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Superconducting Transmission CEO Talks Grids In Brussels

December 9, 2024 admin 0 Comments carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, electric grid, electricity transmission, Energy, Europe, green economy, grid, hvdc, investment, Manufacturing, renewable energy, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 03:02:15 +0000

When I was in Brussels recently speaking at the launch of the second edition of Supergrid Super Solution, Eddie O’Connor and Kevin O’Sullivan’s handbook for Europe’s renewable power grid of the future, I had the opportunity to sit down with John Fitzgerald, CEO of Supernode, a startup developing superconducting transmission. … [continued]

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Ace Green Recycling Becoming a Public Company, Leading on Sustainable Battery Recycling

December 8, 2024 admin ace green recycling, batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, investment, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 19:23:01 +0000

When someone asks me about my EV, they always bring up battery issues. It soon becomes clear that they don’t understand battery recycling. The conversations begin this way and swiftly break down into battery waste: “Well, oil comes out of the ground and so do the minerals for batteries…” or … [continued]

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Lessons For Europe & North America From Northvolt Collapse

December 6, 2024 admin batteries, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, Europe, ev batteries, green economy, green jobs, hydroelectric, investment, Manufacturing, northvolt, policy & politics, subsidies, Sweden, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:50:39 +0000

The European Union lost a few things in the past week. The least of them was a couple of billion euros of loans and grants. A big one was a new supply of fresh and shiny Europe-made batteries. The biggest was a belief that anything China could do, they could … [continued]

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Baltic Nation Deploys Solar Power For 100% Energy Independence

December 3, 2024 admin building integrated photovoltaic, building integrated solar, clean power, Eastern Europe, Energy, Estonia, Europe, green economy, green jobs, investment, NATO, policy & politics, renewable energy, Republicans, rooftop solar, Russia, Solar energy, solar panels, solar power plants

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 15:29:46 +0000

Solar power is featured in the reconstruction of the historic Estonian National Library in Talinn, deploying building-integrated solar panels that match the original roofing material.

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500 Renault 5 Carsharing EVs Used in European First V2G Scheme

December 1, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, renault group, Smart Grid, Solar energy, vehicle to grid, we drive solar

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 04:17:02 +0000

13 years ago, Utrecht brightened our day with news of a Traffic Garden — something so basic, so common sense, and yet so amazing. Things are how they should be. Flowing with well-trained bicyclists is just one of the ways Utrecht succeeds with high-efficiency transportation, though. 9 years ago, Utrecht … [continued]

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Hard Sail Power Might Have Niche In Roro Vehicle Shipping

December 1, 2024 admin boats, carbon emissions, cargo shipping, clean shipping, clean transport, climate change, Coal, Electric vehicles, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, natural gas, ocean shipping, Oil, Shipping, shipping emissions

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 18:33:33 +0000

Sails on ships are a romantic and idealized vision of the world. Our history as a species includes innumerable tiny vessels pushed by wind across great expanses of featureless ocean, bold explorers and traders risking all on the science of sextants and the vagaries of the weather. But in recent … [continued]

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Why Business And Biodiversity Go Hand-In-Hand

November 30, 2024 admin carbon emissions, climate change, investment, Manufacturing, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 04:50:19 +0000

Business and biodiversity may seem odd bedfellows at first glance. After all, doesn’t it take every possible effort to create a thriving commercial activity? Strategic roadmaps. Detailed record-keeping. A climate of collegiality. So much is needed to produce profitable goods or services. Who has time to factor in biodiversity? Pharmaceutical … [continued]

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Two US Representatives Try To Suspend 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credit

November 30, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, gotion, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., investment, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, policy & politics, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 23:27:54 +0000

The 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credit is a top incentive for stimulating and supporting clean energy and battery manufacturing in the US. However, at the moment, there are ways that Chinese companies can benefit from this, if they build factories in the US. That is completely unacceptable to some … [continued]

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Rivian Scores $6.57 Billion Jackpot From Program Republicans Want To Kill

November 29, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Georgia, green economy, green jobs, inflation reduction act of 2022., investment, loan programs office, lpo, Manufacturing, policy & politics, rivian, solyndra, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:58:34 +0000

The US electric vehicle startup Rivian is targeting 400,000 EVs per year at its new Project Horizon factory, taking shape in Georgia with a $6.57 billion assist from the Bush-era Loan Programs Office in the US Department of Energy.

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Hydrogen Trains Continue To Derail

November 28, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, commuter rail, ev batteries, France, GERMANY, green economy, green jobs, heavy rail, hydrogen, India, investment, Italy, Malaysia, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, South korea, trains / rail, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 03:05:53 +0000

Recently I collaborated with David Cebon, head of the Cambridge Centre for Sustainable Road Freight, and interested parties on a complete list of all of the abandoned hydrogen bus trials globally. There are a couple of dozen of them, and I’m pretty sure there are more transit agencies that have … [continued]

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