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Freyr Battery Factory in Georgia Bites the Dust

February 10, 2025 admin batteries, battery factories, clean power, Donald Trump, Energy Storage, freyr battery, Georgia, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 03:10:32 +0000

Freyr, based in Norway, was one of the first companies to jump into the US market with big battery plans due to the Inflation Reduction Act passed by Democrats in 2022. I interviewed Freyr’s CEO, Tom Jensen, soon afterward about the plans and about the Inflation Reduction Act. I’ll embed … [continued]

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Powerful New Offshore Wind Turbine Trumps The Trump “Energy Dominance” Plan

February 9, 2025 admin clean power, EU, Europe, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, offshore wind energy, offshore wind turbine, policy & politics, siemens gamesa, us offshore wind, us offshore wind farms, usa, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 19:58:24 +0000

While Trump single-handedly bludgeons the US offshore wind industry into a state of paralysis, massive new offshore wind turbines are coming to markets elsewhere around the world.

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Geothermal Aside, US Energy Policy Gets Dumb And Dumber Every Day

February 9, 2025 admin clean power, Energy, enhanced geothermal systems, fervo energy, geothermal energy, green economy, policy & politics, renewable energy, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 15:27:35 +0000

Fossil fuels face a new threat from the US geothermal energy industry, which stands to benefit from the purportedly fossil-friendly Trump administration.

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Beijing Buses 95% Electric, Hydrogen Buses Dwindling, Refueling Stations Closing

February 8, 2025 admin Beijing, carbon emissions, China, clean transport, climate change, Coal, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, olympics, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:14:38 +0000

A rule of thumb I’ve been applying for a while is to look at what is succeeding in China in terms of clean technology. It tries everything that’s potentially viable domestically and fierce competition weeds out the winners from the losers. And on battery-electric buses vs hydrogen buses, and battery-electric … [continued]

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The Wheels Are Already Coming Off The Honda-Nissan Merger Plan

February 8, 2025 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, green economy, honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 18:40:33 +0000

Talks between Honda and Nissan are at an impasse according to reports in the Japanese press, and could fall apart this month.

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What’s A Musk To Do? Green Hydrogen In Play As Europe Faces Russia Threat

February 8, 2025 admin clean hydrogen, clean power, Eastern Europe, Estonia, Europe, Finland, GERMANY, green economy, green hydrogen, grid, hydrogen, hydrogen economy, latvia, Lithuania, Poland, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:07:02 +0000

Despite the threat of war with Russia looming overhead, a new green hydrogen corridor will link the three Baltic states with Europe.

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Graphite Tariffs Could Upend US EV Industry

February 8, 2025 admin batteries, China, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, graphite, green economy, policy & politics, tariffs

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 16:06:13 +0000

Tariffs on graphite from China may seem like an easy thing to do, but they are an indication of national weaknesses in technology.

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Musk Plays President While Tesla Misses Electric Truck Boat

February 7, 2025 admin California, california ev sales, clean transport, electric class 8 truck, electric pickup trucks, electric trucks, electric vans, Electric vehicles, green economy, Manufacturing, Shipping, telo, tesla sales, usa, zm trucks

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:32:50 +0000

The Japanese firm ZO Motors is the latest of a growing list of electric truck makers to set up shop in the US zero-emission vehicle market, through its ZM Trucks branch.

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Canada’s Hydrogen Bus Trials Canceled Due To High Costs & Emissions

February 7, 2025 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, Edmonton, electric buses, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Fossil Fuels, fuel cell, fuel cell buses, green economy, grid, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, winnipeg

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:32:16 +0000

For several months I’ve been digging through what’s going on with a Canadian transit ‘think’ tank, CUTRIC, and why it’s pushing hydrogen buses into city plans across the country. It keeps claiming hydrogen buses have been a success and are cheap, but cities keep canceling their plans for them as … [continued]

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News on Tesla’s New Factories in Mexico, India, & Netherlands to Build 4 Million Cars a Year

February 7, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, green economy, Manufacturing, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:36:18 +0000

One of our readers complained today that we were reporting on big price cuts to Tesla vehicles, and clear trends those price cuts might relate to — dropping Tesla sales. He was concerned that we were no longer focused on covering cleantech (or “clean teck” as he put it). I … [continued]

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