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Conventional Geothermal’s Untapped Potential: What’s Holding It Back?

March 17, 2025 admin carbon emissions, China, clean power, climate change, Energy, geothermal, geothermal energy, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 16:35:31 +0000

Conventional geothermal electrical generation, where conditions are right, is an excellent form of renewable generation. It keeps chugging along day and night, offering firmed power with some of the highest capacity factors in the business and very low emissions per MWh. Yet, despite its many advantages, geothermal often gets left … [continued]

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Conventional Geothermal’s Untapped Potential: What’s Holding It Back?

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 16:35:31 +0000

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Where Does Tesla Face the Most Sales Risk: China, USA, or Europe?

March 16, 2025 admin China, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, Europe, ev sales, polls/surveys, research, tesla, tesla china, tesla europe, tesla sales, US

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:34:39 +0000

For more than a decade, the #1 EV story was Tesla’s growth story. It was extremely hard to believe that Tesla sales growth would stop anytime soon. And maybe it won’t in the bigger picture of this decade. However, there were signs a year and a half ago that Tesla … [continued]

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Don’t Worry, China Will Help Build US Offshore Wind Farms

March 16, 2025 admin China, clean power, Denmark, Donald Trump, Energy, green economy, green jobs, investment, new jersey offshore wind, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, policy & politics, President Trump, renewable energy, us energy policy, us offshore wind, usa, virginia offshore wind, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2025 13:56:39 +0000

An offshore wind service vessel built in a Chinese shipyard is on its way to the US, but what will it do once it gets there?

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China Passenger Car Association CEO Warns Elon Musk Is Burning Up Consumer Demand For Teslas

March 14, 2025 admin China, clean transport, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, policy & politics, tesla, tesla china

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 22:11:47 +0000

In the US, many on the left are completely turning away from Tesla due to Elon Musk’s extreme right-wing politics. But there are also many Donald Trump supporters who may be turning to Tesla. In Europe, a large portion of the population is again turning against Tesla due to Musk’s … [continued]

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Why Do Transit Agencies Keep Falling for the Hydrogen Bus Myth?

March 13, 2025 admin China, clean transport, electric buses, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Europe, green economy, hydrogen fuel cell buses, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 22:00:55 +0000

In recent months I’ve assembled a long, long list of hydrogen bus trials that ended up with the transit agencies realizing what should have been obvious before they started: hydrogen buses are a lot more expensive and battery electric buses are much cheaper and more reliable. More come out of … [continued]

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The Biggest Machine In The World Is Being Rebuilt While It Continues To Run

March 12, 2025 admin China, clean power, climate change, electricity transmission, Energy, geothermal energy, green economy, grid, hvdc, hydroelectric, inverters, jackrabbit, national renewable energy lab (nrel), offshore wind energy, renewable energy, Smart Grid, Solar energy, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 19:10:29 +0000

Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Mark O’Malley, Leverhulme Professor of Power Systems at the Imperial College of London and founder of the Global Power System Transformation organization, which was based on the principle of grids moving toward 100% renewables. The grid is the biggest machine in … [continued]

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Trump’s Tariffs Are Wrecking America’s Supply Chain for Critical Minerals

March 11, 2025 admin aerospace, Aviation, batteries, carbon emissions, China, clean transport, climate change, critical materials, Electric vehicles, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, Oil, petrochemicals, policy & politics, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 02:20:48 +0000

The Trump administration’s latest round of tariffs is drawing scrutiny, but the real concern isn’t just the cost of Chinese EVs—it’s the impact on the materials those tariffs affect. Nickel, cobalt, and platinum-group elements (PGEs) are indispensable to the U.S. economy, yet the country is overwhelmingly reliant on imports, often … [continued]

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Trump’s Tariffs Are An Economic & Environmental Boomerang

March 11, 2025 admin air quality, batteries, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Europe, ev batteries, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy, tariffs, trump tariffs, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2025 20:20:52 +0000

The first Trump trade war was a disaster for US cleantech, and it looks like 2025 is setting up to be an encore performance. Between 2018 and 2020, Trump’s tariffs on solar panels cost the US an estimated 10.5 GW of lost solar capacity, delaying the transition to clean energy … [continued]

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Coal & Nuclear Are Very Different Beasts In China, Per Expert

February 10, 2025 admin carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Energy, green economy, grid, INTERVIEWS, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:50:32 +0000

Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with an expert in China’s energy transition, David Fishman of APAC-focused Lantau Group. In the first half of the conversation we talked coal, gas, and nuclear. Michael Barnard [MB]: Hi, welcome back to Redefining Energy Tech. I’m your host, Michael Barnard. … [continued]

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