Wastewater Could Be What The LFP Battery Supply Chain Needs

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 14:42:28 +0000

The US firm ENTEK is among the many energy storage stakeholders jockeying for an edge on the LFP battery supply chain.

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U.S. DOE Launches $3.3 Million Prize to Support Place-Based Partnerships Focused on Creating & Expanding Access to Good Jobs in Clean Energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 21:14:53 +0000

The Good Jobs in Clean Energy Prize will bring together local coalitions to promote “High Road” economic and workforce development strategies and ensure that clean energy programs and investments result in accessible, good jobs. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a new prize that will award over $3.3 … [continued]

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Battery Storage Can Maintain Reliability, Even After Fossils Retire

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 02:56:11 +0000

New analysis shows that Illinois can maintain reliability even after retiring fossil resources by deploying 3 GW of 4-hour battery storage. In 2021, Illinois passed the landmark Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), charting a path toward 100% clean energy by 2045. CEJA mandates the staggered retirement of Illinois’ fleet of fossil … [continued]

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No, Carbon Pricing Maritime Shipping Won’t Push Freight To Airplanes

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 15:41:38 +0000

Recently I published on the International Maritime Organization’s commitment to introduce carbon pricing for all maritime shipping in 2028. One of the comments echoed something I’d seen elsewhere, the odd premise that this would drive freight to much higher emissions airplanes, and hence be counterproductive from a climate perspective. The … [continued]

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U.S. Vehicle Technologies Office Selects 27 Small Businesses to Advance Innovative Clean Transportation R&D

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 01:27:28 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced awards for the Fiscal Year 2024 Phase I Release 2 of the Small Businesses Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. Across DOE, 229 projects in 39 states received $52 million to pursue clean energy research and development (R&D), and eventual demonstration … [continued]

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$2.2B for 13 GW of New Transmission Capacity: DOE Unveils Latest Boost for U.S. Grid Modernization

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:14:36 +0000

The Biden administration will invest $2.2 billion in eight projects under its Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership (GRIP) program to bolster the nation’s power grid with nearly 13 GW of […]

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Carbon Pricing Is Coming To Maritime Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:05:28 +0000

In my regularly iterated Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work, there’s a big broom: Price Carbon Aggressively. In the maritime shipping world, it would be a big trawler net that scoops up emissions regardless of technology, allowing the market to figure out the cheapest way to achieve decarbonization. … [continued]

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Biden–Harris Admin Announces $63 Million to Advance Battery Recycling & Smart Manufacturing

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 23:35:59 +0000

Funding from the Investing in America Agenda is Spurring Partnerships with States and Local Governments to Support Modernization of the Manufacturing Sector and Increase Battery Recycling WASHINGTON, D.C. — In support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the availability of up … [continued]

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$12.25 Million Says Space Solar Really Is Happening

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 18:11:35 +0000

The newly launched Florida startup Star Catcher Industries is launching a space solar network aimed at beaming solar energy from space to thousands of low earth orbiting satellites.

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Want Your City Or Town To Get Federal Funding? Make A Goal To Invest In Sustainability

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 16:40:24 +0000

Does federal funding for climate action seem too difficult or diffuse for your city or town? The Biden-Harris administration has incorporated tax credits, incentives, and grants to implement its robust climate agenda, which includes an economy-wide goal for the US to be carbon neutral by 2050 as well as to … [continued]

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