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Freyr Battery Factory in Georgia Bites the Dust

February 10, 2025 admin batteries, battery factories, clean power, Donald Trump, Energy Storage, freyr battery, Georgia, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 03:10:32 +0000

Freyr, based in Norway, was one of the first companies to jump into the US market with big battery plans due to the Inflation Reduction Act passed by Democrats in 2022. I interviewed Freyr’s CEO, Tom Jensen, soon afterward about the plans and about the Inflation Reduction Act. I’ll embed … [continued]

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ARENA Community Based Battery Rollout

February 9, 2025 admin Australia, australian renewable energy agency (arena), batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, Solar energy

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 04:37:48 +0000

First, let me be clear: a community battery is located in the community to collect and store electricity when there is an oversupply, usually from rooftop solar. It may or may not be owned by a community organisation. Generally, it appears most are owned by the major gentailers. See our … [continued]

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Graphite Tariffs Could Upend US EV Industry

February 8, 2025 admin batteries, China, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, graphite, green economy, policy & politics, tariffs

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 16:06:13 +0000

Tariffs on graphite from China may seem like an easy thing to do, but they are an indication of national weaknesses in technology.

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New US Energy Secretary’s Idiotic Press Release

February 8, 2025 admin batteries, chris wright, clean power, Donald Trump, elon musk, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, lithium-ion batteries, natural gas, nuclear energy, policy & politics, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:08:43 +0000

Elections don’t matter. They’re all the same. That’s the nonsense you hear far too often. Elections do matter, and they result in massive differences in policy and in the future. The new US Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, has signed his first Secretarial Order. It directs the US Department of … [continued]

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New US Energy Secretary’s Idiotic Press Release

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:08:43 +0000

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New Flow Battery Venture Joins Red & Blue States In Common Cause

February 7, 2025 admin batteries, clean power, Energy, Energy Storage, flow batteries, flow battery, redox flow batteries, renewable energy, Solar energy, usa, vanadium redox flow batteries, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:05:57 +0000

Trump or no Trump, a new vanadium redox flow battery lease model will cut the cost of long duration, utility scale wind and solar energy storage.

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ARIES: Energy Solutions at Any Scale

February 7, 2025 admin batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, grid, lithium-ion batteries, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), policy & politics, portland general electric (pge), Solar energy, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 04:50:24 +0000

Q&A With Annabelle Pratt: Using the Beauty of Mathematics To Answer Utility Challenges Welcome to the ARIES: Solutions at Any Scale series. This Q&A series introduces NREL’s outstanding researchers working on Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems (ARIES) projects. Their work helps answer questions about future energy systems for communities, companies, … [continued]

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Reducing Data Center Peak Cooling Demand and Energy Costs With Underground Thermal Energy Storage

February 6, 2025 admin batteries, data centers, Energy Storage, geothermal technologies office, lithium-ion batteries, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, thermal energy storage, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 04:31:36 +0000

As US Data Centers Continue To Grow, Integrating Geothermal UTES Cooling Could Change the Game As the demand for U.S. data centers grows with the expansion of artificial intelligence, cloud services, and big data analytics, so do the energy loads these centers require. By some estimates, data center energy demands … [continued]

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This Powerful & Portable Home Battery Backup System Is 50% Off Until Feb 5th

February 5, 2025 admin batteries, consumer technology, ecoflow, Energy Storage, portable power station, portable power stations

Credit to Author: GearTechnica| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 21:38:15 +0000

If you’ve been considering investing in a reliable home power backup solution, now is the perfect time to take advantage of a massive 50% discount on the EcoFlow DELTA Pro + 2 x 220W Portable Solar Panels bundle. Regularly priced at $4997, this premium bundle is now available for just … [continued]

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To Lower Emissions Or Increase Profits? That Is The Question

February 5, 2025 admin batteries, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, Energy Storage, geothermal energy, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., investing in america, investment, solar cells, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:56:55 +0000

Is the world really at a crossroads of energy consumption choices? We know that fossil fuels — the old and worn trio of coal, oil, and natural gas — have powered our world for a very long time, but they have also comprised nearly 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions. … [continued]

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