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Charging Ahead: Key Geographical Clusters For Electric Trucks

January 7, 2025 admin batteries, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, clean trucks, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, microgrids, Oil, renewable energy, Shipping, Solar energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:40:46 +0000

Key Takeaways: Focus on high-potential corridors with strong GDP, climate action, and low-carbon electricity Drill down to county-level data to align charging infrastructure with local needs Start with collaborative pilots and scalable microgrids to drive adoption When rolling out electric truck charging microgrids for depots and truck stops, a key … [continued]

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How Bird Flu, Big Ag, & The Climate Crisis Are Interrelated

January 7, 2025 admin Agriculture, Bird flu, centers for disease control and prevention, climate change, HEALTH, heather cox richardson

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:15:08 +0000

Remember how nearly five years ago, Covid-19 was declared a global pandemic? Now bird flu is on the short and serious watch list for health organizations. This is a national situation in the US that could have been avoided, or at least reduced, if the federal government had required Big … [continued]

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Sony/Honda Afeela 1 Now Available For Pre-Order

January 7, 2025 admin afeela 1, ces 2025, clean transport, Electric vehicles, honda, Sony, sony honda mobility

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:54:27 +0000

At CES 2025, Sony Honda Mobility announced that pre-orders for the Afeela 1 electric sedan are now open to California residents.

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How RV Manufacturers Can Build All-Electric Travel Trailers For Cheap

January 7, 2025 admin clean power, clean transport, Conservative, Electric vehicles, ev road trips, rv, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:17:41 +0000

The Fossil Status Quo Is Hard To Beat, But Worth Beating When it comes to camping, the preferred fuel for everything from refrigerators to lanterns has long been propane. After all, the stuff comes in a variety of sizes, from the small cylinders you’d hook up to a camping stove … [continued]

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Are XPENG & Volkswagen A Match Made In Heaven?

January 7, 2025 admin China, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, Volkswagen, volkswagen group, xpeng

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 04:56:47 +0000

XPENG and the Volkswagen Group have come together in a few big ways now to collaborate and help each other. It’s an interesting partnership, and one that keeps growing and evolving. The latest step they’ve taken together is a plan to build a much larger super-fast charging network together than … [continued]

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USA Can Recycle 90% of Wind Turbine Mass

January 7, 2025 admin clean power, recycling, us department of energy (doe), wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 04:50:50 +0000

Report suggests investing in strategies and innovations to process the remaining 10%, improving sustainability and supporting a circular economy. A new report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) outlines recommendations that could increase the recycling and reuse of decommissioned wind energy equipment and materials to create a more circular … [continued]

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U.S. Department of Energy Invests $45 Million to Support Regional Consortia Focused on Securing Domestic Critical Minerals and Materials

January 7, 2025 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 04:45:12 +0000

DOE announced $45 million in funding for six projects to create regional consortia to accelerate the development of critical mineral and materials supply chains including novel nonfuel carbon-based products from secondary and unconventional feedstocks. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced … [continued]

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Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Reviewers Needed!

January 7, 2025 admin clean hydrogen, green hydrogen, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, policy & politics, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 04:37:45 +0000

The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office is looking for a diverse pool of subject matter experts to review federal funding applications for clean hydrogen programs, and to review the merit of ongoing projects. The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office is looking for a diverse pool of subject matter … [continued]

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Three Interesting Ways To Leverage Railways For Solar Power

January 7, 2025 admin batteries, bifacial solar panels, clean power, clean transport, Energy Storage, Japan, perovskite, perovskite solar cells, solar cells, Solar energy, solar panels, sun-ways, trains / rail, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:55:46 +0000

Innovators are leveraging new technologies to install solar panels on sound barriers and other railroad infrastructure.

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EV Demand Management Aggregation Is Commercializing

January 7, 2025 admin batteries, Canada, clean transport, demand management, demand response, electric trucks, electric utility, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev charging, green economy, grid, investment, Smart Grid, usa, vehicle to grid

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 03:34:15 +0000

Four years ago, I published one of my first (absurdly arrogant) projection decades into the future, on three pathways for exploiting electric vehicle batteries for grid stability and cost efficiency. Today, it’s worth returning to it and seeing what’s happening in the space. The trigger for this was a conversation … [continued]

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