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Domestic Freight Mode Decarbonization Economics Will Vary Between Major Geographies

April 18, 2024 admin 0 Comments boats, carbon emissions, China, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, Europe, ev batteries, ev charging, freight, freight transport, green economy, high speed rail, India, investment, policy & politics, Shipping, trains / rail, trolley, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:33:55 +0000

Every major geography will be electrifying virtually all domestic freight shipping in the coming two to three decades. However, the starting conditions matter between India, Europe, China, and the United States. This assessment sprang out of a bit of news and discussion related to it today. China’s Windrose Technology and … [continued]

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Nickel-Mining Plants To Juice EV Battery Supply Chain

April 16, 2024 admin 0 Comments Albania, arpa-e, batteries, battery supply chain, Carbon Capture, carbon emissions, carbon farming, clean transport, critical materials, disruptive innovation, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev supply chain, Farm, green economy, nickel, nickel mining, phytomining, startups, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:20:36 +0000

A new, plant-based source of nickel could help spare the EV battery supply chain from the burden of environmental impacts related to mining.

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Texas Scores Another Clean Tech Point, Flow Battery Edition

March 24, 2024 admin battery supply chain, clean power, Energy Storage, flow batteries, flow battery, long-duration energy storage, Solar energy, supply chain, supply chains, texas, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 18:17:23 +0000

The inventors of an inexpensive new flow battery chemistry are bringing their manufacturing line from New York To Texas for scaleup.

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The WindRunner Cometh: Game Over For Foes Of Wind Farms

March 23, 2024 admin aircraft, Aviation, clean power, distributed wind, Energy, green hydrogen, hydrogen, onshore wind farms, radia, repowering, rural electrification, startups, usa, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:15:19 +0000

A US startup has hatched a new plan to bring supersized wind turbines to onshore wind farms, opening up new opportunities for development.

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300 Million Home Sales Prove It: Wind Turbines Don’t Kill Property Values After All

March 22, 2024 admin clean power, green economy, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), onshore wind farms, policy & politics, property values, university of california berkeley, us department of energy (doe), usa, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:15:16 +0000

Yet another study pulls the rug out from under the “property values” argument against wind turbines and utility-scale wind farms.

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US Green Hydrogen Industry Kicks Into High Gear, Politics Or Not

March 18, 2024 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, electrolysis, Energy Storage, forklifts, green economy, green hydrogen, hydrogen, plug power, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:24:49 +0000

The US green hydrogen industry gets a leg up from rare bipartisan legislation aimed at cutting costs and increasing production.

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The Search For The Perfect Solid-State Battery Continues, Self-Healing Sulfur Edition

March 11, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, honda, lithium-sulfur, lithium-sulfur batteries, lithium-sulfur battery, solid-state batteries, university of california san diego, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 16:15:02 +0000

Longer-lasting, higher-performing batteries would help spark EV sales, and a new solid state lithium-sulfur formula could do the trick.

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

March 9, 2024 admin blue hydrogen, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Energy, green economy, green hydrogen, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, national renewable energy lab (nrel), policy & politics, policy research, renewable energy, research, Trucking, us department of energy (doe), usa

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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Wyoming To Hitch A Ride On “Record-Shattering” US Solar Industry

March 9, 2024 admin brightnight, clean power, Energy, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar industry, solar power plants, solar records, us solar industry, usa, utility-scale solar, Wyoming

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:55:07 +0000

The US solar industry is celebrating another “record-shattering” year, despite concerns that more counties are blocking solar development.

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US Counties Are Blocking Renewable Energy For Themselves, But Not For Thee

March 7, 2024 admin agrivoltaics, clean power, green economy, green jobs, inflation reduction act, Manufacturing, semiconductors, Solar energy, tennessee, us solar industry, us wind industry, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 22:36:44 +0000

A movement is afoot to block utility-scale renewable energy projects across the US, but new clean tech investments keep getting in the way.

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