Red State To Rescue EV Battery Supply Chain As Graphite Trade War Looms

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 15:00:18 +0000

Tennessee will play a key role in the domestic EV battery supply chain, as the host of two new factories slated to produce synthetic graphite in bulk.

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Will Stellantis Go the Way of British Leyland?

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 02:46:06 +0000

Is Stellantis circling the drain? Will it take the French and Italian economies with it? Sales are down across the conglomerate, approximately 11% YOY. Bear with me, I need to share a bit of history and I will leave a lot out and try to simplify things. A lot has … [continued]

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Canadians Can Cripple Hydrogen Greenwashing, But What About EU, USA, & Oz?

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 01:04:47 +0000

Recently I took a stroll through the implications of Canada’s anti-greenwashing improvements delivered through the truth in advertising provisions of Bill C-59. Originally, it merely caused all oil and gas firms and their lobbying and propaganda groups to magically disappear their entire social media presence and large parts of their … [continued]

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Trucking Will Electrify, But What Hills Must Be Flattened?

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:33:24 +0000

Key Takeaways Grid upgrades for high truck charging demands can take years Microgrids with buffering batteries and solar enable charging immediately Depots and truck stops require different charging technologies and have different energy profiles One of the primary challenges of electrifying freight trucks in the United States comes down to … [continued]

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More Bad News For Fossil Fuels: The Rise Of The Drop-In EV Charging Station

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:20:10 +0000

The new EV charging station solution from DC Grid combines DC fast-charging technology with quick and simple no-trench installation.

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Qcells Solar Factory in Georgia Gets $1.45 Billion Loan Guarantee

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:05:39 +0000

The Qcells facility will enable deployment of PV energy systems and domestic capability for critical parts of the solar supply chain. As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced today the closing of a $1.45 billion loan guarantee … [continued]

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US EPA Funds Brownfields Job Training Across the Country

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 04:40:44 +0000

One of Hillary Clinton’s “big mistakes” in the 2016 presidential campaign was admitting that the coal industry could not and would not be revived, but saying that she’d put programs in place to help with retraining and to help coal workers find new jobs. That was not a popular thing … [continued]

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It’s Against The Law In Canada To Call Hydrogen Buses Zero Emissions

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:42:07 +0000

In the middle of 2024, I documented the remarkable disappearance of claims of environmental virtue from the websites and social media of Canadian oil and gas companies and the lobbying groups they employed. Overnight, the degree of factual accuracy on their public sites went up by a remarkable amount. Why? … [continued]

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New Flyer Low Emission Buses Too Expensive So Winnipeg Buys Diesel

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 03:15:18 +0000

Into Canada’s ongoing challenges with bus fleet decarbonization comes Winnipeg, which hasn’t featured much so far in the ongoing tale of transit think tank CUTRIC’s incompetence, sole sourcing and hydrogen-centric conflicts of interest. However, it did have a role in a piece assessing Canadian bus manufacture New Flyer’s strategic missteps … [continued]

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