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China Curbed Oligarchs, Made Education & Housing Cheaper for 90% — Meanwhile, In USA…

January 23, 2025 admin air quality, byd, carbon emissions, China, china carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, HEALTH, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 01:24:59 +0000

I have a habit of picking up books on China, as it’s the biggest country in the world that doesn’t tell everyone everything it’s doing all the time, unlike my southern neighbor, the United States. I’ve read books by Chinese authors, global diplomats, historians, and youth influencers about the country. … [continued]

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Tesla’s Autonomous Driving Strategy Stranded By Technological Divergence

January 22, 2025 admin AI, autonomous, autonomous car, autonomous vehicles, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, full self driving, green economy, investment, machine learning, Manufacturing, tesla

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:55:41 +0000

It’s been a decade since I first wrote about Tesla’s approach to autonomous driving, comparing it to Google’s (now Waymo’s). At the time, my technical assessment based on my experience with both AI and robotics was that Tesla’s approach was superior. It still is, but it might need to pivot. … [continued]

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Louisiana Aims To Dominate US Offshore Wind Industry (Good Luck!)

January 22, 2025 admin clean power, Energy, green economy, green jobs, investment, Louisiana, louisiana offshore wind, Manufacturing, ocean wind, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, offshore wind supply chain, policy & politics, renewable energy, supply chains, us wind energy supply chain, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 04:50:52 +0000

The new 2.4-gigawatt SouthCoast Wind offshore wind project nailed down approval for a construction plan in a federal lease area off the coast of Massachusetts, just in time for Inauguration Day.

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GE Wind Repowering Scheme Puts Wind Whiners To Bed

January 21, 2025 admin clean power, Energy, ge vernova, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, onshore wind farms, pivotgen, renewable energy, repowering, usa, wind energy, wind repowering, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 04:50:43 +0000

Wind repowering projects can skim over the obstacles and pitfalls that bedevil new wind farm proposals, adding significant new capacity to the US renewable energy profile.

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U.S. DOE Announces $996 Million Loan Guarantee to Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge to Advance Domestic Production of Lithium Carbonate, Boost U.S. Battery Supply Chain

January 20, 2025 admin atvm, batteries, battery supply chain, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, green economy, ioneer, Joe Biden, lithium carbonate, lithium-ion batteries, loan programs office, Manufacturing, nevada, policy & politics, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:53:40 +0000

Rhyolite Ridge will process lithium carbonate to support the domestic EV battery supply chain. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced today the closing of a $996 million loan guarantee (including $968 million of principal and $28 million of capitalized interest) to Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge LLC … [continued]

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U.S. DOE Focuses on Energy Storage Manufacturability to Improve Production, Reduce Costs

January 19, 2025 admin batteries, Energy Storage, green economy, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, policy & politics, subsidies, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:58:25 +0000

DOE to fund $8 million for pre-production design innovations The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) today announced the Aligning Manufacturability & Pre-production Design (AMPD) for Storage Technologies Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for up to $8 million. This NOFO seeks to improve the manufacturability of energy … [continued]

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Korean Hydrogen Explosions, Leaks, Auction Failure & Impeachment May Cause Pivot

January 18, 2025 admin carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Energy, ferry, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, Hyundai, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, policy & politics, Shipping, South korea, subsidies, trains / rail

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:14:09 +0000

The hydrogen atom is tiny. Getting enough of it in one place requires pressures found at three to seven kilometers under the surface of the ocean. Unsurprisingly, it leaks. As it’s an indirect greenhouse gas and an explosion risk, that’s a big problem. South Korea has been learning exactly what … [continued]

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Decarbonization Requires Robust Decision Making Frameworks

January 18, 2025 admin carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, nuclear energy, policy & politics, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 19:09:46 +0000

An accidental advantage I have with my somewhat ADHD career and interests is that I’ve established patterns and filters for how I view the world that have been tested in multiple domains, often to destruction. I’ve published on the set a few times, but it’s worth returning to them. Looking … [continued]

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Another Day, Another Solar Factory Opens In The US

January 16, 2025 admin boviet solar, clean power, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, North Carolina, Oklahoma, solar cells, Solar energy, solar manufacturing, solar module, solar panels, texas, us solar manufacturing, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 18:55:18 +0000

Yet another new solar factory is launching in the US, attended by hundreds of new permanent jobs and an estimated $2.9 billion in economic activity for its host state.

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