Disseminated on behalf of SolarBank Corporation. The U.S. energy system is changing fast. In 2025, the country is expected to add about 97 gigawatts (GW) of new electricity capacity. Most of this growth will come from solar power and energy storage, showing strong momentum for clean energy, even as fossil fuels remain part of the […]
Climeworks, a Swiss company known for its carbon removal technology, announced a major partnership with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), one of the world’s largest shipping companies. This is Climeworks’ first collaboration with a shipping company and its first agreement with a Japanese partner. As part of the deal, Climeworks will remove 13,400 tons of carbon […]
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, kicked off 2025 with a solid earnings report. Despite global economic concerns and trade tensions, the company beat analyst expectations across the board. Its core businesses—Search, YouTube, and Cloud continued to grow, showing strong momentum and revenue. However, with a massive upgrade in AI infrastructure, emissions have risen. Can Google still […]
The world is rapidly shifting to clean energy, and this is changing how we power our lives. Technologies like solar panels, wind turbines, and electric vehicles (EVs) need a lot more minerals than traditional fossil fuel systems. For example, EVs use six times more minerals than regular cars. Onshore wind farms need nine times more […]
Paladin Energy saw a 17% jump in uranium production in the March 2025 quarter, which sent its stock price up. The company produced 745,484 pounds of uranium oxide (U3O8) at its Langer Heinrich Mine in Namibia. It’s the highest amount since the mine restarted last year in March. The company is supplying safe and steady […]
China made big progress in clean energy during the first three months of 2025. The country produced 951 terawatt hours (TWh) of clean electricity between January and March. That’s 19% more than during the same period in 2024, according to energy think tank Ember. Clean energy now makes up 39% of all electricity in China, […]
The U.S. government has imposed steep tariffs on solar panels and cells imported from four Southeast Asian countries: Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand. These new duties come from a yearlong investigation by the U.S. Department of Commerce. It found that solar manufacturers in these countries unfairly benefited from government subsidies. They sold their products for […]
Google has made a major step forward in its clean energy journey by signing its first offshore wind power purchase agreement (PPA) in the Asia-Pacific region. The deal is with the Fengmiao I offshore wind project in Taiwan, being developed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). It is a milestone for both Google and the Taiwanese […]
Tesla kicked off 2025 with major operational wins, but its financial performance didn’t quite match up. In the first quarter, the electric vehicle giant pulled off an industry first: it updated Model Y production lines simultaneously at all four of its global factories. Despite the bold manufacturing feat, the company saw profits tumble, revenue shrink, […]