBox's rEVolution conference in Amsterdam. One of the other presenters at the even was the head of The Mobility House, founder and then-CEO Thomas Raffeiner. The company's focus: vehicle-to-grid technology. It was clear he and The Mobility House had been working ... [continued]
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Tesla Removed Autopilot. The Data Says Safety Wasn't Lost [ 28-Jan-26 4:59am ]Tesla's decision to remove Autopilot and Autosteer as standard features in North America initially struck me as a step backward for safety, a cash grab for the Full Self Driving monthly subscription and as such an attempt to boost TSLA stock price. That reaction was almost automatic. I've used and ... [continued]
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Here Comes Concentrating Solar Power To Decarbonize Industrial Heat [ 28-Jan-26 4:58am ]The US concentrating solar power startup GlassPoint has its sights set on ripe solar markets in the US Southwest as well as southern Europe, the Middle East, and South America.
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From Beta to Data: Marine Energy Analysis Tool Is Now Stable & Ready [ 28-Jan-26 4:51am ]Updated Tool Could Help Marine Energy Developers Save Time, Money, and Effort A team of national laboratory researchers recently released version 1.0 of the Marine Hydrokinetic Toolkit (MHKiT)—a free, publicly available software tool used to process, analyze, visualize, and standardize marine energy data. Marine energy—energy generated from ocean and river waves, currents, ... [continued]
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NLR & Blip Energy Collaborate on Smart Home Battery System [ 28-Jan-26 4:17am ]Drop-In Solution Benefits From Laboratory Expertise Through Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator To Cut Electric Bills and Strengthen Grid Reliability A smart home battery and energy management platform by Chicago startup Blip Energy is advancing through the 14th cohort of the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), launched in November 2024 and based ... [continued]
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NLR Advances Battery-Free Power for Remote Maritime Sensors and Navigation Aids [ 28-Jan-26 4:07am ]Compact Thermomagnetic Generator Delivers Continuous Electricity Using Natural Temperature Differences Between Ocean Water and Air The key to future technologies can sometimes be found in the past. What Ravi Kishore is working to perfect, for example, has its origins in the 19th century imaginations of Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison. ... [continued]
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