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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $2 Billion to Support American Auto Workers, Convert Facilities for Electric Vehicles

July 14, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, green economy, green jobs, investing in america, investment, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, justice40 initiative, Manufacturing, policy & politics, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:40:32 +0000

Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Will Retool or Retrofit 11 Existing Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Facilities to Support EV Manufacturing, Retaining and Creating Thousands of Good-Paying Union Jobs LANSING, MI — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced … [continued]

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Tripling Renewables by 2030 Requires a Minimum of 16.4% Annual Growth Rate

July 14, 2024 admin clean power, climate change, cop28, green economy, grid, international renewable energy agency (irena), irena, press releases, research, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:23:45 +0000

Record growth in renewables must be significantly topped up in the remaining 7 years to meet the UAE Consensus energy target set at COP28 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — The Renewable Energy Statistics 2024 released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today shows that despite renewables becoming the fastest growing … [continued]

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Is GM Making An EV Comeback?

July 14, 2024 admin chevrolet, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, gm, green economy, Manufacturing

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 10:17:05 +0000

GM’s press release announcing end of quarter sales numbers finally had what we’ve all hoped to see: recovering EV sales figures! But, numbers are never anything without context. So, in this article, I’m going to cover what GM revealed and then discuss whether this means GM’s EV effort is back … [continued]

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LPO Announces Conditional Commitment to ENTEK Lithium Separators to Build Indiana EV Battery Separator Manufacturing Plant

July 13, 2024 admin batteries, Energy Storage, green economy, investing in america, investment, Joe Biden, lithium-ion batteries, loan programs office, policy & politics, research, subsidies, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:17:30 +0000

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced a conditional commitment of up to $1.2 billion for a direct loan to ENTEK Lithium Separators LLC (ENTEK). If finalized, the loan will substantially finance a new facility in Terre Haute, Indiana to manufacture lithium-ion battery separators. The separators will be used … [continued]

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Rondo Energy Is Working On Ways To Decarbonize Process Heat

July 13, 2024 admin clean power, decarbonization, Energy Storage, green economy, Manufacturing, process heat, rondo energy, thermal energy storage

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:14:24 +0000

Rondo Energy is on a mission to prove that heat storage is cost competitive with more traditional technologies.

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What Has Joe Biden Done For You Lately?

July 13, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, climate policy, Donald Trump, green economy, Joe Biden, policy & politics, US, us election 2024

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 15:32:50 +0000

Joe Biden and his team have done more for America and Americans than any president this century. Let’s not change horses in midstream.

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Wait, Don’t Recycle Those Old Wind Turbines… Re-Use Them!

July 12, 2024 admin clean power, distributed energy, distributed wind, Energy, green economy, recycle, recycling, renewable energy, repowering, sustainability, us department of energy (doe), Waste management, waste reduction, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 20:44:41 +0000

A US firm is refurbishing, upgrading, and relocating older wind turbines for re-use in the distributed energy resources market.

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Georgia’s Clean Energy Manufacturing Surge Is A By-Product Of Federal Investments

July 11, 2024 admin buildings, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 10:45:16 +0000

New data released by Atlas Public Policy and the CHARGE coalition confirms that Georgia’s clean energy commitments toward personal transportation electrification now lead the nation. This shift to Georgia as a clean energy core region has been fueled in significant part by the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs … [continued]

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Solar & Wind Uptake to Reach 5.4 TWac from 2024 to 2033

July 11, 2024 admin clean power, Energy Storage, global solar, global wind energy, global wind power, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, market research, press releases, research, Solar energy, wind energy, wood mackenzie, world solar, world wind power

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 05:10:27 +0000

Global solar deployment to add 3.8 TWac of new project capacity by 2033 compared to 1.6 TW of wind power, while 640% growth is forecast for energy storage From 2024 to 2033, developers will bring more than 5.4 terawatts (TWac) of new solar and wind capacity online, increasing the cumulative … [continued]

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Demystifying Coal Repurposing in the Global Energy Transition

July 11, 2024 admin ammonia, biomass, clean power, Coal, coal phaseout, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, research

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 22:20:47 +0000

The repurposing of coal plants is gaining buzz. In a new article series, Finding (Re)purpose, we break down what it is and why it matters. Pressure to accelerate a managed phaseout of unabated coal has been building worldwide to achieve net-zero targets and curb climate change. Alongside retirement, “repurposing” coal … [continued]

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