North Carolina – Thinking Port

“Mystery” US Energy Storage Company Breaks Through Veil Of Silence

January 8, 2022 admin batteries, catl, contemporary amperex technology, Electricity, Energy, Energy Storage, flexgen, lithium-ion batteries, North Carolina, north carolina's electric cooperatives, rural electric cooperatives, United States, US

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2022 18:03:28 +0000

The firm FlexGen is set to make its mark its mark on the US energy storage industry, with an assist from North Carolina’s powerful network of rural electric cooperatives.

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Update: Is Gas Cheaper Than Electric in Joe Biden’s America?

October 28, 2021 admin bmw 3 series, California, cars, clean transport, cost comparison, cost of ev ownership, electric cars, electric vehicles vs gas vehicles, ev tco, Louisiana, market research, North Carolina, Oregon, research, tesla, tesla model 3, toyota rav 4

Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 18:40:41 +0000

As energy prices soar and gasoline approaches $8 per gallon in California, it may be cheaper than ever to switch to an EV!

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North Carolina’s Big Clean Energy Plan An Example For Battleground States

October 27, 2021 admin clean power, co2 emissions, energy solutions for north carolina, North Carolina, north carolina clean energy, north carolina clean energy plan, north carolina coal, north carolina renewable energy, north carolina solar energy, rmi, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 03:30:23 +0000

How Years of Collaboration Helped Pass North Carolina’s New Energy Law

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DOE Releases New Reports Highlighting Record Growth & Declining Costs of Wind Power

September 2, 2021 admin bureau of ocean management, clean power, Department of Energy (DOE), Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), market research, Massachusetts, missouri, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), North Carolina, NORTH DAKOTA, Oklahoma, policy research, research, SCIENCE, South Dakota, texas, u.s. department of energy (doe), us department of energy (doe), us distributed wind market report, us offshore wind market report, Virginia, wind energy, wind power, Wyoming

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:00:07 +0000

2020 sees record for land-based wind generation, 24% increase in pipeline of offshore wind energy — laying the foundation for rapid growth in years to come.

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How U.S. Congress Can Get Cities Moving

August 19, 2021 admin bicycles, bloomberg philanthropies american cities climate challenge, bus rapid transit (brt), cars, charlotte, cities, clean power, clean transport, electric bikes, electric buses, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev readiness, Florida, investment, Joe Biden, mass transit / public transit, North Carolina, policy & politics, policy research, research, St. Petersburg, Tampa

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2021 03:58:31 +0000

Originally published on the NRDC Expert Blog. By Amanda Eaken and Sarah Kline, Federal Transportation Consultant to NRDC. The Biden administration has set an ambitious climate goal for America: a 50 percent decrease in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030. To reach this goal, changing the way we move must be key since transportation is the largest […]

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Middle Ground: Going Forward With The EV Transition, But Acknowledging The Impacts of Battery Mining

July 29, 2021 admin batteries, bicycles, cars, clean transport, consumer technology, electric bikes, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, green economy, investment, lithium, lithium mining, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, Mining, nevada, North Carolina, piedmont lithium, us lithium

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 18:13:50 +0000

Mining for battery materials can be a touchy subject. The haters and the people who stand to lose money in the transition to clean energy love to bring it up. They normally don’t care one bit about the environmental impacts of things (or they wouldn’t support the oil and coal industries like they do). When […]

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Hurricane Season Raises North Carolina Fears Of … Pig Poo-llution

May 24, 2021 admin Agriculture, climate change, e. coli, e. coli and salmonella-laden manure, hog farms, hogs, hurricane season, hurricanes, North Carolina, research, SCIENCE, Water

Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Fri, 21 May 2021 11:10:21 +0000

North Carolina residents and local environmental groups are worried the coming hurricane season will once again unleash massive pollution from the state’s thousands of hog waste lagoons, Environmental Health News reports. In addition to releasing foul odors and ultra-heat-trapping methane gas, the massive open ponds of pig feces are vulnerable to flooding by hurricanes and heavy […]

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Charlotte Launches Electric Bus Pilot Testing 18 Electric Buses From 3 Companies

April 30, 2021 admin asthma, charlotte, charlotte area transit system (cats), charlotte city council, clean transport, duke energy, electric buses, Electric vehicles, emissions grant award, energy action plan (seap), etransenergy, lono emissions grant award, mass transit / public transit, North Carolina, policy & politics, strategy energy action plan (seap), vi lyles

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2021 02:14:14 +0000

Article courtesy of NRDC. By Irene Nielson & Zak Accuardi, co-written with Catherine Kummer, Climate Advisor for the City of Charlotte. City of Charlotte residents can breathe easier knowing soon that the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) transit buses covering the region will become all-electric, supported by a first-in-the-nation energy modeling and financing partnership with Duke […]

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11 Communities to Chart Paths to a More Resilient & Equitable Energy Future

April 26, 2021 admin alaska longline fisherman’s association (alfa), clean energy solutions, clean power, climate change, communities, dillingham, eastport, energy infrastructure, energy resilience, energy transitions initiative partnership project (etipp), etipp, grid, Hawaii, Honolulu, Infrastructure, island communities, islesboro, kauai, maine, nags head, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), North Carolina, ocracoke island, ouzinkie, sitka, Solar energy, wainwright, wind energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 23:32:41 +0000

NREL Helps Identify and Implement Energy and Infrastructure Solution Pathways through the Multi-Partner Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project

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Remote Communities Partner with DOE Experts & National Labs to Adopt Clean Energy Solutions that Reduce Energy Costs & Power Disruptions

April 23, 2021 admin alaska, alaska longline fisherman’s association (alfa), clean energy solutions, clean power, communities, community solar, dillingham, eastport, energy infrastructure, etipp, grid, Hawaii, Honolulu, island communities, islesboro, kauai, maine, nags head, North Carolina, ocracoke island, ouzinkie, policy & politics, sitka, Solar energy, wainwright, wind energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 23:16:52 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced it will work with 11 remote and island communities around the United States and provide federal assistance to bolster their energy infrastructure, reduce the risk of outages, and improve their future energy and economic outlook. Due to their geographic isolation, remote coastal and island […]

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