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Charging Microgrids: Progress for Electric Trucks, Challenges Remain

December 26, 2024 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, investment, Manufacturing, Oil, renewable energy, Solar energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:24:10 +0000

Key Takeaways: Microgrids speed power availability and deployment of freight truck charging Specific charging challenges face microgrid deployment that must be overcome There are federal, state, and non-profit organizations that can assist As previous articles have made clear, microgrids, strategically designed for truck stops and depots, are a path forward … [continued]

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Heat Pumps For Electric Buses Blow Another Meme Out Of Water

December 25, 2024 admin batteries, buses, California, Canada, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric buses, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, Europe, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, heat pumps, hydrogen fuel cell buses, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, Oil

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 20:27:42 +0000

Every time I publish anything on electric buses — and I’ve published a lot on them recently — hydrogen bus fans point out that in the west, diesel heaters are often included in buses for winter time use. They say that as if the waste heat from fuel cells was … [continued]

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Another Day, Another Hydrogen Transportation Failure — Hyzon Edition

December 25, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, ev sales, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, hydrogen trucks, hyzon, investment, Manufacturing, Shipping, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 20:53:40 +0000

The other day I recorded the annual predictions wrap-up with Laurent Segalen and Gerard Reid of Redefining Energy. I’d joined the fun last year for the first time after starting up the Redefining Energy—Tech sub-channel, judging their predictions from the previous year and adding predictions of my own. One of … [continued]

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Florida Gets $29 Million Boost to Help Grid in Extreme Weather

December 24, 2024 admin batteries, climate change, Energy Storage, Florida, grid, grid storage, hurricanes, investing in america, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, justice40 initiative, lithium-ion batteries, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 04:50:53 +0000

I grew up in Florida and lived here through college. Then I moved away for about 14 years. Then I moved back about 6 years ago. In short, I’ve lived here for approximately 3 decades. We went through some hurricanes when I was younger, and were certainly threatened by many … [continued]

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Superconducting Transmission Of Electricity Is Here And It’s Supercooled

December 24, 2024 admin carbon emissions, climate change, electricity transmission, Energy, energy efficiency, Europe, events, green economy, green jobs, grid, hvdc transmission, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, Smart Grid, superconductivity

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:35:23 +0000

A couple of months ago, I was in Brussels speaking at the launch of the second edition of Supergrid Super Solution: A Handbook for Energy Independence and a Europe Free From Fossil Fuels. I’d participated in tuning the second edition, written by European renewables giant Eddie O’Connor with Kevin O’Sullivan, … [continued]

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Montana Supreme Court Rules That The State Constitution Means What It Says

December 24, 2024 admin climate change, climate lawsuits, climate litigation, Montana, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 20:11:33 +0000

The Montana Supreme Court has ruled in favor of young people who sued to enforce provisions of the state constitution.

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All Companies In Italy Must Now Purchase Climate Insurance — It’s The Law

December 24, 2024 admin buildings, climate catastrophe, climate change, climate change flooding, insurance, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:17:38 +0000

It will be a whole new business atmosphere in Italy starting on January 1, 2025. That’s because the federal government there will require every company to buy climate insurance as internal financial support to offset losses from floods, landslides, and other natural hazards. The warnings about global warming in Italy … [continued]

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Canadians Can Cripple Hydrogen Greenwashing, But What About EU, USA, & Oz?

December 23, 2024 admin Australia, blue hydrogen, Canada, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Energy, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green hydrogen, greenwashing, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, policy & politics, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 01:04:47 +0000

Recently I took a stroll through the implications of Canada’s anti-greenwashing improvements delivered through the truth in advertising provisions of Bill C-59. Originally, it merely caused all oil and gas firms and their lobbying and propaganda groups to magically disappear their entire social media presence and large parts of their … [continued]

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Trucking Will Electrify, But What Hills Must Be Flattened?

December 23, 2024 admin batteries, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, clean trucks, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, microgrids, Oil, Shipping, Solar energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:33:24 +0000

Key Takeaways Grid upgrades for high truck charging demands can take years Microgrids with buffering batteries and solar enable charging immediately Depots and truck stops require different charging technologies and have different energy profiles One of the primary challenges of electrifying freight trucks in the United States comes down to … [continued]

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Methane-Emitting Livestock Burps & Farts Need To Be Taxed In The US

December 23, 2024 admin Agriculture, beef, cattle, climate change, Denmark, industrial agriculture, livestock, methane, methane emissions, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:51:02 +0000

Burps and farts. They’re the fodder of fun prepubescent comedy. When the burps and farts come from livestock, though, they generate significant amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas that is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide in warming the planet. In fact, animal agriculture produces more greenhouse gas emissions … [continued]

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