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BYD Has Obtained 538 New Patent Authorizations This Year Already (2025)

January 14, 2025 admin byd, clean power, patents, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 04:59:52 +0000

One of our readers who follows BYD closely dropped a comment under an article earlier today, referencing an article from China. “BYD has obtained 538 new patent authorizations this year, an increase of 216.47% over the same period last year,” he quoted (using machine translation). I initially couldn’t believe that … [continued]

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U.S. Department of Energy Awards $11 Million to 49 State, Local, and Tribal Governments to Support Community Energy Projects

January 14, 2025 admin clean power, energy efficiency, led, lighting, policy & politics, subsidies, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 04:56:44 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced its next round of award recipients through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program. Grants Will Fund Energy Infrastructure Projects in Communities Ranging from Energy Workforce Development Programs, Cost-saving building upgrades WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today … [continued]

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$19 Million to Expand Regional Geothermal Data in USA

January 14, 2025 admin clean power, geothermal energy, policy & politics

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 04:45:10 +0000

The Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO), in partnership with ConnectWerx, has launched a funding opportunity for regional partnerships to support geothermal data collection. The Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) in collaboration with ConnectWerx, a Partnership Intermediary under a Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) through DOE’s Office of Technology Transitions, has opened an initial funding … [continued]

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Poland’s Hydrogen Bus Plans Run Into High Hydrogen Prices

January 14, 2025 admin air quality, buses, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green hydrogen, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel, investment, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, Poland, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy, subsidies

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:31:28 +0000

Recently 21 municipalities in Poland sent a joint letter to the federal government begging for big subsidies for hydrogen for energy. Reports indicate that the cities that had already contracted for hydrogen buses hadn’t bothered to include realistic costs of hydrogen in their cost cases. The ones that have them … [continued]

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USDA Strikes Again: $6 Billion For Rural Clean Energy Projects

January 13, 2025 admin clean power, Democrats, Energy, Energy Storage, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, long-duration energy storage, national rural electric cooperative association, policy & politics, renewable energy, Republicans, rural electric co-ops, rural electric cooperatives, Solar energy, solar power plants, us department of agriculture (usda), usa, usda

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:29:16 +0000

A new $6 billion round of clean energy funding will benefit rural communities in about two dozen US states, unless the incoming Trump administration figures out a way to stop it.

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Greenlash And The Enshittification Of America

January 13, 2025 admin clean power, Democracy, esg, Fossil Fuels, greenlash, policy & politics, Republicans, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 03:06:18 +0000

Enshittification is a work coined by Cory Doctorow in 2022. It seems to perfectly capture the mood of the United States today.

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Your Questions About Montana Renewables, (Partly) Answered

January 13, 2025 admin Aviation, biofuel, biofuel crops, clean power, clean transport, Energy, green economy, investment, loan programs office, Montana, montana renewables, renewable energy, Renewables, saf, sustainable aviation fuel, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 02:41:57 +0000

Montana Renewables is planning to expand their sustainable aviation fuel footprint with an assist from the US Department of Energy.

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More than 25% of Americans Would Consider Selling Their Home to Buy a Tesla Home

January 11, 2025 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, market research, polls/surveys, research, rooftop solar, Solar energy, tesla, tesla communities, tesla community

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:44:43 +0000

I’m writing one more article about the results of a survey conducted by JW Surety Bonds. I already wrote about the finding that 1 in 4 Americans won’t touch Tesla products due to Elon Musk, as well as findings related to Tesla robotaxis, and robotaxis more broadly. But there’s an … [continued]

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Ancient Pongamia Tree Breathes New Life Into Sustainable Aviation Fuel

January 11, 2025 admin Aviation, biomass, clean power, clean transport, green economy, idemitsu kosan, investment, mitsubishi corporation, saf, sustainable aviation fuel, terviva

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:29:40 +0000

The hardy bean-producing pongamia tree is carving out a niche in the sustainable aviation fuel industry, with the potential for producing human food, and animal feed as well.

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