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$136+ Million to Develop Transformational Technologies across America’s Most Critical Industrial Subsectors

January 9, 2025 admin energy efficiency, green economy, Manufacturing, office of energy efficiency and renewable energy (eere), policy & politics, subsidies, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 04:30:56 +0000

Projects will drive industrial energy use and emissions down while increasing America’s manufacturing competitiveness in global markets. Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $136 million for 66 selected projects to support the research and development of transformational technologies essential for reducing energy demand and improving American productivity in … [continued]

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Automakers Hit with Big Fines for Not Selling Enough Electric Cars in UK? Conflicting Reports

January 9, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev mandates, hybrid electric cars, policy & politics, uk

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 03:03:36 +0000

Okay, I’m going to split this article into two parts. The first part is based on some mainstream auto industry reporting on the topic. The second part is going to add more context. UK Automakers vs. EV Sales Targets Automakers selling cars in the UK had to reach 22% EV … [continued]

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US Focus On Domestic EV Battery Supply Chain Pushing Tesla to Move Supplies from China to US

January 9, 2025 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, lithium-ion batteries, panasonic, panasonic batteries, tesla, tesla batteries

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 01:05:38 +0000

The most critical element of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was the broad effort to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US, and especially cleantech blue collar (or “green collar”) jobs in the fast growing EV, battery storage, and solar industries. We’ve never had such serious and impactful reshoring … [continued]

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Can Biden’s Ban On Federal Offshore Oil & Gas Drilling Withstand The Trump Administration?

January 9, 2025 admin Donald Trump, Joe Biden, oceana, offshore oil drilling, Oil, oil and gas exploration, policy & politics, Water

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 23:56:47 +0000

The Biden Administration took another big step this week in securing its environmental legacy. A new decree will protect the East Coast, the West Coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska’s Northern Bering Sea from offshore oil and natural gas drilling. With the inclusion of coastline areas from Washington … [continued]

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Avoiding Collateral Damage From Trump’s War On Wind, Small Wind Turbine Edition

January 9, 2025 admin clean power, Donald Trump, Energy, investors, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, pecos wind power, renewable energy, small wind, small wind power, small wind turbine, startups, us department of energy (doe), usa, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 23:55:56 +0000

The US small wind turbine industry is finally on track to hit mainstream agricultural and rural markets, after years of playing second fiddle to gigantic, utility-scale turbines.

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Trump Vows To Crush Booming US Wind Industry, Or Maybe Just Windmills

January 9, 2025 admin clean power, Donald Trump, Energy, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, onshore wind farms, policy & politics, renewable energy, us wind energy, us wind energy policy, us wind industry, usa, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 21:02:53 +0000

The modern US wind industry deploys many different kinds of wind turbines, none of which are anything like the windmills of olden days.

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Survey Shows Significant Differences in EV Life & Interests in China, Germany, & USA

January 9, 2025 admin autonomous vehicles, China, clean transport, consumer technology, deloitte, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev surveys, GERMANY, market research, research, smartphone apps, US

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 20:40:10 +0000

Looking through Deloitte’s 2025 Global Automotive Consumer Study more closely today, some things jumped out at me on differences between the Chinese, German, and US EV markets. We already covered the obvious one from China being a more mature EV market — many more people plan to buy a BEV … [continued]

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Kia Is Electrifying This Australian Open

January 9, 2025 admin australia open, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, hybrid electric cars, Kia, kia ev3, kia ev5, kia ev6, kia ev9

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:08:40 +0000

Australia’s EV market is coming alive, and the big sponsor of the biggest tennis event in the country is ready to help that along. Kia is the longest running main partner at the Australian Open (in other words, its biggest sponsor), and this year it is planning to electrify the … [continued]

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Tesla Supercharging Amenities Really Need to Be Better — Great Example

January 8, 2025 admin clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reviews, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev road trips, nacs, tesla, tesla superchargers, tesla supercharging

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:57:38 +0000

Also: You Can’t Rely on NACS Superchargers for Cross-Country Travel in Compatible Non-Tesla EVs If you live in northern Wisconsin, you see the “massive” brand-new Quick Trip gas stations/convenience stores everywhere. They are places where you can buy a soft drink, a gallon of milk, and/or a hot meal etc., … [continued]

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EVs Take 40.0% Share In The UK — ZEV Credits Changing Hands

January 8, 2025 admin Audi, audi q4 e-tron, BMW, clean transport, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, end of oil, Europe, europe ev sales, ev market share, ev sales, ev transition, hybrid electric cars, market research, mercedes, new automotive, phev, research, smmt, tesla, tesla model 3, tesla model y, uk, uk ev market share, uk ev sales, uk ev transition, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:44:45 +0000

December’s auto market saw plugin EVs take 40.0% share in the UK, up from 28.7% year on year. BEVs grew strongly to meet the 2024 ZEV mandate before the year closed out. Overall auto volume was 140,786 units, flat YoY and well below pre-2020 norms. The UK’s leading BEV brand … [continued]

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