Energy – Page 22 – Thinking Port

$988 Billion In Private Investments Connected to “Investing in America” Agenda

November 8, 2024 admin batteries, bipartisan infrastructure law, clean power, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, lithium-ion batteries, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 04:55:20 +0000

A reader pointed me to this webpage and the map there showing where manufacturing and infrastructure investments associated with the American Rescue Plan, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act are taking place or have been committed. It’s a fascinating map, but the headline number … [continued]

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Shared Micromobility Trips in North America Offset Approximately 81 Million Pounds of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Last Year

November 8, 2024 admin bicycles, clean transport, climate change, electric bikes, electric micromobility, Fossil Fuels, green economy, micromobility, motorcycles + scooters, research

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 04:13:49 +0000

Shared Micromobility Trips in North America Averaged 1.5 Miles and 15 Minutes in 2023 The typical shared micromobility trip in North America in 2023 was 1.5 miles and 15 minutes long. E-bike excursions were the longest on average, covering 2.0 miles and lasting 20.3 minutes. Pedal bike journeys averaged 1.4 … [continued]

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Finding Tess, And How Secure Is A Tesla?

November 8, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, tesla

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 03:31:24 +0000

Disclaimer: I am not encouraging anyone to steal any vehicle — not even a Red Rocket tricycle. How do you find your Tesla? This is a question we get asked many times as we demonstrate our Tesla Model 3 at EV events and motor shows throughout Queensland, Australia. Frustrated by … [continued]

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Will Musk’s AI Supercomputer Compromise A Local Community’s Grid?

November 8, 2024 admin carbon emissions, demand response, elon musk, grid, grid parity, tesla, xai

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:20:00 +0000

Elon Musk has announced that he is building the world’s largest supercomputer. The problem is that it will require the same amount of electricity as would power 100,000 homes. Musk’s potential supercomputer power usage has many regional community members in the southwest Memphis area concerned, who say the artificial intelligence … [continued]

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HomeBoost Turns Your Smartphone Into A Home Energy Audit Device

November 8, 2024 admin consumer technology, energy audit, energy efficiency, home energy management, homeboost, rewiring america, smartphone apps

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 20:46:49 +0000

Our homes can be big time wasters of energy. As utility and heating bills continue to rise, figuring out how to make a home more efficient can pay big dividends. Are drafty windows and doors letting warm or cool air leak out, causing you to raise or lower the thermostat … [continued]

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Lilium Still Aims to Get to Commercial Flight — Updates

November 8, 2024 admin Aviation, clean transport, electric aircraft, electric airplanes, Electric vehicles, evtol, green economy, investment, lilium, lilium jet

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:15:49 +0000

As I wrote a week ago, unfortunately, following some surprise obstacles getting financial support in Germany, Lilium had to file for insolvency. The electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft startup has been getting hype and praise for years, and even logged hundreds of orders this year and planning to … [continued]

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Pittsburgh Gets $96 Million for Cleantech Manufacturing Facility, Will Create 900+ Jobs

November 8, 2024 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, clean power, Energy Storage, policy & politics, Solar energy, subsidies, us department of energy (doe), wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:51:15 +0000

Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Advanced Energy Manufacturing & Recycling Grants Program, the California company Mainspring Energy has received $87 million from the US Department of Energy to support domestic manufacturing of “innovative, fuel-flexible, power generators.” The state-of-the-art manufacturing facility is expected to create more than 600 “skilled jobs” … [continued]

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Cash For Clunkers: Modern Electric Vehicle Variant An Obvious Climate Policy

November 8, 2024 admin africa, air quality, Canada, carbon emissions, cash for clunkers, China, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, EU, Europe, ev batteries, ev sales, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, Oil, policy & politics, tesla, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:16:48 +0000

In the 1990s, numerous countries both within and outside Europe launched vehicle scrappage schemes with multiple goals. Greece, Hungary, Denmark, Spain, France, Ireland, Norway, and Italy each implemented programs during this period, aimed at scrapping older cars to promote the purchase of newer, safer, and more efficient vehicles. For example, … [continued]

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Electric Vehicles Have Many Benefits Gas Vehicles Do Not

November 8, 2024 admin argonne national laboratory, clean transport, electric car benefits, Electric vehicles, ev benefits

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:10:05 +0000

There is a surplus of online electric vehicle misinformation and disinformation, enough that EV truths may not be as evident as they could or should be. Electric vehicles have many benefits, as demonstrated below. Many of them have to do with the fact they don’t directly generate toxic air pollution … [continued]

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Bidirectional Charging (V2G) Could Save Europeans $23 Billion A Year

November 8, 2024 admin bidirectional energy, clean transport, Electric vehicles, EU, Europe, European Union, ev charging, frauhhofer institute, GERMANY, renault 5, research, Smart Grid, the mobility house, vehicle to grid

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:38:10 +0000

Transport & Environment recently asked Germany’s highly respected Frauhhofer Institute to investigate the economic benefits of widespread V2G (vehicle to grid) technology in Europe. At the end of October, the organization issued a report, which found V2G has the potential to save Europeans up to $22 billion a year in … [continued]

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