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Fossil Gas Crisis & EV Taxis in Colombia: A Surprisingly Promising Pair

October 6, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, climate change, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, green economy, lithium-ion batteries, market research, research

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 23:34:32 +0000

Colombia’s fossil gas climate crisis could spark EV adoption as the affordable FAW Nat Taxi lands at $23,000. Climate change is no joke. Last year, Colombia faced one of its harshest droughts in the last three decades, which forced the country to rely heavily on fossil-fuel generation to maintain healthy … [continued]

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Intellihot’s Electron Is A Tankless Heat Pump Water Heater For Commercial Buildings

October 6, 2024 admin buildings, commercial building, decarbonization, electric home, green economy, heat pump water heaters, heat pumps, Manufacturing

Credit to Author: Joe Wachunas| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 17:16:31 +0000

The third stop of my heat pump water heater tour across America in advance of Heat Pump Water Heater Day was in Vernon Hills, Illinois, to check out the world headquarters of Intellihot, a company that is making an interesting type of commercial heat pump water heater that needs much … [continued]

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New Analysis Finds Substantial Value of Adding Up to 4-Hour Duration Batteries to Solar Or Wind Power Plants Located In Regions Facing Transmission Congestion

October 6, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, electric reliability council of texas (ercot), Energy Storage, ercot, green economy, grid, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, lithium-ion batteries, market research, research, Solar energy, utilities, wind energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 04:44:22 +0000

We are pleased to announce a new study that examines the value of adding batteries to wind and solar plants located in areas that face transmission congestion. We examine two types of areas facing transmission congestion. These areas represent portions of Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) or Independent System Operators (ISO) territory selected … [continued]

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Growing Markets for Grid-Connected Battery Storage in India

October 5, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, grid, India, investment, lithium-ion batteries

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 03:50:27 +0000

Power sector regulators hold the keys to unlock the trillions of rupees of battery storage investment necessary to ensure the growth of a flexible, affordable, and reliable grid. Although the summer of 2024 is now behind us, it stands as the hottest summer on record. During the last week of … [continued]

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Quebec Hydrogen Fleet After Four Years: $500 Per Kg Hydrogen, & No One Used Them

October 5, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, policy & politics, Quebec, toyota mirai

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 22:20:42 +0000

A year ago, I was having fun with the Odyssey of the Hydrogen Fleet, a tragicomedy in six parts. One of the many enactments of this tragicomedy had left Act 5, where the hydrogen fleet is permanently parked. The provincial government of Quebec quietly returned roughly 50 fuel cell cars … [continued]

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Miniature Wireless Energy Transfer Device Will Make Electrochromatic Windows Happen

October 5, 2024 admin buildings, caltech, energy efficiency, energy efficient windows, green economy, high efficiency windows, research, SCIENCE, smart windows, us department of energy (doe), usa, wireless, wireless power

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 22:01:38 +0000

A miniaturized 24 GHz transmitter is at the heart of a new wireless energy transfer system for energy-saving electrochromatic window technology.

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Hydrogen for Energy Serves Fossil Fuel Interests, Not Climate Change or Economy

October 5, 2024 admin batteries, blue hydrogen, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, green economy, green hydrogen, green jobs, grid, grid storage, heat pumps, hydrogen, India, investment, Manufacturing, marine energy, mass transit / public transit, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, Shipping, trains / rail

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:13:29 +0000

The long-running seminar series for India’s utility professionals through the India Smart Grid Forum closed with hydrogen. The hype glitter is starting to tarnish, but there is still a lot of substance-less shiny noise around the molecule. To that end, I stepped through the challenges and why hydrogen is virtually … [continued]

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Andrew Forrest Scoffs At Net Zero, Calling It “A Proven Fantasy”

October 5, 2024 admin andrew forrest, decarbonization, fortescue, green economy, net-zero, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:44:05 +0000

Andrew Forrest told CNBC this week that net zero is a fantasy that will lead to climate inaction. He called for real zero emission policies.

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What Role Will Autoworkers Play In The Upcoming US Presidential Election?

October 5, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ev charging, ev sales, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., jobs, Manufacturing, policy & politics, uaw, united auto workers, us election 2024

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:29:14 +0000

US Vice President Kamala Harris said this week that she would offer tax credits to companies that increase “good union jobs” like the ones that the steel industry brought to Pennsylvania. Harris also said she would prioritize investments in strengthening factories and retooling existing ones. The comments came in a … [continued]

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NREL Researchers Survey the State of Smart Charge Management Nationwide

October 4, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, green economy, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), lithium-ion batteries, national renewable energy laboratory, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 02:17:32 +0000

Smart charge management—intelligently managing the flow of electricity that charges electric vehicles (EVs)—can have incredible benefits for drivers, utility companies, governments, and fleets. Yet smart charge management strategies have not been widely deployed nationwide. In response, two national laboratories, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory … [continued]

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