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Poland’s Hydrogen Bus Plans Run Into High Hydrogen Prices

January 14, 2025 admin air quality, buses, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green hydrogen, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel, investment, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, Poland, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy, subsidies

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:31:28 +0000

Recently 21 municipalities in Poland sent a joint letter to the federal government begging for big subsidies for hydrogen for energy. Reports indicate that the cities that had already contracted for hydrogen buses hadn’t bothered to include realistic costs of hydrogen in their cost cases. The ones that have them … [continued]

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Your Questions About Montana Renewables, (Partly) Answered

January 13, 2025 admin Aviation, biofuel, biofuel crops, clean power, clean transport, Energy, green economy, investment, loan programs office, Montana, montana renewables, renewable energy, Renewables, saf, sustainable aviation fuel, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 02:41:57 +0000

Montana Renewables is planning to expand their sustainable aviation fuel footprint with an assist from the US Department of Energy.

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Ancient Pongamia Tree Breathes New Life Into Sustainable Aviation Fuel

January 11, 2025 admin Aviation, biomass, clean power, clean transport, green economy, idemitsu kosan, investment, mitsubishi corporation, saf, sustainable aviation fuel, terviva

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:29:40 +0000

The hardy bean-producing pongamia tree is carving out a niche in the sustainable aviation fuel industry, with the potential for producing human food, and animal feed as well.

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Stakeholder Collaboration Powers Charging Microgrid & Expansion

January 10, 2025 admin batteries, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, clean trucks, 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, Shipping, Solar energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 04:46:26 +0000

Key Takeaways: Those benefiting from charging microgrids must spearhead their build Stakeholders must collaborate to share growth and revenues Use federal and state-level incentives to enhance bankability Edward Freeman, an American philosopher and scholar, is best known for his work in the field of business ethics and strategic management. In … [continued]

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Critical Minerals Are A Gold Rush The West Lost Sight Of

January 10, 2025 admin Australia, battery minerals, Canada, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, conflict minerals, Europe, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, mineral resources, policy & politics, rare earth minerals, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 02:35:02 +0000

Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Gavin Mudd, director of the centre for critical minerals intelligence with the British Geological Survey. He’s been doing leading research with global collaborators on how much of what resources we can actually get at. Below is the first half of our … [continued]

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Trump Vows To Crush Booming US Wind Industry, Or Maybe Just Windmills

January 9, 2025 admin clean power, Donald Trump, Energy, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, onshore wind farms, policy & politics, renewable energy, us wind energy, us wind energy policy, us wind industry, usa, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 21:02:53 +0000

The modern US wind industry deploys many different kinds of wind turbines, none of which are anything like the windmills of olden days.

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Charging Ahead: Key Geographical Clusters For Electric Trucks

January 7, 2025 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, Shipping, Solar energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:40:46 +0000

Key Takeaways: Focus on high-potential corridors with strong GDP, climate action, and low-carbon electricity Drill down to county-level data to align charging infrastructure with local needs Start with collaborative pilots and scalable microgrids to drive adoption When rolling out electric truck charging microgrids for depots and truck stops, a key … [continued]

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EV Demand Management Aggregation Is Commercializing

January 7, 2025 admin batteries, Canada, clean transport, demand management, demand response, electric trucks, electric utility, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev charging, green economy, grid, investment, Smart Grid, usa, vehicle to grid

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 03:34:15 +0000

Four years ago, I published one of my first (absurdly arrogant) projection decades into the future, on three pathways for exploiting electric vehicle batteries for grid stability and cost efficiency. Today, it’s worth returning to it and seeing what’s happening in the space. The trigger for this was a conversation … [continued]

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Dangerous Downwash Is The 15th Reason Why A Jetsons EVTOL Future Won’t Happen

January 6, 2025 admin archer aviation, Aviation, China, clean transport, ehang, Electric vehicles, evtol, green economy, investment, joby aviation, lilium, usa, volocopter

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 21:55:29 +0000

Over the past few years tens of billions of dollars, enormous numbers of hours of aerospace engineers’ precious time, and countless articles have been wasted on the Jetsons fantasy of quiet, electric, folding aircraft taking off and descending vertically amidst the towers and homes of our cities. Now the US … [continued]

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