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NIO’s ESG Rating Gets Boosted

December 31, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, esg, esg investments, green economy, investment, nio

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 04:57:35 +0000

Not every company is eager to talk about ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) evaluations. In fact, in the auto industry, it seems more common to ignore them than highlight them. It’s hard to be doing well from an environmental perspective, a social perspective, and a governance perspective when you’re in … [continued]

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Charging Trucks Comes First — Stay on Task

December 30, 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, grid, investment, Manufacturing, microgrids, Oil, renewable energy, Solar energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 15:37:59 +0000

Key takeaways Charging trucks is the first, second, and third priority Side benefits to the site are welcomed, but can’t be allowed to drive design decisions Don’t let potential local or hypothetical value propositions distract from charging delivery As the people who will be building electric truck charging microgrids engage … [continued]

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MAGA Battle Blows Up 2025 Electric Vehicle Outlook, Or Not

December 30, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev sales, ford e-transit, ford f-150 lightning, ford motor company, ford mustang mach e, green economy, immigration, Manufacturing, policy & politics, trump administration

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:37:47 +0000

Regardless of uncertainty over Trump’s electric vehicle policy, Ford is leaning on commercial fleet electrification to boost sales in 2025 and beyond.

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Space Solar Race Heats Up, Now With Flying Data Centers

December 29, 2024 admin AI, clean power, data centers, datacenters, green economy, investment, lumen, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy, solar power plants, space

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 20:17:13 +0000

Space solar technology has created the conditions for launching data centers into orbit, taking advantage of ultra-low energy costs and opportunities for expansion.

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New Tools Make Early Detection Of Forest Fires Possible

December 29, 2024 admin fire detection, fire prevention, fires, green economy, research, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 04:50:04 +0000

Some forest fires could be avoided by earlier detection. Today, new digital and satellite tools are available to do just that.

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Lilium Lives!

December 28, 2024 admin Aviation, clean transport, electric air taxis, electric aircraft, electric airplanes, Electric vehicles, evtol, green economy, investment, lilium

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:33:39 +0000

A couple of months ago, I wrote about Lilium running out of money. It seemed the dream had died. After 9 years and nearly 1,000 “preorders,” Lilium just couldn’t make it financially. It’s hard to get off the ground as a startup and reach profitability, even more so in an … [continued]

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China Hits EV Target 10 Years Early, Still Hasn’t Reached 2020 Nuclear Target

December 28, 2024 admin carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric cars, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev sales, green economy, green jobs, hydroelectric, investment, Manufacturing, Nuclear, nuclear energy, policy & politics, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:20:27 +0000

On October 27th of 2020, the China Society of Automotive Engineers laid out a roadmap for how the country was going to achieve 50% of all cars sold in 2035 being fully electric, plug-in hybrid, or hydrogen, with 95% of them of course being fully electric. Per projections from HSBC, … [continued]

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Electric Truck Charging’s Cost & Price Flexibility Are Its Superpower

December 28, 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, grid, investment, Manufacturing, microgrids, Oil, renewable energy, Solar energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:02:46 +0000

Key takeaways Early adopters of charging microgrids can gain a competitive edge with flexible pricing Solar-powered microgrids cut costs with zero marginal cost energy Collaboration on green corridors boosts savings and revenues First movers with electric truck charging microgrids have a superpower, which is much more flexible energy pricing options … [continued]

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2024 Was A Productive Year For My Decarbonization Efforts

December 28, 2024 admin buildings, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, climate change, electric trucks, Energy, Energy Storage, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, India, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, policy research, renewable energy, research, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 23:12:50 +0000

It’s the time of year when people publish retrospectives on the year and start thinking about the year ahead. As so much of my work ends up in CleanTechnica, I thought it would be useful to provide my retrospective here. On a purely personal note, I’ve been told over and … [continued]

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Truck Charging: Start Small, Scale Smart

December 27, 2024 admin batteries, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, clean trucks, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, microgrids, Oil, renewable energy, Solar energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:02:18 +0000

Key Takeaways: Trucks won’t all be electric immediately, so don’t build charging for 100% electric Design charging microgrids for standardized increments of capacity Analyze all sites and design increments that are good enough Gaining the benefits of electric trucks, including significantly reduced maintenance and operations costs and increasing market share, … [continued]

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