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2024 Was A Productive Year For My Decarbonization Efforts

December 28, 2024 admin buildings, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, climate change, electric trucks, Energy, Energy Storage, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, India, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, policy research, renewable energy, research, usa

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

December 27, 2024 admin batteries, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, clean trucks, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, microgrids, Oil, renewable energy, Solar energy, usa

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

December 27, 2024 admin 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 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 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 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 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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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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Detroit Diesel Gets $285 Million Investment To Boost Electric Powertrains

December 21, 2024 admin clean transport, detroit diesel, electric heavy-duty trucks, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Shipping

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:54:44 +0000

Detroit Diesel is putting the finishing touches on a new purpose-built electric powertrain for Class 8 tractors.

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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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