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Big Tata Power Clean Energy Projects in Bhutan & India

December 20, 2024 admin Bhutan, clean power, green economy, hydroelectric, India, investment, Solar energy, tata power, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 23:42:03 +0000

India has been a major market for clean energy deployment — solar energy and wind energy deployment. It’s been much less successful stimulating the electric vehicle market. Tata Group is India’s largest business conglomerate. It’s enormous, selling various products and services in more than 160 countries. One of its companies … [continued]

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Accelerating Electrification: Freight Trucks Will Dominate In The US

December 20, 2024 admin batteries, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, clean trucks, climate change, Coal, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, microgrids, natural gas, Oil, renewable energy, Shipping, Solar energy, trains / rail, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:02:33 +0000

Key Takeaways: Transportation is the highest emissions segment in United States Of rail, water, and road, only freight trucking can readily decarbonize Electric trucks are cost-effective and rapidly advancing The United States has unintentionally made itself into the country with the hardest to decarbonize transportation sector, and it matters. Transportation … [continued]

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Stellantis & CATL’s New JV Will Invest Up To €4B To Build Large-Scale LFP Battery Plant In Spain

December 20, 2024 admin batteries, battery factories, catl, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Europe, green economy, lithium ferrous phosphate (lfp), Manufacturing, Spain, stellantis

Credit to Author: Derek Markham| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 18:10:39 +0000

Stellantis and CATL recently announced a strategic agreement for a joint venture that could see up to €4.1 billion invested in the construction of a large-scale European lithium iron phosphate battery plant. The facility, which they say will be constructed in multiple phases in Zaragoza, Spain, is intended to eventually … [continued]

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The Sustainable Tires Of The Future Will Be Made With Plants (Again)

December 19, 2024 admin bridgestone, clean transport, dandelion rubber, Electric vehicles, ev tires, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, natural rubber, research, rubber, SCIENCE, supply chains, sustainable aircraft fuel, sustainable tires, tires, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 13:28:33 +0000

Sustainable tires could be made with butadiene derived from algae, food waste, and other renewable resources instead of petroleum, if a new research project pans out.

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Deloitte Complicit In Indefensible Brampton Hydrogen Bus CUTRIC Study

December 19, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Energy, fuel cell buses, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen fuel cell buses, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, subsidies

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 04:57:13 +0000

In one of my articles related to the debacle that is Canada’s transit think tank CUTRIC’s guidance and modeling on bus fleet decarbonization, especially the Brampton fleet report that was off by about $1.5 billion on a $9 billion price tag, I shared the open letter to the Board I’d … [continued]

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Ford Gets $9.63 Billion Loan for BlueOval SK from US DOE

December 19, 2024 admin atvm, batteries, blueoval, clean transport, colleges, doe (loans), Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ford, ford blueoval sk battery park, green economy, green jobs, investing in america, Joe Biden, kentucky, lithium-ion batteries, loan programs office, lpo, Manufacturing, policy & politics, sk on, subsidies, tennessee, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 04:14:35 +0000

Donald Trump may be the president-elect in the United States, but tons of Joe Biden policy is still alive and getting rolled out. As I’ve written recently, there actually seems to be a sprint to get as much implemented before Trump and Republicans take over. One of those items is … [continued]

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Electric Vehicles Create More Jobs than Fossil Fuel Vehicles — Research

December 19, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ford, green economy, green jobs, research, SCIENCE, tesla, university of michigan

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 02:10:02 +0000

In a comment thread on an article yesterday, a reader made an important point. Although there’s a common narrative that a transition to electric vehicles will reduce jobs in the auto industry, the opposite is actually true! A University of Michigan study published earlier this year found that automotive assembly … [continued]

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Local Energy, Global Lessons: How Ranch Sereno Models the Future of Community-Centered Energy

December 19, 2024 admin California, clean power, green economy, green jobs, policy & politics, Solar energy, solar energy advantages, solar energy benefits, solar power benefits, solar power plants

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 01:30:31 +0000

Clean energy isn’t just about power — it’s about people. The Ranch Sereno project shows how solar developers can navigate community opposition by designing projects to serve multiple local needs. As a solar developer, I’ve experienced firsthand how renewable energy projects can struggle to address community opposition, navigate complicated permitting … [continued]

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HVDC Transmission Between Europe & North America Makes Fiscal Sense

December 18, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electricity transmission, Energy, Europe, green economy, green jobs, grid, hvdc, hydroelectric, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, renewable energy, Smart Grid, Solar energy, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:29:02 +0000

As someone who spends a lot of time looking at HVDC electricity interconnectors globally, and holding the position that HVDC is the new pipeline, I’m very pleased with the latest Ember report, Security and efficiency: The case for connecting Europe and North America. Let’s step back. I’m sure many of … [continued]

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Will Some US Automakers Hit Crisis During Trump Term?

December 18, 2024 admin big 3, clean transport, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ford, gm, green economy, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:11:19 +0000

Naturally, when it comes to big macroeconomic changes, issues often seem to come out of the blue. You can reverse engineer what happened and everything looks obvious, and there are always some canaries or boys crying wolf who notice the issue early but are ignored. However, by and large, macroeconomic … [continued]

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