European Tiny Modular Reactor Deal Starts With Absurdly Expensive Electricity

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:15:20 +0000

DALL·E generated image of cradles in hospital maternity ward with tiny nuclear reactors in them, digital artAlready 2.4 times as expensive as very, very expensive Hinkley. First of a kind, so very likely to double or more in price. Very unlikely to be built before 2040 due to long-tailed risks.

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Ford Announces Electric Explorer Will Only Be For Europe, But That’s OK

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 16:20:13 +0000

Recently, Ford revealed its next EV for Europe: an electric car version of the Explorer, which is very popular in the United States. It’s even available as rear-wheel drive! But, for some reason they’re not going to sell it in the United States. The Electric Euro-Explorer Before I give some opinion on the lack of […]

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Steel Is A Major Climate Problem, But We Have Proven Tools

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 17:35:18 +0000

DALL·E generated image of a river of hot steel being formed into ingots, digital artWe’ve already manufactured an awful lot of steel. There are hundreds of billions of tons of the stuff lying around, much of it obsolete.

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Stainless Steel Swimming Pool & Spa Technology Firm Polytherm Becomes 1st Fleet Customer For BYD ATTO 3 In Austria

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 01:45:25 +0000

Polytherm BYD ATTO 3 electric vehicles fleet in AustriaPolytherm GmbH, an Austrian family business with more than 100 employees and a growing vehicle fleet, has just taken delivery of some BYD ATTO 3s. Polytherm specializes in stainless steel pools, swimming pool technology, and spas. It also works on refurbishments for old swimming pools. Polytherm Managing Director Hermann Weissenecker says, “The BYD ATTO 3 […]

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How one recent immigration trend is helping boost Canada’s linguistic and cultural diversity

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:00:12 +0000

A nation once dominated by immigration from Europe, Canada is now seeing a much more diverse range of immigrants come to this country. Whereas as recently as 40 years ago, 61.6% of all Canadian immigrants were born in Europe and just 12.1% of immigrants were born in countries throughout Asia and the Middle East, those […]

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37% Of New Cars Sold In Netherlands Now Plugin Cars

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 23:38:48 +0000

Lynk & Co is the #1 best selling car in the overall Dutch auto market.

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EU Takes 1st Step to Ensure Green Technologies Are Made In Europe

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 22:55:13 +0000

T&E welcomes self-sufficiency targets for battery raw materials and production goals for clean tech. The EU today unveiled two draft laws in response to the US subsidies that it fears are luring European cleantech companies to North America. The proposed Critical Raw Materials Act will help the bloc secure supply of the metals needed to […]

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Another Hydrogen For Energy Play Predictably Fails, This Time In Marine Fueling

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:25:27 +0000

DALL·E generated image of a white elephant eating piles of money, digital artExpect a lot more announcements about shutting down hydrogen for energy projects like the recent one from Equinor, Aire Liquide, and Eviny.

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