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EVgo Shares New Construction of 7,500 High-Power Fast Charging Stalls, Bringing Total To 10,000 Fast Charging Stalls — Thanks, Biden

December 18, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, evgo, green economy, green jobs, investment, Joe Biden, Manufacturing

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 18:28:42 +0000

EVgo has just announced that it is planning to build 7,500 more high-power fast charging stations in the US in the next 5 years. By 2029, the company will have more than tripled its network footprint thanks to this expansion, which will bring its owned and operated network to at … [continued]

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The Carbon Capture Dream Bumps Up Against Reality In Texas

December 18, 2024 admin Carbon Capture, carbon sequestration, Earthquakes, Fossil Fuels, green economy, policy & politics, texas

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 22:25:36 +0000

Carbon capture and sequestration may or may not work but the US taxpayers will foot the bill either way, starting in Texas.

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More Hydrogen Maritime Trials Surface From Sargasso Sea

December 18, 2024 admin boats, carbon emissions, cargo shipping, clean power, clean shipping, clean transport, climate change, container shipping, Energy, ferries, green economy, green jobs, green shipping, investment, Manufacturing, Norway, renewable energy, Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 22:15:35 +0000

Recently I published a roundup of quite awful hydrogen maritime trial efforts, and ended with a request that if others knew of more, they should share. A few additional ones bubbled up and there were a couple of minor corrections and delightful additions. I encourage those who haven’t read the … [continued]

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War, Wind Power, And The Green Way Forward For Ukraine

December 17, 2024 admin clean power, deep decarbonization, Energy, Europe, European Union, green economy, green hydrogen, green steel, green steelmaking, investment, Manufacturing, onshore wind farms, renewable energy, Russia, Ukraine, ukraine wind power, vestas, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 18:10:00 +0000

Wind power continues to add megawatts of clean power to the Ukrainian electricity grid, even as Russia continues its drive to demolish the country’s energy infrastructure.

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Europe Expected to Add 110 Gigawatts of Solar Next Year!

December 17, 2024 admin clean power, Europe, europe solar energy, europe solar power, green economy, investment, market research, research, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 03:08:15 +0000

The solar power market in Europe just continues to grow and grow and grow. And not by a little bit. According to S&P Global Commodity Insights, and particularly solar market analyst Liam Coman, 56 gigawatts (GW) of solar power capacity were installed in Europe in 2023, approximately 95 GW are … [continued]

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Electrified Freight: Trucking Will Grow & Big Logistics Players Will Dominate

December 17, 2024 admin batteries, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, clean trucks, climate change, electric truck, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev charging, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, microgrids, renewable energy, rooftop solar, Solar energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 02:23:18 +0000

Key takeaways Delivering inexpensive, reliable electric truck charging requires scale Major logistics, truck stop and turn-key services firms have the scale and will lead the way The big firms that embrace this will increase market share Movement of freight in the United States (U.S) is going to shift more and … [continued]

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New Report Establishes Baseline for Clean Energy Deployment in Energy Communities

December 17, 2024 admin clean power, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, inflation reduction act of 2022., investment tax credit (itc), lawrence berkeley national laboratory, Manufacturing, market research, policy & politics, policy research, production tax credit, research, Solar energy, solar investment tax credit, wind energy, wind production tax credit

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 23:17:57 +0000

For the first time, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 included place-based federal tax incentives for projects located in “Energy Communities,” which might alter the economic equation of where projects should be located. Storage projects may be eligible for a 10-point increase in the Investment Tax Credit (e.g., from 30% … [continued]

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BCG Purchases 50,000+ Tonnes Of Carbon Removal Through ClimeFi

December 16, 2024 admin carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide removal, carbon removal, climefi, green economy

Credit to Author: Jonny Tiernan| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 18:53:37 +0000

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has announced the purchase of 50,250 tonnes of carbon dioxide removals (CDRs) through ClimeFi, a portfolio manager specializing in permanent carbon removal. This transaction brings BCG’s total CDR purchases to nearly 200,000 tonnes, placing the firm among the top 10 global buyers of durable carbon removal … [continued]

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Hydrogen Ships Are Seeing Same Pattern As All Hydrogen Fleets

December 16, 2024 admin air quality, boats, carbon emissions, cargo shipping, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric ferries, Electric vehicles, Energy, Europe, ferries, Fossil Fuels, green economy, hydrogen, hydrogen boats, investment, Manufacturing, marine energy, Oil, Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 03:37:54 +0000

As the years pass and more re-enactments of the Odyssey of the Hydrogen Fleet are played out, they get staged in multiple settings, much like Shakespeare’s Tempest being staged in a waterpark in Germany in 2019. In recent months, I’ve curated a couple of lists of hydrogen bus and train … [continued]

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UN Agreements On Oceanic Geoengineering Don’t Cover Dominant Land-Based Systems

December 14, 2024 admin Canada, Carbon Capture, carbon capture (ccs), carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, climate change, geoengineering, green economy, investment, Ocean, ocean acidification, policy & politics, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 23:54:30 +0000

This morning I had an excellent conversation with a lawyer with a maritime environmental non-governmental organization, Stephanie Hewson at the West Coast Environmental Law Association. She is preparing to testify to one of the highest legislative bodies in the country that they are based in, Canada’s Senate, regarding concerns about … [continued]

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