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A Deep Dive Into Pirelli’s Journey To A More Sustainable Tire

October 26, 2024 admin AUSTIN, claudio zanardo, clean transport, Electric vehicles, f1, formula 1, Fossil Fuels, green economy, Manufacturing, Oil, pirelli, pirelli p zero, pirelli scorpion xtm, texas, tires

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 18:40:02 +0000

Pirelli is perhaps best known for racing tires and the high performance consumer products built using that technology, the P Zero lineup. The company brought CleanTechnica out to Austin, Texas, ahead of the Austin Grand Prix to get a firsthand look at its sustainability efforts as it continues the transition … [continued]

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CUTRIC’s Hydrogen Bus Study Dodges $1.5bn In Costs To Justify Higher Emissions

October 26, 2024 admin California, Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Fossil Fuels, fuel cell, fuel cell buses, green economy, hydrogen, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, Ontario, policy & politics, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:29:45 +0000

In the past week, I’ve been digging into the underpinnings of a few Canadian cities’ current fixation on wasting serious amounts of taxpayer money on hydrogen buses. I had been ignoring it, more than not, as I’d assessed global hydrogen fleet trials and results along with exorbitant global hydrogen transportation … [continued]

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ChargePoint Pitches Affordable Level 2 EV Charger For Commercial Fleets, For Just $699

October 25, 2024 admin chargepoint, clean transport, electric cars, electric vehicle fleets, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ev charging, ev charging stations, fleet electrification, green economy, level 2 charger, Shipping, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 02:40:16 +0000

ChargePoint has launched a $699 Level 2 EV charger for light duty commercial fleets, a price point that supports the case for electrification on a total cost of ownership basis.

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Hyundai To Build EVs And EV Components In India

October 25, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, green economy, Hyundai, India, investment, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 18:21:39 +0000

It’s no secret that India is hardcore about trying to force local manufacturing. This has been a barrier to Tesla entering India for a while, and to many others. However, it’s a giant vehicle market with a lot of potential, especially as we get to cheaper and cheaper electric vehicles … [continued]

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West Virginia Lobs An Energy Storage Brickbat At Fossil Fuel Stakeholders

October 25, 2024 admin batteries, critical materials, Energy, Energy Storage, esg, form energy, green economy, green jobs, investment, iron air battery, long-duration energy storage, Manufacturing, policy & politics, renewable energy, usa, west virgina

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:47:21 +0000

These “power blocks” house new long duration iron-air energy storage systems, designed to shepherd more renewable energy into the grid.

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$430 Million for US Clean Energy Manufacturing in Coal Communities

October 25, 2024 admin clean power, Coal, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investing in america, Joe Biden, kamala harris, Manufacturing, policy & politics, Solar energy, us coal, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 04:55:48 +0000

Once upon a time, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made the horrible mistake of telling people that coal power wasn’t coming back in the US, was going to continue to shrink, and people living in coal communities would need to be retrained in clean energy careers. Sacrilege! As bad as a … [continued]

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The Magnus Effect & Rotor Sails Reducing Greenhouse Gases

October 24, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, Finland, green economy, International Maritime Organization, norsepower, Shipping, Water, wind energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 03:50:04 +0000

Harnessing more wind dramatically enhances clean power and propulsion. On that topic, more maritime shipping businesses are noticing and embracing added efficient technologies. Seriously. A few are giving sails a contemporary twist—literally—on an idea that was somewhat dormant for over 100 years. H.G. Magnus, a German scientist and chemist, conducted … [continued]

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How Much Does Hydrogen Leak And How Much Does It Matter?

October 24, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green hydrogen, hydrogen, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, policy & politics, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:46:40 +0000

Hydrogen is the gas that’s the second best escape artist in the universe. Helium has it by an edge because while helium is four times the mass of hydrogen per unit, it comes in atoms, not molecules. Hydrogen only comes with another hydrogen atom in the hydrogen molecule, which ends … [continued]

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University Of Toronto School Of Environment Says No To Fossil Fuel Money

October 24, 2024 admin Fossil Fuels, green economy, irving institute, policy & politics, University of Toronto

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 19:59:37 +0000

You might think this is a no-brainer, but the School of Environment at the University of Toronto has decided it will no longer accept funding from fossil fuel companies. According to a report by The Guardian, it has committed to stop taking funds from the fossil fuel sector for research, … [continued]

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Soaring Cleantech Manufacturing, EV Sales Records, Hurricanes — Top Cleantech Stories

October 24, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica top 10, climate change, electric cars, electric motorcycles, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev sales, green economy, green jobs, hurricanes, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, market research, policy & politics, research, rooftop solar, Solar energy, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:39:08 +0000

Our operations here at CleanTechnica got quite disrupted by a couple of recent hurricanes — Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene. As a result, we’ve got a lot of news to catch up on for our regular roundups on top cleantech stories. In this edition, I’m going to break the highlights … [continued]

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