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Qcells Solar Factory in Georgia Gets $1.45 Billion Loan Guarantee

December 23, 2024 admin clean power, Georgia, green economy, hanwha, hanwha group, hanwha q cells, investing in america, Joe Biden, Manufacturing, policy & politics, qcells, solar cells, Solar energy, solar panels, subsidies, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:05:39 +0000

The Qcells facility will enable deployment of PV energy systems and domestic capability for critical parts of the solar supply chain. As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced today the closing of a $1.45 billion loan guarantee … [continued]

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Ford & Southern Company Team Up On Charging Initiative

December 16, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ford, ford pro, Georgia, Southern Company

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 01:15:02 +0000

Ford’s commercial vehicle division, Ford Pro, has teamed up with energy giant Southern Company on a 6-month pilot. The partnership is focused on helping businesses to electrify their fleets. It seems like a wise approach from Ford: target businesses on the financial savings from vehicles that are more efficient to … [continued]

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New Lithium-Sulfur EV Battery Could Reverse The Ill Fortunes Of Stellantis

December 9, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev sales, Georgia, green economy, green jobs, indiana, investment, lithium-ion batteries, loan programs office, lyten, Manufacturing, Samsung SDI, stellantis, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 15:31:03 +0000

Despite its current troubles, Stellantis is pushing forward with big EV battery plans including new lithium-sulfur technology and a new lithium-ion battery factory in Indiana.

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Rivian Scores $6.57 Billion Jackpot From Program Republicans Want To Kill

November 29, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Georgia, green economy, green jobs, inflation reduction act of 2022., investment, loan programs office, lpo, Manufacturing, policy & politics, rivian, solyndra, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:58:34 +0000

The US electric vehicle startup Rivian is targeting 400,000 EVs per year at its new Project Horizon factory, taking shape in Georgia with a $6.57 billion assist from the Bush-era Loan Programs Office in the US Department of Energy.

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SOLARCYCLE’s New Georgia Facility Will Recycle 5GW Of Solar Panels Per Year

November 23, 2024 admin clean power, Georgia, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., Manufacturing, recycling, Solar energy, solar panel recycling, solar panels, solarcycle

Credit to Author: Derek Markham| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 22:07:46 +0000

SOLARCYCLE’s recently announced 5GW solar panel recycling facility in Georgia will be able to recover “up to 90%” of the materials, some of which will end up as feedstock for the company’s nearby solar glass factory. The new recycling plant will initially have the capacity to recycle 2 million solar … [continued]

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Power Demand from Data Centers Keeping Coal-Fired Plants Online

October 17, 2024 admin alphabet, amazon web services, ammonia, aws, Business, chevron, Coal, data centers, dc byte, enchanted rock, Georgia, google, Legislative, meta, micrograms, microgrid, microsoft, news, Nuclear, plant vogtle, power, Renewables, Research and Development, shell, Stanford, Technology, Utah, Virginia

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 01:33:10 +0000

The power generation sector is looking at numerous ways to provide enough electricity to satisfy demand from data centers. Bloomberg Intelligence recently said its research shows data centers, buildings filled […]

The post Power Demand from Data Centers Keeping Coal-Fired Plants Online appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Hyundai Cooks Up A Low-Cost EV Battery Scheme For The Affordable EV Of The Future

September 30, 2024 admin batteries, bipartisan infrastructure law, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, Georgia, Hyundai, hyundai ioniq, inflation reduction act of 2022., Kia, korea, lfp, lfp batteries, lfp battery, lithium-ion batteries, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 19:25:27 +0000

Hyundai is planning the next step in electric vehicle affordability with a new lithium-iron-phosphate EV battery venture in partnership with Kia, Hyundai Steel, and the materials firm EcoPro BM.

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Uber & Waymo Expand Partnership to Bring Autonomous Ride-Hailing to Austin & Atlanta

September 18, 2024 admin ATLANTA, AUSTIN, autonomous vehicles, clean transport, consumer technology, Electric vehicles, Georgia, robotaxis, texas, Uber, waymo

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 15:20:29 +0000

Regular crashes, injuries, and even fatalities plague the traffic sector, highlighting the potential benefits of self-driving cars. When my daughters and I decided to take a Waymo to get to the museum across the city from us in San Francisco, we had no idea how safe we would or wouldn’t … [continued]

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EV Jobs Are On The Rise & New Ads Hope To Spark Interest In Them

September 13, 2024 admin Arizona, batteries, battery factories, bipartisan infrastructure law, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev battery factories, ev charging, ev factories, Georgia, green economy, green jobs, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, Manufacturing, Michigan, nevada, North Carolina, policy & politics, subsidies

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 21:03:51 +0000

While the purported slowdown in demand for EVs seems to find automakers halting or slowing their original electrification plans, EVs have actually reached 20% of global auto sales. That number is expected to increase exponentially, and so will EV jobs numbers. In fact, by 2035, EVs could potentially account for … [continued]

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Story of Police Chief Switching Sides on Electric Cars

August 18, 2024 admin ATLANTA, clean transport, electric cars, electric police cars (evs), Electric vehicles, ev procurement, ford, ford mustang mach e, Georgia, police cars, police electric cars, police electric vehicles, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:12:00 +0000

Avondale Estates, Georgia, may be just 8 miles east of Atlanta’s bustling city center, but its unique Tudor-Revival architecture and storied history paint a picture of a quieter past. While the town is quaint—at 3,600 residents and 1.26 square miles—it hasn’t shied away from progress. In August 2022, the Avondale … [continued]

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