Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 03:46:14 +0000
McDonald’s and Wendy’s franchises in Illinois are pushing the community solar envelope, Trump or no Trump.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 03:22:30 +0000
Vijay Govindan and I sat down today to discuss Democrats’ “Green New Deal” (the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law), Trump trying to destroy it despite all of the economic benefits it brings across the US (especially in red districts and states), the era of “Idiocracy,” social media as … [continued]
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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:52:51 +0000
Late in 2024 I had the privilege of sitting down with one of the world’s leading experts on critical minerals, Gavin Mudd, director of the centre for critical minerals intelligence at the British Geological Survey. The second half of the conversation included a great deal on why we’re both optimistic … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:06:13 +0000
The green hydrogen market has seen plenty of stumbles ever since innovators, investors, and governments began exploring the idea of deploying renewable electricity to push hydrogen gas from water instead of extracting it from natural gas or coal. Nevertheless, interest runs high especially in Europe, where a domestic green hydrogen … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 04:10:36 +0000
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has warned in a new report that financial markets could be disrupted by climate change and associated catastrophes in a number of ways. From costs rising slowly but significantly over time to sudden unexpected shocks having huge ripple effects, climate change is going to be … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 01:24:59 +0000
I have a habit of picking up books on China, as it’s the biggest country in the world that doesn’t tell everyone everything it’s doing all the time, unlike my southern neighbor, the United States. I’ve read books by Chinese authors, global diplomats, historians, and youth influencers about the country. … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:10:48 +0000
Borobotics, a Swiss startup company, has created a compact boring machine that is compact enough to be used almost anywhere.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:55:41 +0000
It’s been a decade since I first wrote about Tesla’s approach to autonomous driving, comparing it to Google’s (now Waymo’s). At the time, my technical assessment based on my experience with both AI and robotics was that Tesla’s approach was superior. It still is, but it might need to pivot. … [continued]
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