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Debunking The Myth: Hydrogen Fuel Cells Aren’t More Efficient Than Alternatives

March 12, 2025 admin carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, fuel cell, green economy, green hydrogen, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, Oil, policy & politics, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 16:54:38 +0000

Hydrogen is often promoted as a clean and efficient energy carrier, but its real-world efficiency is frequently overstated. Proponents of hydrogen fuel cells highlight their conversion efficiencies of 50–60%, comparing them favorably to internal combustion engines (ICEs). However, this selective framing ignores the full energy pathway, from hydrogen production to … [continued]

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Trump’s Tariffs Are An Economic & Environmental Boomerang

March 11, 2025 admin air quality, batteries, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Europe, ev batteries, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy, tariffs, trump tariffs, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2025 20:20:52 +0000

The first Trump trade war was a disaster for US cleantech, and it looks like 2025 is setting up to be an encore performance. Between 2018 and 2020, Trump’s tariffs on solar panels cost the US an estimated 10.5 GW of lost solar capacity, delaying the transition to clean energy … [continued]

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US Is Losing The Solid-State EV Battery Race, Bigly

February 10, 2025 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Europe, ev batteries, green economy, ilika, innovation, Manufacturing, solid-state batteries, startups, uk

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 18:15:40 +0000

Trump or no Trump, the high performing, non-flammable solid state EV battery of the future is heading for gigascale production in the UK and elsewhere around the world.

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New LMFP EV Battery Passes Critical Test

February 10, 2025 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, GERMANY, green economy, investment, lithium manganese iron phosphate, lmfp, uk, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:30:21 +0000

Trump or no Trump, the global EV battery supply chain is shifting into high gear as global innovators introduce new materials that cut costs while improving performance.

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Renewable Energy Lures New Lithium Venture To Deep Red State

February 4, 2025 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, lithium, lithium brine extraction, lithium supply, lithium-ion batteries, Oklahoma, oklahoma wind, renewable energy, Solar energy, stardust power, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:25:09 +0000

The battery-grade lithium producer Stardust Power is leveraging renewable energy to set up shop in Oklahoma…if it survives the Trump chopping block, that is.

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Second Life Adds More Green Punch To EV Battery Recycling (Eventually)

January 29, 2025 admin batteries, battery recycling, battery reuse, battery second life, clean transport, e-waste, electric vehicle battery reuse, Electric vehicles, electronic waste, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery recycling, green economy, lithium-ion batteries, policy & politics, repurpose, second life batteries, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:00:20 +0000

Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund is supporting a new “second life” venture that complements EV battery recycling by extending the useful life of the whole battery.

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Dwindling List Of EVTOL Firms Shrinks Further

January 29, 2025 admin airbus, Aviation, Boeing, China, clean transport, climate change, ehang, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, evtol, faa, green economy, investment, Manufacturing

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 04:18:48 +0000

The inevitable is occurring in the dead end space of Jetsons urban air mobility fantasies. Two more origami rotorcraft have left the vertiport for the great airplane graveyard in the sky as Volocopter disappears and Airbus drops its program. Volocopter was founded in 2011 in Bruchsal, Germany. Initially named e-Volo, … [continued]

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Ordinary Driving Adds More Life To EV Batteries (It’s Official!)

January 27, 2025 admin batteries, battery research, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery life, ev battery research, lithium-ion batteries, london school of economics and political science, uk, university of birmingham

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 21:14:44 +0000

Another new study shows that EV batteries last longer than previously thought while racking up sustainability points, too.

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GM Signs Deal With Vianode For Synthetic Graphite Supply

January 24, 2025 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, gm, graphite, green economy, lithium-ion batteries, synthetic graphite, ultium cells, vianode

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 03:01:34 +0000

Norwegian company Vianode has signed a multi-year deal with General Motors to supply synthetic graphite for batteries beginning in 2027.

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Nickel & the Cleantech Revolution — Plus Alaska Energy Metals’ Role in US Energy Independence

January 24, 2025 admin alaska, batteries, battery metals, battery minerals, clean power, clean transport, cobalt, Copper, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery materials, green economy, investment, iron, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, nickel, platinum, Solar energy, Sponsored, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 02:54:09 +0000

The electric vehicle revolution is genuinely in full swing, with almost one out of every 4 new vehicles having a plug in 2024. The core element of that revolution is the batteries, and the essence of those batteries is a handful of metals. So, the most critical conundrum is how … [continued]

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