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Vancouver Translink Bus Decarbonization At Risk From $1.3 Million CUTRIC Sole Source Study

November 23, 2024 admin 0 Comments Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Fossil Fuels, fuel cell buses, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, policy & politics, renewable energy, subsidies

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 03:21:27 +0000

British Columbia in Canada has a long history with hydrogen for transportation and its constant failures. Ballard Power, the fuel cell manufacturer that pivoted away from lithium ion batteries in 1989 to the losing technology, is based in the Vancouver area. Whistler, the famed ski and mountain biking area with … [continued]

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Mitsubishi Reaffirms Commitment To EV Battery Swapping

November 22, 2024 admin 0 Comments ample, batteries, battery swap, battery swap stations, battery swapping, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev battery swapping, green economy, green jobs, investing, investment, investors, Manufacturing, Mitsubishi, startups

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:04:59 +0000

The EV battery swapping startup Ample is joining forces with Mitsubishi to stimulate EV sales with a quick, seamless alternative to charging stations.

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Canadian Transit Think Tank CUTRIC Riddled With Conflicts Of Interest

November 22, 2024 admin 0 Comments air quality, ballard, Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, enbridge, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell buses, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, new flyer, Oil, policy & politics, subsidies

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:10:09 +0000

Four weeks ago, I didn’t know the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium existed. If I’d seen mention of it, I probably would have assumed it as an innocuous little organization full of pleasant Canadians working diligently for the good of Canadian transit. But the onion keeps being peeled. … [continued]

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Agenda Of Canadian CUTA Transit Conference Shows They Have Hydrogen On Brain Too

November 21, 2024 admin 0 Comments bus (buses), byd, Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric bus, electric buses, Electric vehicles, events, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell, hydrogen fuel cell buses, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 03:29:49 +0000

Globally, there are almost 700,000 battery electric buses in operation and perhaps 6,000 hydrogen buses. In Europe in 2023, about 6,400 new battery electric buses were registered vs. about 140 hydrogen buses. As I noted recently, there have are more hydrogen bus trials that have been abandoned than operational hydrogen … [continued]

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Financial Investments In Smallholder Farmers Are Big Talk At UN Climate Change Conference

November 21, 2024 admin 0 Comments Agriculture, carbon emissions, climate change, cop29, Farmers, farming, green jobs, investment, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:05:19 +0000

Smallholder farmers sustain humanity every day of the year. The 600 million smallholder farmers around the world, who are working on less than two hectares of land, are estimated to be responsible for 28-31% of total crop production and contribute 30-34% of food supply on 24% of gross agricultural area. … [continued]

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Why EV Subsidies Are Important For The Future US Economy

November 20, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev incentives, ev subsidies, green economy, green jobs, policy & politics, subsidies

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 21:50:42 +0000

We’ve written a couple of articles now about the US EV tax credit probably being killed by the Trump administration, and also other elements of the Inflation Reduction Act. In those articles, we’ve noted that this is bad for future US economic competitiveness. Some people don’t know the reason for … [continued]

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US Offshore Wind Industry Pulls The Supply Chain Card In Effort To Survive

November 19, 2024 admin clean power, Connecticut, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, policy & politics, supply chains, us offshore wind, us offshore wind energy, us offshore wind farms, us offshore wind power, us wind energy supply chain, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024 01:10:20 +0000

Facing rough political waters in the coming years, the US offshore wind industry aims to leverage its sprawling domestic supply chain for support.

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Green Skills: LinkedIn Publishes Its Annual Green Skills Report — It’s Not Good

November 18, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, education, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, green economy, green jobs, LinkedIn, Manufacturing, research, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 17:13:59 +0000

The green skills that immediately counteract the consequences of global warming are in increasing demand. They need to be in the spotlight, and LinkedIn is putting them there. Jobs that prioritize sustainability are known as “green jobs,” and are not able to function without a comprehensive understanding of green skills. … [continued]

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The Offshore Floating Wind Horses Have Already Left The Barn, Thanks To US Taxpayers

November 17, 2024 admin aker solutions, clean power, Energy, floating wind, floating wind energy, floating wind farm, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, policy & politics, principle power, renewable energy, South korea, us department of energy (doe), usa, wind energy, windfloat

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:54:12 +0000

US taxpayers can pat themselves on the back for supporting new floating wind technology that expands the reach of offshore wind farms into deep waters all around the world.

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BYD Leadership Shining, EV Sales Booming, Toyota Nonsense — 10 Top Cleantech Stories

November 16, 2024 admin batteries, byd, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica top 10, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev sales, green economy, green jobs, grid, Joe Biden, Manufacturing, policy & politics, Smart Grid, Solar energy, toyota

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:15:14 +0000

Quite a lot has happened in the past 10 days. Aside from the demented elephant getting back into the china shop, there are various big stories you may have missed, or (like me) would just benefit from being reminded of. Scroll down below for the stories and some commentary. Note … [continued]

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