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Mississauga Could Get A Dozen Electric Buses For The Cost Of Five Hydrogen Ones

October 20, 2024 admin California, Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, mass transit, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 22:05:35 +0000

Recently I published a perspective on the Canadian city of Mississauga’s plan to pilot hydrogen buses for their transit system. It included global data on the high cost and low reliability of hydrogen electrolysis and refueling systems and the high cost and low reliability of hydrogen fuel cell buses. Someone … [continued]

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The US Needs A Marshall Plan For Itself, Not For The Developing World

October 17, 2024 admin batteries, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, Electric vehicles, Energy, Fossil Fuels, FRACKING, green economy, green jobs, investment, natural gas, nuclear energy, offshore wind energy, Oil, policy & politics, renewable energy, shale oil, Solar energy, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 22:41:16 +0000

In the past couple of months, an idea has been percolating through Washington and entities dependent on the United States’ good will that the US should reach back into history and create a Clean Energy Marshall Plan for developing countries. This idea is US economic wunderkind Brian Deese’s brainchild, or … [continued]

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Majestic Underwater Dragon Kites To Harvest Tidal Energy

October 17, 2024 admin clean power, Denmark, Energy, ernst & young, green economy, investment, islands, marine energy, renewable energy, tidal energy, tidal turbine, tidal turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:08:03 +0000

The secrets of tidal energy are finally beginning to crack open, as demonstrated by an ambitious 200-megawatt tidal project in the Faroe Islands featuring new “Dragon Class” kite-style underwater turbines.

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Clean Energy Jobs Are Changing Lives. These Programs Are Providing Liftoff.

October 16, 2024 admin clean power, climate change, green economy, green jobs, Habitat for Humanity, inflation reduction act of 2022., investment, Manufacturing, us climate alliance

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 22:36:55 +0000

Jobs supporting the energy transition are in demand, and programs supported by cities, states — and now a bipartisan coalition of governors — are helping train the future workforce. Before Marcus started as a carpentry fellow with Habitat for Humanity, he didn’t know what he was going to do with … [continued]

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Onsite EV Charging For Renters Is Finally Coming, & So Is Yet Another Headache For Fossil Fuels

October 15, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging at multi-family properties, ev charging stations, ev sales, green economy, investing, investment, investors, level 2 charging, multi-family dwellings, multi-family home ev charging, multi-family properties, usa, Women

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 13:35:20 +0000

The startup 3V Infrastructure plans to blow open the EV charging bottleneck at multi-family dwellings, hotels, and other long-stay locations where access to Level 2 charging can be an especially important consideration for female EV drivers.

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New Hampshire’s Low-Income Community Solar Program Is Finally Hearing The Starting Line

October 15, 2024 admin clean power, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, new hampshire, policy & politics, research, Solar energy, solar panels, solar power plants

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 00:44:42 +0000

More than seven years after New Hampshire regulators first approved the idea of using community solar to create savings for low-income households, electric bill discounts are finally on the horizon for the first batch of participants. “There has been this rhetoric that we want solar to benefit low-income people, but … [continued]

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Tesla Robotaxi Would Cause More Gridlock In USA’s Transit-Deprived Cities

October 15, 2024 admin autonomous, autonomous vehicles, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric car, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, events, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, tesla, tesla cybercab, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 19:17:04 +0000

Let’s start out with the blunt reality that I didn’t bother to watch the Tesla reveal event in real-time, or even consider watching the event. Tesla reveal parties stopped being particularly relevant a few years ago. The Tesla Semi reveal was the last one of any significance from my perspective. … [continued]

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Tesla Investor’s Critical Summary of Tesla Robotaxi Event

October 14, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, green economy, investment, robotaxis, tesla, tesla cybercab, tesla robotaxi, tesla robotaxis

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:05:14 +0000

Tesla had its big robotaxi event last night. Pre-market, the stock is down nearly 7%. I think it’s fair to say that Tesla unveiled some very cool looking robotaxi concept vehicles, but also did very little to show how or when it’s getting from where it is today to these … [continued]

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Cutting Edge Environmental Initiatives at Arkansas Hazardous Waste Facility Launched

October 14, 2024 admin clean power, green economy, green jobs, investment, press releases, Solar energy, solar power plants, veolia

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 04:26:49 +0000

Veolia North America has unveiled—at a celebration yesterday that took place at its hazardous waste treatment center in Gum Springs—a series of unprecedented initiatives to make the plant the most sustainable operation of its kind in the U.S. With the newly announced initiatives, the facility has set an industry standard … [continued]

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Funding Notice: Nearly $2 Million Available to Support U.S. Offshore Wind Workforce Readiness Programs

October 13, 2024 admin clean power, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, us offshore wind, us offshore wind energy, us offshore wind farms, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:05:44 +0000

Offices: Office of Technology Transitions, Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) Funding Amount: $1.9 million Link to apply: PPO-CWX-006-WETO: Offshore Wind Workforce Readiness – Connectwerx The offshore wind industry is growing. According to the 2024 Offshore Wind Market Report, the U.S. industry’s project pipeline grew by 53% from the previous year—enough to power more than 26 … [continued]

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