Wastewater Could Be What The LFP Battery Supply Chain Needs

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 14:42:28 +0000

The US firm ENTEK is among the many energy storage stakeholders jockeying for an edge on the LFP battery supply chain.

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U.S. DOE Launches $3.3 Million Prize to Support Place-Based Partnerships Focused on Creating & Expanding Access to Good Jobs in Clean Energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 21:14:53 +0000

The Good Jobs in Clean Energy Prize will bring together local coalitions to promote “High Road” economic and workforce development strategies and ensure that clean energy programs and investments result in accessible, good jobs. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a new prize that will award over $3.3 … [continued]

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Paving the Way to an Electrified Transportation Future in Washington State

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 02:59:04 +0000

RMI’s GridUp tool helped Washington State develop leading strategies for transportation electrification. Across the country, electrifying transportation can help states meet climate targets, but policymakers must ensure it happens smoothly. In Washington State, policy leaders are using cutting edge tools and analysis to prepare for an electric vehicle (EV) future. … [continued]

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Battery Storage Can Maintain Reliability, Even After Fossils Retire

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 02:56:11 +0000

New analysis shows that Illinois can maintain reliability even after retiring fossil resources by deploying 3 GW of 4-hour battery storage. In 2021, Illinois passed the landmark Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), charting a path toward 100% clean energy by 2045. CEJA mandates the staggered retirement of Illinois’ fleet of fossil … [continued]

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No, Carbon Pricing Maritime Shipping Won’t Push Freight To Airplanes

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 15:41:38 +0000

Recently I published on the International Maritime Organization’s commitment to introduce carbon pricing for all maritime shipping in 2028. One of the comments echoed something I’d seen elsewhere, the odd premise that this would drive freight to much higher emissions airplanes, and hence be counterproductive from a climate perspective. The … [continued]

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Monster Wave Of Marine Energy About To Hit US Shores

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 13:10:46 +0000

US lawmakers propose a new $1 billion funding pot to stimulate launch the domestic marine energy industry into the big leagues of the renewable energy transition.

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U.S. Vehicle Technologies Office Selects 27 Small Businesses to Advance Innovative Clean Transportation R&D

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 01:27:28 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced awards for the Fiscal Year 2024 Phase I Release 2 of the Small Businesses Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. Across DOE, 229 projects in 39 states received $52 million to pursue clean energy research and development (R&D), and eventual demonstration … [continued]

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Battery Minerals: A Common Fight Over Uncommon Things

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 01:10:15 +0000

The current media and political churn over the production and distribution of battery minerals is generating some energy of its own. The debate feels modern because it touches on the future of electric cars, wind turbines, solar panels, and energy storage. If we could only get our hands on some Vibranium! In reality, … [continued]

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Natural Gas Expansion Goose Cooked By Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 18:00:54 +0000

Instead of getting more natural gas from elsewhere in the US, New Jersey is growing its own offshore wind industry and a new clean hydrogen hub, too.

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Carbon Pricing Is Coming To Maritime Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:05:28 +0000

In my regularly iterated Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work, there’s a big broom: Price Carbon Aggressively. In the maritime shipping world, it would be a big trawler net that scoops up emissions regardless of technology, allowing the market to figure out the cheapest way to achieve decarbonization. … [continued]

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