Michigan Scores The $3.5 Billion Ford Battery Factory Virginia Didn’t Want

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 04:53:33 +0000

Ford may announce as early as next week that it will build a new $3.5 battery factory in Michigan where CATL will manufacture LFP batteries.

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When CleanTech Gets Used For Bad: How Much Power Did The Spy Balloon Have?

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 16:57:27 +0000

When social media, regular media, and trash media were all discussing the Chinese spy balloon (NO, it wasn’t a wayward weather balloon) that passed over the United States last week, the first thing I thought of was those solar panels. It probably didn’t contain any missiles, a nuclear bomb for an EMP attack, or anything […]

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China’s Investment in Energy in Ecuador

Credit to Author: Otto Gunderson| Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2023 16:20:34 +0000

In November of 2016, the previously defined “strategic association” between China and Ecuador was upgraded to an “integral strategic partnership” representing the highest level relationship China has with any country.¹ Especially during the presidency of Rafael Correa, the public sector has primarily worked with Chinese banks and construction companies to build up the hydroelectric sector, […]

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Chinese Electric Cars Are Filling European Streets

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 14:18:34 +0000

Chinese electric vehicles are making their way into European markets at large. XPeng announced its first deliveries to Norway in October 2020. Around the same time, John Voelcker, a seasoned auto reviewer, drove the company’s P7 electric sedan, and pronounced it pretty darn good — it had “perhaps 75 percent of the features and capability […]

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22% of New Car Sales in China Were 100% Electric in 2022!

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 07:09:06 +0000

China EV Sales ReportPlugin Electric Vehicles Get 30% Share Of Auto Market In Another Record Month In China!

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Pakistan Inaugurates Third Reactor at Karachi Nuclear Plant

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2023 17:22:51 +0000

The third unit of the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP) in Pakistan was inaugurated by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Feb. 2, adding another 1.1 GW of power generation capacity to the country’s national grid. Pakistan, like other countries, is battling an ongoing energy crisis with a lack of generation capacity to meet current […]

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China’s Purchasing Power Advantage & Wright’s Law Mean Its Green Investments Go A Lot Further

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 18:05:19 +0000

DALL·E generated image of lots of big wind turbines on a plain, chinese water color style, no textChina spent $546 billion of 2022’s $1.1 trillion USD global green investment, but China is getting about a trillion USD in value out of its investment.

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2022 Set a Global Record for Coal Generation

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:12:00 +0000

The recent shake-up in natural gas markets and their ensuing impact on energy security, and geopolitical tension, dramatically altered the trajectory of global coal-fired generation, sending it soaring to

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Bingo! The SAIC-GM-Wuling Joint Venture Gets It

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 19:15:53 +0000

To catalyze the adoption of more sustainable transport options in the automobile sector, we need more affordable cars. We are finally starting to see more of them, especially from China. However, these vehicles are still mainly available only in China. But just like the solar panel and mobile phone revolution, these small affordable vehicles will […]

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Adventures In Missing The Point: Addressing Assumptions People Make About Flyvbjerg’s Work

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 20:06:01 +0000

I urge people thinking about Flyvbjerg’s work who are asking themselves, “But what about this critically important aspect of project success?,” to not assume that it isn’t covered deeply, well, and in context of other factors.

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