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IN² At 10 Years: How It Started, How It’s Going, What’s Next, & Beyond

April 30, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean power, green economy, investment, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 11:00:43 +0000

For its 10th anniversary, the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) is expanding in a major way. “We are moving along with the rest of the market—which is all about deployment,” current IN2 Program Manager Sarah Derdowski said. “One of the hardest challenges in the cleantech industry is overcoming that last ‘valley of … [continued]

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Help Me With A Special Project To Prove That EVs Have What It Takes, Get Sales Back On Track

April 30, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev road trips, national parks

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 05:51:05 +0000

( TL;DR: I’m working on a special project to visit every national park and prove that EVs are good enough for road trips, even if you’re not wealthy. You can donate to the effort here.) The Problem While U.S. EV sales aren’t cratering the way some media outlets and personalities … [continued]

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Solar & Storage Industry Commends Treasury Dept. for Finalizing Tax Credit Transferability Rule

April 30, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean power, press releases, seia, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia)

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:59:02 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued new guidance on Section 6418 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that allows clean energy tax credits to be monetized by directly transferring the credit to a taxpaying entity. Following is a statement from Ben Norris, vice president … [continued]

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Final Thoughts On Kia’s EV9

April 30, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica reviews, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev reviews, Kia, kia ev9

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 01:27:48 +0000

About a week ago, Kia dropped something pretty special in my driveway: an EV9 GT-Line! I have to admit that I was a little skeptical at first, but I also remembered being pretty impressed with a Sorento Hybrid I reviewed in 2021. So, the big question was this: would Kia … [continued]

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Behind the Blades: How Cris Hein Helps Bats & Wind Turbines Share the Sky

April 30, 2024 admin 0 Comments bats, Birds, clean power, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, wind energy, wind energy bats, wind turbines, wind turbines birds

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 23:37:20 +0000

Like most everyone, Cris Hein thought all bats were vampire bats. That was 25 years ago, before NREL’s lead environmental scientist began researching the world’s only flying mammal. Hein always appreciated wildlife. Growing up in the suburbs of Houston, Texas, he liked camping during family vacations and always enjoyed nature … [continued]

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With Great Power Comes Great Possibility

April 30, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean power, electricity transmission, energy efficiency, lighting, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, SCIENCE, steel, transmission, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 23:23:44 +0000

Meet Three Teams Competing To Build Better Power Lines and Conductors To Supercharge Our Clean Energy Future Power lines—those high-flying cables that transmit electricity all over the country—are far from invisible. They sweep along roads, cut through yards to deliver energy to homes, and transmit power from sunny solar farms … [continued]

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The National Virtual Climate Laboratory is Your Guide to Climate Science

April 30, 2024 admin 0 Comments climate change, climate science, research, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 21:33:13 +0000

Thunderstorms in the American Midwest. Tiny particles in the cloud cover of the Amazon rainforest. Heat waves in Baltimore. What do these very different places have in common? They’re all areas where the Department of Energy Office of Science Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program is supporting climate research. You … [continued]

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This Semi-Enclosed Electric Trike Could Make Commuting A Lot More Fun

April 30, 2024 admin 0 Comments bicycles, clean transport, electric bikes, electric trikes, Electric vehicles, envo, velomobile

Credit to Author: Derek Markham| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:50:49 +0000

This electric trike is small enough to fit in bike lanes and bike paths, has an enclosure that offers some protection from the weather, and includes a variety of car-like features such as headlights and tail lights, turn signals, mirrors, and even a roll bar and a windshield with a … [continued]

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Offshore Wind Industry Saved By Lighter Floating Platforms

April 30, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean power, Energy, floating offshore wind, floating offshore wind energy, France, green economy, Manufacturing, modular, ocergy, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, renewable energy, startups, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:42:18 +0000

A floating offshore wind startup is gearing up to commercialize a modular, hyper-local assembly model to cut the cost of floating platforms.

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Tesla Referral Program Not Ending, Just Paused, Says Elon Musk

April 30, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, tesla, tesla fsd (full self driving), tesla referral bonus, tesla referral code, tesla referral program

Credit to Author: Chris Boylan| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:28:01 +0000

Earlier this week, I railed against Tesla’s decision to discontinue its referral program and the apparent cancellation (instead of expansion) of its fledgling advertising program. Well, Tesla’s advertising program looks like it is dead in the water, since they laid off the entire 40-person growth marketing team charged with that … [continued]

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