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Wucker’s Gray Rhino Is Essential Reading & Her Thoughts On Climate & COVID Compelling

September 18, 2024 admin Asia, black swan event, carbon emissions, China, climate change, climate risk, covid, financial risk, green economy, INTERVIEWS, investment, policy & politics, risk, risk analysis

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 20:33:55 +0000

A year and a half ago I had the opportunity to sit down with Michele Wucker, author of The Gray Rhino and You Are What You Risk, to have a wide ranging conversation about risks we tend to ignore, Asian vs Western perceptions of risk, black swans, climate change, COVID, … [continued]

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Charging A Leased EV For Free In Texas With Octopus Electric Vehicles

August 25, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, INTERVIEWS, octopus energy, Solar energy, texas, wind energy

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:40:56 +0000

About a month ago, Octopus Energy shared some details with us about its collaboration with Texas Rivian owners where they can charge with 100% clean electricity without needing to buy a home solar power system. They can just sign up with Octopus Energy. It turns out that separately from the … [continued]

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Solar Power, Electric Shuttles, & EV Chargers Project Begins In Fresno, CA

August 3, 2024 admin California, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging stations, fresno county, INTERVIEWS, Solar energy, v2g

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 22:25:08 +0000

The Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission (EOC) has joined with global technology leader Nuvve to electrify its vehicles and develop solar power capacity. The entire system will have 56 EV chargers and use V2G technology for about 50 electric shuttles at the Fresno, California, site. Energy storage will also be included … [continued]

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Drive A Rivian On 100% Clean Electricity In Texas With Octopus Energy

July 28, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, INTERVIEWS, octopus energy, rivian, Solar energy, texas, wind energy

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 20:33:59 +0000

Octopus Energy and Rivian recently announced a joint program for Rivian owners in Texas that allows them to sign up for Octopus 100% clean electricity to charge their electric vehicles at home. Rivian owners in Texas do not need to get their own home solar power systems to charge their electric … [continued]

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Decarbonizing Building Heat — RAP EU Lead Jan Rosenow On Heat Pumps, Hydrogen, Insulation, & Gas Networks

July 28, 2024 admin buildings, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, consumer technology, demand response, district heating, Energy, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, heat pumps, home energy management, hydrogen, INTERVIEWS, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:44:09 +0000

Recently I sat down virtually with energy policy expert Jan Rosenow of RAP on my podcast “Redefining Energy — Tech” to discuss how residential and commercial building heat solutions. In the theme of providing transcripts of presentations I’m giving in various places for people who prefer the written word, this … [continued]

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Mercedes-Benz To Install EV Chargers At Over 100 Starbucks Locations

July 20, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, INTERVIEWS, mercedes, Mercedes Benz, starbucks

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 18:00:27 +0000

Mercedes-Benz is expanding its North American EV charging network. Here at CleanTechnica, we have covered several of the developments as it grows. Paul Fosse wrote about the Atlanta area hub and took quite a few photos. I conducted an interview and found out about the many additional hubs. All of … [continued]

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Over 130 Wendy’s Restaurants Enroll In Community Solar Program

July 14, 2024 admin ampion, clean power, community solar, INTERVIEWS, recs, renewable energy credits, Solar energy, wendy's

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 15:10:04 +0000

About a week ago, Cynthia posted a renewable energy and EV roundup. In it, she mentioned that some Wendy’s restaurants have enrolled in a community solar power and renewable energy credits program with Ampion. There was a social media post on LinkedIn about it too, so it seemed like an … [continued]

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New EV Depot Capable Of Charging 96 Heavy-Duty Electric Trucks Launched By Prologis/Maersk

June 27, 2024 admin California, clean transport, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, ev charging, grid, INTERVIEWS, maersk, microgrids, prologis, volvo trucks

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 16:55:49 +0000

Prologis and Maersk just launched an EV charging depot that will be able to charge up to 96 heavy-duty electric trucks at the same time. Performance Team, which is part of Maersk, will be using a fleet of Volvo VNR Electric trucks at the depot. These are tractor trailers with … [continued]

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Interview with Jenny Wassenaar, Trivium Chief Sustainability Officer, about Plastic Packaging Waste

May 31, 2024 admin INTERVIEWS, Plastic, recycling

Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 13:47:35 +0000

As we should all know by now, plastic recycling is a sham. That little recycle symbol (“chasing arrows”) on bottles? Invented by a consortium of plastic industry front groups to put the onus on the consumer to fix the problem they’re creating. Just like the personal carbon footprint was. Plastic … [continued]

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Zero-Emission Vehicles Sales Still Going Well In California

May 30, 2024 admin California, california air resources board (carb), california energy commission (cec), clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev sales, INTERVIEWS

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 18:15:10 +0000

The State of California has the most zero-emission vehicles in the US, and sales of this vehicle type are still doing well. Californians purchased just over 102,000 zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) in the first three months of 2024. Another fact is that the State of California is on track to reach … [continued]

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