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Geothermal Research Funding Opportunity in USA

January 3, 2025 admin clean power, geothermal energy, policy & politics, subsidies, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 04:52:15 +0000

The DOE’s SBIR and STTR programs have announced funding for FY25 Phase I Release 2 projects focused on geothermal heating, cooling, and enhanced geothermal systems. On December 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs released the FY25 Phase I … [continued]

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Fossil Fuel Interests Ramp Up Their “Solar Makes Electricity More Expensive” Falsehood

January 3, 2025 admin clean power, ercot, mark z. jacobson, policy & politics, research, Solar energy, solar prices, texas, wind energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 04:25:34 +0000

Two news stories recently claim solar power makes the cost of electricity increase. It their any truth to those claims?

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Equinor Shields Self Against Trump Offshore Wind Threat, Nails $3 Billion For New Wind Hub In Brooklyn

January 3, 2025 admin clean power, Donald Trump, Energy, equinor, green economy, New Jersey, new jersey offshore wind, New York, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, policy & politics, renewable energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 03:59:02 +0000

Equinor has taken steps to ensure that work continues on its new offshore wind hub in Brooklyn, regardless of uncertainty posed by the incoming Trump administration.

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The Musk–Trump Effect Weakens As Tough Competition Softens Tesla’s 2024 Annual Sales

January 3, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, ev sales, green economy, investment, tesla

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 03:15:09 +0000

As I logged in to write this morning, Tesla stock was down nearly 5%. It seemed at that early hour as if the Musk–Trump honeymoon was over, and the numbers piling in since that dawn hour have reinforced my original speculation. Tesla’s press release today embraced a feel-good focus as … [continued]

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NIO & XPENG Sales Trends Across 5 Years — Charts!

January 3, 2025 admin clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, nio, nio sales, xpeng, xpeng sales

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 02:01:53 +0000

I covered XPENG’s and NIO’s great December, 4th quarter, and overall 2024 sales results yesterday. It was an excellent year for these two pure EV Chinese startups, and especially an excellent end of year for them. Now, I want to dive into their long-term sales trends. Note: I imagine neither … [continued]

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BYD Bus & Commercial Vehicle Sales Explode — Charts

January 3, 2025 admin byd, byd electric buses, byd electric trucks, byd sales, clean transport, electric buses, electric heavy-duty trucks, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, ev sales, mass transit / public transit

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 23:37:13 +0000

I just wrote about BYD’s 2024 passenger vehicle sales and highlighted trends going back two years via various charts. However, BYD also produces large commercial electric vehicles — electric buses, heavy-duty electric trucks, and more. For two reasons, I decided to split out commercial electric vehicles into this separate article. … [continued]

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Rebirth of the PHEV? What Do BYD’s and Tesla’s 2024 Vehicle Sales Tell Us?

January 2, 2025 admin byd, byd sales, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, tesla, tesla sales

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 23:10:29 +0000

The world’s top two electric vehicle companies, BYD and Tesla, just released their latest annual sales figures, and they make some really interesting reading. Tesla leads the way in terms of battery electric vehicle sales, but it’s getting quite tight, as BYD is now creeping up and getting close to … [continued]

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BYD Car Sales Rose 60% in December, 41% in 2024

January 2, 2025 admin byd, byd sales, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, hybrid electric cars, market research, phev, research

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 21:50:30 +0000

BYD’s huge growth in 2024, as I wrote just two days ago, was one of the stories of the year. Now we have BYD’s December and full-year 2024 sales in, and they’re good. In December, BYD’s plugin vehicle sales were up 60%! Across the full year, they were up 41.3%. … [continued]

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Redefining Energy 2025 Predictions: Transportation, Energy, Electricity, & Investments

January 2, 2025 admin batteries, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Media, Oil, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 21:41:33 +0000

For years, Laurent Segalen and Gerard Reid have had an annual predictions episode, where they rank the previous year’s predictions and make new ones. Last year I joined them and made a couple of predictions of my own, and now the annual episode is out. Here it is with a … [continued]

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