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What Are The Implications Of $66/kWh Battery Packs In China?

December 27, 2024 admin 0 Comments batteries, bess, carbon emissions, catl, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric cars, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, Europe, Fossil Fuels, GERMANY, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen, investment, Manufacturing, Oil, renewable energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2024 01:21:04 +0000

The Power Construction Corporation of China drew 76 bidders for its tender of 16 GWh of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery energy storage systems (BESS), according to reports. Bids averaged $66.3/kWh, with 60 bids under $68.4/kWh. The tender, covering supply, system design, installation guidance, 20-year maintenance, and safety features, targets … [continued]

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Another Day, Another Hydrogen Transportation Failure — First Mode Edition

December 26, 2024 admin 0 Comments carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric mining trucks, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, hydrogen trucks, investment, Manufacturing, Mining

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:16:48 +0000

In the past few weeks, three hydrogen transportation firms have declared bankruptcy. First in the set of dominos was German firm Quantron, which left IKEA Austria holding a fleet of its hydrogen delivery vans as well as a fleet of its inferior-to-competitors’ vans without warranty, parts, or maintenance. The other … [continued]

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Charging Microgrids: Progress for Electric Trucks, Challenges Remain

December 26, 2024 admin 0 Comments batteries, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, clean trucks, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, Oil, renewable energy, Solar energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:24:10 +0000

Key Takeaways: Microgrids speed power availability and deployment of freight truck charging Specific charging challenges face microgrid deployment that must be overcome There are federal, state, and non-profit organizations that can assist As previous articles have made clear, microgrids, strategically designed for truck stops and depots, are a path forward … [continued]

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Heat Pumps For Electric Buses Blow Another Meme Out Of Water

December 25, 2024 admin 0 Comments batteries, buses, California, Canada, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric buses, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, Europe, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, heat pumps, hydrogen fuel cell buses, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, Oil

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 20:27:42 +0000

Every time I publish anything on electric buses — and I’ve published a lot on them recently — hydrogen bus fans point out that in the west, diesel heaters are often included in buses for winter time use. They say that as if the waste heat from fuel cells was … [continued]

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Another Day, Another Hydrogen Transportation Failure — Hyzon Edition

December 25, 2024 admin 0 Comments carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, ev sales, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, hydrogen trucks, hyzon, investment, Manufacturing, Shipping, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 20:53:40 +0000

The other day I recorded the annual predictions wrap-up with Laurent Segalen and Gerard Reid of Redefining Energy. I’d joined the fun last year for the first time after starting up the Redefining Energy—Tech sub-channel, judging their predictions from the previous year and adding predictions of my own. One of … [continued]

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Superconducting Transmission Of Electricity Is Here And It’s Supercooled

December 24, 2024 admin 0 Comments carbon emissions, climate change, electricity transmission, Energy, energy efficiency, Europe, events, green economy, green jobs, grid, hvdc transmission, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, Smart Grid, superconductivity

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:35:23 +0000

A couple of months ago, I was in Brussels speaking at the launch of the second edition of Supergrid Super Solution: A Handbook for Energy Independence and a Europe Free From Fossil Fuels. I’d participated in tuning the second edition, written by European renewables giant Eddie O’Connor with Kevin O’Sullivan, … [continued]

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Canadians Can Cripple Hydrogen Greenwashing, But What About EU, USA, & Oz?

December 23, 2024 admin Australia, blue hydrogen, Canada, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Energy, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green hydrogen, greenwashing, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, policy & politics, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 01:04:47 +0000

Recently I took a stroll through the implications of Canada’s anti-greenwashing improvements delivered through the truth in advertising provisions of Bill C-59. Originally, it merely caused all oil and gas firms and their lobbying and propaganda groups to magically disappear their entire social media presence and large parts of their … [continued]

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Trucking Will Electrify, But What Hills Must Be Flattened?

December 23, 2024 admin batteries, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, clean trucks, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, microgrids, Oil, Shipping, Solar energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:33:24 +0000

Key Takeaways Grid upgrades for high truck charging demands can take years Microgrids with buffering batteries and solar enable charging immediately Depots and truck stops require different charging technologies and have different energy profiles One of the primary challenges of electrifying freight trucks in the United States comes down to … [continued]

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It’s Against The Law In Canada To Call Hydrogen Buses Zero Emissions

December 21, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell, hydrogen fuel cell buses, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:42:07 +0000

In the middle of 2024, I documented the remarkable disappearance of claims of environmental virtue from the websites and social media of Canadian oil and gas companies and the lobbying groups they employed. Overnight, the degree of factual accuracy on their public sites went up by a remarkable amount. Why? … [continued]

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Energy-Positive Buildings Give More Than They Take, Leaving The Planet Better Than Before Construction

December 21, 2024 admin buildings, carbon emissions, climate change, energy efficiency, zero energy buildings

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:28:39 +0000

Let’s just say it: the building industry is responsible for some 40% of the world’s carbon emissions. That’s enormous! Energy positive through low wattage bulbs? Be serious. Huge building industry carbon emissions result from many sources: constructing a building, its years of usage, and dismantling after the building has reached … [continued]

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