India’s Report Card Against Short List Of Climate Actions Is Better Than Most Realize

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 22:59:51 +0000

For several years I’ve been iterating The Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. The work of organizations like Mark Z. Jacobson’s Stanford team around energy and Carbon Drawdown’s around everything are excellent in different ways, but also indigestible to most people. The short list really is that. It’s … [continued]

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CCS Redux: Carbon Engineering’s Diesel? Just Put Electricity Into Tesla Semi Instead

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:44:35 +0000

For the same energy inputs you could travel 3 times as far for a 5th the CO2 emissions and well under half the cost in an electric truck.

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Charging Is Starting To Become Profitable

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 07:05:34 +0000

Breaking The DCFC Standoff Is Hard When it comes to EVs and EV charging, there’s a big chicken-and-egg problem, or perhaps better put, a Catch 22. EV chargers are expensive, especially for fast chargers (Level 3). A decent charging station can easily cost a million dollars, and then cost thousands … [continued]

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Precision Agriculture: Does Climate Tech VC Money Flow Into Agri-Chemicals & Monocrops?

Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:25:07 +0000

In my experience, climate tech venture capital money is not so different from regular VC money. They still invest only in hockeystick type companies, long shots that might go bust quick, or might go big. VCs make 20 bets hoping that one of them becomes the next Uber and makes … [continued]

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Panasonic Energy to Invest in NMG & Purchase Graphite in Multi-year Deal to Boost EV Battery Supply Chain in North America

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 02:07:17 +0000

Low-impact supply chain will fully integrate anode active material sourcing from mining to delivering battery material Osaka, Japan – Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd., a Panasonic Group Company, recently announced that it has signed a seven-year offtake agreement for the supply of natural graphite with Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. (“NMG”; Quebec, Canada), … [continued]

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Washington State’s Emissions Allowance Program’s 1st Auctions

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 23:41:00 +0000

Washington State wrapped up its first full year of auctions for tradable emission allowances in December, as the state considers … [continued]

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EU Spent €1.2 Billion On Hydrogen Transportation, Asked For More To Compete With Batteries

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 15:57:50 +0000

Recently the EU’s Joint Research Centre released an assessment of efforts related to hydrogen for transportation. In it, they make … [continued]

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Inflation Reduction Act Giving Solar Power & Electric Cars Big Boost

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 03:22:52 +0000

I think the Inflation Reduction Act is one of the most under-appreciated pieces of legislation in American history. Of course, … [continued]

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SEC Climate Emission Disclosure Rules Are Only A Small Step Forward

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 22:15:05 +0000

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally released its climate emission disclosure rules. Investors have been worried about … [continued]

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NREL’s Cost Study On Hydrogen For Heavy Vehicles Fuel Does Not Withstand Scrutiny

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:35:03 +0000

What is it about hydrogen for trucking that leads researchers to deeply low-ball costs at every opportunity? I’ve tried to … [continued]

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