March 2026

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. At a time when various automakers are struggling to meet their EV sales targets (including EV giant Tesla itself, which just can’t find a way to return to…

Vitalik Buterin, the founder of the world’s most active blockchain, has admitted that Ethereum hasn’t meaningfully improved the lives of ordinary people. Not yet, at least. This is a surprising confession. While it might seem like a crisis…

The electrification of surface mining calls for smart power management which in turn means that we must understand how electric surface drill rigs behave when connected to the electrical grid. While this transition is a must, it does face…

Rio Tinto and the Western Australian Government have entered into a 50:50 joint venture to complete both Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Dampier Seawater Desalination Plant. Once fully operational, the plant will deliver 8 GL of desalinated…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The furor over the claims made by Donut Lab for its “solid state/not so solid state” battery continues unabated. This week, it released new testing data for…

Austmine and AusIMM, together with global mining innovation hub partners Expande (Chile), the Peru Mining Innovation Hub, and the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI, Canada) along with Colab Partner Baker Hughes, have launched…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The US/Israel war against Iran is upending energy and financial markets. The escalating attacks have reignited a longstanding debate: Is the combination of…

Global miner Rio Tinto and battery technology giant CATL have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of a partnership within which the two sides will focus on electrification strategy development and innovation, supply…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Speculation that the Donut Lab battery is not real are diminishing as independent lab data shows 100° Celsius performance. Speculation that the battery may…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Zachary Shahan’s review of the Bluetti Elite 400 battery made me smile, I have to admit. Let me explain. Perhaps you might smile as well. I have been…