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Dwindling List Of EVTOL Firms Shrinks Further

January 29, 2025 admin airbus, Aviation, Boeing, China, clean transport, climate change, ehang, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, evtol, faa, green economy, investment, Manufacturing

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 04:18:48 +0000

The inevitable is occurring in the dead end space of Jetsons urban air mobility fantasies. Two more origami rotorcraft have left the vertiport for the great airplane graveyard in the sky as Volocopter disappears and Airbus drops its program. Volocopter was founded in 2011 in Bruchsal, Germany. Initially named e-Volo, … [continued]

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25% of New Car Sales in China Were 100% Electric in 2024!

January 29, 2025 admin byd, byd sales, China, china ev sales, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, hybrid electric cars, market research, phev, research, tesla, tesla sales

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 03:53:07 +0000

Plugin vehicles in China once again ended the year with a record month, growing by 46% year over year (YoY) in the last month of the year to a record 1,379,000 units. Full electrics (BEVs) were responsible for 55% of the plugin market in December, 8% below the result of … [continued]

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Dumb Donald Savages Low Carbon Construction Initiatives

January 29, 2025 admin buy clean program, cement, clean steel, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., low carbon cement, policy & politics, steel, Trump

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:53:59 +0000

The new maladministration is taking bold steps to make America irrelevant again, cheered on by the worst and dumbest In society.

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Enphase Announces New Residential Battery For Europe

January 29, 2025 admin batteries, consumer technology, Energy Storage, enphase, Europe, home energy management, INTERVIEWS

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:00:59 +0000

With all the exaggerated reactions in the news media to the United States beginning a new phase of executive government leadership, some of the good sustainability news might be getting lost in the melee. The human part of the world has 195 nations, and they are not all pulling out … [continued]

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Regulatory Challenges Continue To Hound Offshore Wind Growth In The Philippines

January 29, 2025 admin clean power, offshore wind energy, Philippines, wind energy

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:45:58 +0000

Offshore wind energy is painfully slow in development in the Philippines. As of December 2024, the Philippine Department of Energy had approved 92 offshore wind energy service contracts with a combined potential capacity of more than 65 GW. As of January 2025, only 5 of those projects have moved on … [continued]

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The Idiocy Of US E-Bike Regulations, Proven By One Brown Wire

January 28, 2025 admin bicycles, clean transport, electric bikes, micromobility, usa

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:25:25 +0000

While I really like my e-bikes, they have one big problem: steep inclines. With my asthma and not great shape I’m in, I can’t always make it up the steepest hills. And 500-750 watts of assist? That’s not going to help much on steep inclines. This keeps e-bikes limited to … [continued]

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Volkswagen Considering A Joint Venture With A Chinese Manufacturer — In Germany!

January 28, 2025 admin China, clean transport, Electric vehicles, GERMANY, green economy, plug-in hybrid, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:05:23 +0000

German media claims Volkswagen may be negotiating with a Chinese company about a joint venture in Germany.

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AI Electricity Demand Spike Already Drooping Due To Innovation

January 28, 2025 admin AI, carbon emissions, chatgpt, China, clean power, climate change, energy efficiency, green economy, grid, investment, nvidia, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:45:21 +0000

At present we’re in another wave of hysteria regarding data center energy demands, this time focused on concerns related to AI. It was all over Davos, for example. Many decarbonization folks, although not me, are deeply concerned about the electricity demands of the various large language models and generative AI … [continued]

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“Mystery” Cold Climate Heat Pump To Be Unveiled Soon

January 28, 2025 admin air source heat pumps, buildings, cold climate heat pumps, consumer technology, electric heat pumps, Energy, energy efficiency, energy efficient appliances, energy efficient building, green economy, heat pumps, home energy management, inflation reduction act of 2022., Manufacturing, us department of energy (doe), worksport

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:25:47 +0000

A new generation of high performance, energy efficient cold climate heat pumps is coming to the US home appliance market, Trump or no Trump.

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Canada Might Prove That Fossil Fuels Are NOT A Geopolitical Strength

January 28, 2025 admin Canada, Fossil Fuels, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:05:38 +0000

In most schoolyards, there are a few bullies. Later in life, it’s easy to see that these kids suffer from severe insecurities, often stemming from problems at home. To compensate for this insecurity, bullies try to project an image of strength by bossing other kids around and even getting physically … [continued]

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