China Hits EV Target 10 Years Early, Still Hasn’t Reached 2020 Nuclear Target

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:20:27 +0000

On October 27th of 2020, the China Society of Automotive Engineers laid out a roadmap for how the country was going to achieve 50% of all cars sold in 2035 being fully electric, plug-in hybrid, or hydrogen, with 95% of them of course being fully electric. Per projections from HSBC, … [continued]

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Electric Truck Charging’s Cost & Price Flexibility Are Its Superpower

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:02:46 +0000

Key takeaways Early adopters of charging microgrids can gain a competitive edge with flexible pricing Solar-powered microgrids cut costs with zero marginal cost energy Collaboration on green corridors boosts savings and revenues First movers with electric truck charging microgrids have a superpower, which is much more flexible energy pricing options … [continued]

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Bill McKibben Celebrates 2024: Climate Successes Can Motivate Us In 2025

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:18:30 +0000

Many climate activists are turtling right now with the pressing reminder that the US executive office is about to be filled by a climate denier, supported by a Congress that has shown little spark to advance new, serious clean energy legislation. Yet climate activist and Gandhi Peace Award winner Bill … [continued]

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China Developing World’s Largest Compressed Air Energy Storage System

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 02:37:00 +0000

China is leading the development of compressed air energy storage with many new techniques it has recently perfected.

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New Flow Battery Membrane Aims To Kill Natural Gas, Not Just Coal

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 01:50:22 +0000

A flow battery membrane makeover is expected to cut costs and improve the environmental footprint, leading to widespread adoption of sustainable energy storage.

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2024 Was A Productive Year For My Decarbonization Efforts

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 23:12:50 +0000

It’s the time of year when people publish retrospectives on the year and start thinking about the year ahead. As so much of my work ends up in CleanTechnica, I thought it would be useful to provide my retrospective here. On a purely personal note, I’ve been told over and … [continued]

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Truck Charging: Start Small, Scale Smart

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:02:18 +0000

Key Takeaways: Trucks won’t all be electric immediately, so don’t build charging for 100% electric Design charging microgrids for standardized increments of capacity Analyze all sites and design increments that are good enough Gaining the benefits of electric trucks, including significantly reduced maintenance and operations costs and increasing market share, … [continued]

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Bitcoin Is Going to Be the Nail in Our Climate Coffin

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2024 04:50:13 +0000

I realize that this article is not going to be popular with everyone. Bitcoin is a kind of tech financial fantasy, whereby many tech fans have come to the conclusion that we can live in some kind of financial utopia divorced from inflation and economic woes if we follow this … [continued]

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

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

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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