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A Case for Small Hydro

December 7, 2024 admin clean power, Energy Storage, hydroelectric, pumped hydro storage, small hydro, small hydropower

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:58:06 +0000

Harnessing renewable energy is a crucial step in building sustainable communities, and as climate change accelerates, finding carbon-free energy sources that are affordable, reliable, and can handle changes in policy, extreme weather events, and rising demand is more important than ever. One often-overlooked solution? Our rivers. Small hydroelectric turbines (“Small … [continued]

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Hyundai IONIQ 5 Sales Soar 110% in USA!

December 7, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, hybrid electric cars, Hyundai, hyundai ioniq 5, hyundai ioniq 6, phev

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:57:20 +0000

The Hyundai IONIQ 5 started out a bit quietly when it hit the US market. I wasn’t particularly sold on it, liking the Kia EV6 a bit more. However, it has grown and grown on me, and would now be my #1 choice for a new electric car if I … [continued]

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Lessons For Europe & North America From Northvolt Collapse

December 6, 2024 admin batteries, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, Europe, ev batteries, green economy, green jobs, hydroelectric, investment, Manufacturing, northvolt, policy & politics, subsidies, Sweden, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:50:39 +0000

The European Union lost a few things in the past week. The least of them was a couple of billion euros of loans and grants. A big one was a new supply of fresh and shiny Europe-made batteries. The biggest was a belief that anything China could do, they could … [continued]

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BYD Sales Soaring, Tesla Demand Concerns, Japanese Auto Sales Crashing — Cleantech News Update

December 6, 2024 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, byd, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica videos, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Estonia, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, masdar, policy & politics, Solar energy, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:40:30 +0000

We’re looking to relaunch a regular, frequent cleantech news show on YouTube. It will improve as time goes on, more co-hosts and guests will be included, and we’re open to any feedback or requests. Overall, though, you have to start (or restart) somewhere, and this is where we’re starting again. … [continued]

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Jaguar Boldly Goes Where No Automaker Has Gone Before

December 6, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, jaguar, jaguar type 00

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 03:28:50 +0000

Jaguar has taken the wraps off its Type 00 concept car to decidedly mixed reviews. It is not a design one can be noncommittal about.

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Finnish GTK Risks Credibility By Publishing Bad Minerals Study In Peer-Reviewed House Journal

December 6, 2024 admin batteries, battery minerals, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, grid, hydroelectric, lithium-ion batteries, natural gas, Oil, policy research, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, research, SCIENCE, Shipping, Solar energy, trains / rail, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 03:02:17 +0000

A year ago I published an assessment of a quite remarkably bad, non-peer-reviewed paper by one of the Geological Survey of Finland’s (GTK) associate professors, Simon Michaux. The paper’s quite risible conclusions were that there wasn’t nearly enough metal in the ground to be able to electrify everything with renewables. … [continued]

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Extreme H Tests The Limits Of Fuel Cells, Green Hydrogen

December 6, 2024 admin alejandro agag, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy, extreme e, extreme h, formula e, fuel cells, green hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cells, motorsports, renewable energy, renewable hydrogen, sustainable hydrogen

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 23:50:02 +0000

Fuel cells provide the power for the new Pioneer 25 Extreme H race car, featured in a publicity event in Monaco earlier this week.

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Water Infrastructure, Disasters, Water Scarcity & Security, Potable Water, & Conflict — “We Love Our Children, Don’t We?”

December 6, 2024 admin asheville, climate change, hurricane helene, hurricanes, Water, water scarcity, water security, water shortages, water stress

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:50:21 +0000

Water-related disasters currently make up over 90% of all disasters on Earth, with record-breaking floods and droughts making headlines around the world. Over the past ten years, the number of fatalities from these catastrophes has doubled. Climate change, warming surface water temperatures, and more aggressive hurricanes making their way up … [continued]

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US Postal Workers Love Their New Electric Mail Trucks!

December 6, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean transport, electric cars, electric mail delivery vehicles, Electric vehicles, fleet electrification, inflation reduction act of 2022., mass transit / public transit, oshkosh defense, renewable energy, usa, usps

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:21:49 +0000

New electric mail trucks have been spotted in communities across the US. It’s been all smiles for carriers since the US Postal Service launched its new fleet of electric mail trucks. What’s new with the new USPS electric mail trucks? Nearly everything, as the design of the vehicles hasn’t had … [continued]

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