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California’s Battery Storage Fire: Precursor Or Outlier?

January 21, 2025 admin 0 Comments air quality, batteries, battery storage, bess, California, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, demand response, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, grid batteries, grid storage, HEALTH, lithium-ion batteries, natural gas, Oil, renewable energy, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 21:27:08 +0000

A fire broke out at the Moss Landing Power Plant, not too far from San Francisco, on January 16, 2025, prompting the evacuation of approximately 1,500 residents and the temporary closure of Highway 1. No one was harmed in the incident. Given the massive growth in grid storage battery systems, … [continued]

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Why Is Paramount Plus Promoting Big Oil With Its Landman Series?

January 18, 2025 admin 0 Comments big-oil, climate change, elon musk, Fossil Fuels, Larry Ellison, Oil, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 21:27:30 +0000

“Landman” is a television series broadcast on Paramount Plus, the digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service. I’ve watched most of the other Taylor Sheridan series, somehow hoping that a romanticized Old West culture can be combined with positive representations of females. What I didn’t expect from him was a … [continued]

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Decarbonization Requires Robust Decision Making Frameworks

January 18, 2025 admin 0 Comments carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, nuclear energy, policy & politics, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 19:09:46 +0000

An accidental advantage I have with my somewhat ADHD career and interests is that I’ve established patterns and filters for how I view the world that have been tested in multiple domains, often to destruction. I’ve published on the set a few times, but it’s worth returning to them. Looking … [continued]

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U.S. DOE Invests Nearly $14 Million to Advance Technologies that Transform Carbon Emissions into Valuable Products

January 17, 2025 admin 0 Comments bipartisan infrastructure law, dioxide materials, Fossil Fuels, policy & politics

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 15:00:35 +0000

Projects Will Help Develop Additional Markets for Carbon Dioxide-Based Alternatives The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced $13.7 million in federal funding for four projects that will advance large-scale conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into environmentally responsible and economically valuable … [continued]

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U.S. EIA Extends 5 Key Energy Forecasts through December 2026

January 17, 2025 admin 0 Comments clean power, Fossil Fuels, lng, market research, Oil, research, Solar energy, us oil, us solar, us solar power, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 04:44:57 +0000

In our January 2024 Short-Term Energy Outlook, which includes data and forecasts through December 2026, we forecast five key energy trends that we expect will help shape markets over the next two years. Electricity consumption will start growing, driven by new demand sources After almost two decades of relatively little … [continued]

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China’s EV Export Era Is A Bigger Geopolitical Move Than We Normally Acknowledge

January 14, 2025 admin 0 Comments byd, China, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Fossil Fuels, Oil, policy & politics, US, us oil

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 04:58:34 +0000

It’s clear to anyone following the global EV market — the Chinese EV market is much bigger than any other EV market (it accounts for about 50% of the global EV market all by itself), Chinese EV producers now absolutely dominate their home market, and some of those Chinese EV … [continued]

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Poland’s Hydrogen Bus Plans Run Into High Hydrogen Prices

January 14, 2025 admin 0 Comments 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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Is Your State Making Big Oil Polluters Pay For Their Toxic Waste?

January 14, 2025 admin 0 Comments air quality, climate change, Fossil Fuels, new york superfund law, policy & politics, superfund

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 23:16:10 +0000

Last year may have been record-shattering for clean energy applications in the US, but not a whole lot was accomplished for emissions reductions. Demand for electricity and transport fuels rose fast enough to erase most of the benefits of new renewables and EVs. Yet the state of New York is … [continued]

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Greenlash And The Enshittification Of America

January 13, 2025 admin 0 Comments 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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Stakeholder Collaboration Powers Charging Microgrid & Expansion

January 10, 2025 admin 0 Comments batteries, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, clean trucks, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, microgrids, Oil, renewable energy, Shipping, Solar energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 04:46:26 +0000

Key Takeaways: Those benefiting from charging microgrids must spearhead their build Stakeholders must collaborate to share growth and revenues Use federal and state-level incentives to enhance bankability Edward Freeman, an American philosopher and scholar, is best known for his work in the field of business ethics and strategic management. In … [continued]

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