May 2026

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Volkswagen is the leading electric vehicle seller in Europe. It may not be at the level of BYD or Tesla globally, but it is one of the top automakers in…

At Liebherr’s mining equipment proving grounds in Virginia, near its Newport News manufacturing site, a major milestone was recently reached when a Liebherr T 264 240 t class mining truck was successfully integrated with the Fortescue…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. When US President Donald Trump introduced his fossil-friendly energy policy last year, wind and solar were the only resources to get the short end of the…

On May 13, underground in NFCA’s Chambishi copper mine in Zambia’s Copperbelt, a mining TBM officially began operations with the slow start of cutterhead rotation. The TBM was developed by China Railway Construction Heavy…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The US state of California is the fourth-largest economy in the world, and it holds 200 gigawatts of offshore wind potential in its hands. While US President…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. There’s vast divergence of opinion on how useful AI systems, particularly LLMs (Large Language Models), are for our society. Some claim they bring us a…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. We’ve got a disaster underway in the Middle East following the US and Israel bombing Iran. The Straight of Hormuz remains blocked, and the global oil…

In Bitcoin news today, a bipartisan group of 16 US lawmakers introduced the American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026, the ARMA Bill, proposing that the federal government actively accumulate up to 1 million Bitcoin over five years and…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Tilting at windmills is an English language idiom that means “attacking imaginary enemies.” It’s a famous line from the book Don Quixote. I recently caught…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. How many news articles do you go to now that are behind a paywall? This is the era of media we’re in — news sites need subscribers. There are sites, like The…