Energy – Page 65 – Thinking Port

Rivian Sales Hit By Supply Shortage

October 7, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, rivian, rivian r1s, rivian r1t, rivian r2, rivian r3

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:57:24 +0000

Rivian reported its third quarter sales today, and they weren’t good. More specifically, deliveries were down to 10,018 units in Q3 2024, from 15,564 in Q3 2023 (YoY) and 13,790 in Q2 2024 (QoQ). Though, according to Rivian, the issue is not consumer demand. At least, consumer demand for its … [continued]

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Refurbished Three Mile Island Payment Structure Is Not Quite What It Seems

October 7, 2024 admin clean power, constellation energy, green economy, microsoft, nuclear energy, three mile island

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:35:12 +0000

Two weeks ago, the news was filled with reports that Reactor 1 at the Three Mile Island nuclear generating station, which was shut down in 2019, will be refurbished and put back into service for another 20 years or more. Its sole customer will be Microsoft, which needs a lot … [continued]

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Why Does California’s Newest Plastic Bag Ban Make A Difference?

October 7, 2024 admin California, Fossil Fuels, microplastics, Oil, plastic bags, plastics, policy & politics, SCIENCE, single-use plastics, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:20:06 +0000

California has passed a new amendment that adds to its original plastic bag ban. The state banned single-use plastic bags beginning in 2016 but allowed thicker “reusable” plastic bags to be sold for a 10 cent fee. Officials there thought that the original legislative design, with a few caveats, would … [continued]

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Isolated & Alone, Texas Power Grid Shivved By Louisiana Lawmakers

October 7, 2024 admin clean power, electric reliability council of texas (ercot), Energy, grid, grid reliability, Louisiana, Mississippi, policy & politics, power grid, power transmission lines, renewable energy, texas, Transmission Lines, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:07:39 +0000

The beleaguered Texas power grid could get some much-needed help from the proposed Southern Spirit transmission line, except for a monkey wrench thrown into the works by state legislators in Louisiana.

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Ford EV Sales Rise 12% in 3rd Quarter in USA

October 7, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, ford, ford e-transit, ford f-150, ford f-150 lightning, ford mustang mach e, us ev sales

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 13:23:31 +0000

Ford didn’t have the soaring growth in EV sales in the 3rd quarter as it did earlier in the year, but it did still see 12% growth in EV (full electric vehicle) sales last quarter. The issue is that its best selling EV, the Ford Mustang Mach-E, had a decent … [continued]

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Hyundai & Waymo Enter Multi-Year, Strategic Partnership

October 7, 2024 admin clean transport, ev charging, ev charging stations, green economy, Hyundai, hyundai ioniq 5, press releases, waymo, waymo one

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 13:20:31 +0000

Editor’s note: This press release follows up on a report we published a couple of weeks ago that Waymo may use the Hyundai IONIQ 5 for its Waymo Driver or Waymo One robotaxi services in the future. As the press release tells us, that is indeed going to be the … [continued]

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Hyundai Motor UK Announces All-New INSTER Pricing & Specification

October 7, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Hyundai, hyundai inster, lithium-ion batteries, press releases, uk

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 13:11:47 +0000

INSTER, Hyundai’s first small SUV EV with up to 229 miles of all electric range Fully optimised for range efficiency through Standard High Efficiency Heat Pump and Battery Heating System External and internal Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) functionality providing power for electrical devices Comprehensive specification offered through 01 and 02 trim levels … [continued]

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Utility-Scale U.S. Solar Electricity Generation Skyrocketing in 2024

October 7, 2024 admin California, california solar, california solar energy, clean power, Florida, florida solar energy, market research, research, Solar energy, solar power plants, texas solar, texas solar energy, us solar, us solar energy

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 03:59:39 +0000

In August 2024, utility-scale generation of solar electricity averaged 63.1 gigawatthours between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. each day in the Lower 48 states, 36% more than for the same hours in August 2023. Additions of solar generating capacity outpaced other resources in the U.S. electric power sector in 2023, and … [continued]

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Cryptocurrency & Data Centers Create Soaring Electricity Demand in Texas

October 7, 2024 admin clean power, electric reliability council of texas (ercot), energy information administration (eia), ercot, short-term energy outlook (steo), Solar energy, texas

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 03:43:09 +0000

In the United States, electricity consumption is growing fastest in Texas, where the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages 90% of the load on the state’s power grid. One of the main sources of growing demand for power is large-scale computing facilities such as data centers and cryptocurrency mining operations, … [continued]

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EnergySage Releases Its 19th Solar & Storage Marketplace Report

October 7, 2024 admin clean power, Energy Storage, energysage, green economy, market research, research, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 02:49:11 +0000

Latest report signals a potential solar industry inflection point with near-record low pricing and surging demand for energy storage Today, EnergySage released its 19th EnergySage Intel Solar & Storage Marketplace Report. This semiannual report analyzes millions of transaction-level data points from homeowners shopping on EnergySage.com from January through June 2024 for solar panels, … [continued]

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