{"id":250713,"date":"2024-05-11T08:21:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T08:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/solar-powers-rapid-growth-graphs-tesla-cybertruck-review-ev-sales-up-top-cleantech-news-of-the-week\/"},"modified":"2024-05-11T08:21:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T08:21:15","slug":"solar-powers-rapid-growth-graphs-tesla-cybertruck-review-ev-sales-up-top-cleantech-news-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/solar-powers-rapid-growth-graphs-tesla-cybertruck-review-ev-sales-up-top-cleantech-news-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Power&#8217;s Rapid Growth (Graphs), Tesla Cybertruck Review, EV Sales Up \u2014 Top Cleantech News of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Friday is here! Unfortunately, the heat is rising fast here in Florida and it\u2019s hard to enjoy some of the outdoor activities we love while suffering in the extreme heat and thinking about how dangerously we are heating up the planet. Let\u2019s get a little relief by leafing through 18 of the best cleantech stories of the past week.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-331230\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n<strong><em>Chip in a few dollars a month to help support independent cleantech coverage that helps to accelerate the cleantech revolution!<\/em><\/strong>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s been some discussion about whether solar power is actually growing faster than anything in human history. One of our readers, Massey University Distinguished Professor Robert McLachlan, dives in and creates some original graphs to explore the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the growing size of homes and all of the growing tech (or in&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2024\/05\/10\/solar-powers-rapid-growth-graphs-tesla-cybertruck-review-ev-sales-up-top-cleantech-news-of-the-week\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at cleantechnica.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Friday is here! 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