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The End of Diesel: Europe’s Buses Are Going Fully Electric — Fast

March 11, 2025 admin air quality, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric buses, Electric vehicles, Energy, EU, Europe, ev sales, green economy, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 22:50:55 +0000

Electric buses are transforming Europe’s public transportation system faster than many policymakers expected. In 2024, nearly half of all new city buses sold in the European Union were battery-electric, according to a new report from Transport & Environment (T&E). This shift marks a decisive moment in the debate over how … [continued]

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Trump’s Tariffs Are An Economic & Environmental Boomerang

March 11, 2025 admin air quality, batteries, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Europe, ev batteries, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy, tariffs, trump tariffs, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2025 20:20:52 +0000

The first Trump trade war was a disaster for US cleantech, and it looks like 2025 is setting up to be an encore performance. Between 2018 and 2020, Trump’s tariffs on solar panels cost the US an estimated 10.5 GW of lost solar capacity, delaying the transition to clean energy … [continued]

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Hydrogen Buses Keep Failing — De Lijn Is Just The Latest To Cut Losses

March 11, 2025 admin batteries, Belgium, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Energy, Energy Storage, EU, Europe, ev sales, green economy, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, public transit, van hool

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2025 17:38:01 +0000

Founded in 1947 in Belgium, Van Hool was a storied name in bus and coach manufacturing, known for producing a range of vehicles spanning diesel, hybrid, battery-electric, and hydrogen fuel-cell models. For decades, it supplied public and private transport fleets across Europe and beyond, cementing its reputation as an innovative … [continued]

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Plasma Gasification Promises the World, Fails Everywhere—Pune Was No Exception

March 1, 2025 admin carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, green economy, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, India, investment, plastic waste, solid waste

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2025 04:50:55 +0000

The idea was seductive: turn Pune’s mountains of garbage into clean hydrogen fuel. The city’s waste problem would be solved, and India would get a head start in the global hydrogen economy. That was the pitch when Pune Municipal Corporation and The Green Billions Limited announced India’s first waste-to-hydrogen project … [continued]

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Cement Decarbonization Policy Makers Need To Understand All Levers

March 1, 2025 admin buildings, cap and trade, carbon emissions, carbon tax, cement, cement emissions, climate change, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, policy research, research, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2025 18:51:51 +0000

The global cement industry, long recognized as a backbone of infrastructure development, faces mounting pressure to reduce its environmental impact. Responsible for approximately 7–8% of global carbon emissions, cement production is one of the most carbon-intensive industrial processes. Yet, as climate policies tighten and innovation accelerates, the industry stands at … [continued]

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Geothermal Energy Vs. Natural Gas: The Biggest Loser Is Trump

March 1, 2025 admin clean power, Donald Trump, donald trump fossil fuels, Energy, fervo energy, geothermal energy, green economy, green jobs, investment, Pennsylvania, policy & politics, renewable energy, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2025 03:05:12 +0000

New geothermal energy technology is enabling reliable, 24/7 renewable energy to boldly go where no geothermal systems have gone before.

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India-EU Hydrogen Partnership Flagship Project Collapsing Due to Ruinous Economics

March 1, 2025 admin carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, EU, Europe, green economy, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, India, investment, policy & politics, waste to power

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 19:52:35 +0000

The EU-India Clean Energy and Climate Partnership included a plan to develop a waste-to-hydrogen facility in Pune, led by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and The Green Billions Limited (TGBL). The ₹450 crore ($54M) project was intended to process 3.8 million metric tons of waste using Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) and … [continued]

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US Cultural Revolution: Bonfire of NASA, NOAA, EPA, CDC, & USDA Climate Programs

March 1, 2025 admin Agriculture, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, elon musk, green economy, HEALTH, investment, policy & politics, renewable energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:52:20 +0000

China’s Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) was a decade-long political campaign led by Mao Zedong to reinforce communist ideology by purging capitalist and traditional elements from Chinese society. One of its most devastating aspects was its assault on science and academia. Universities were shut down, intellectuals were persecuted, and scientific research was … [continued]

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Perpetual Hydrogen Money Loser FuelCell Energy, Like Ballard, Pivoted From Batteries

March 1, 2025 admin ballard, bloom energy, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, Energy, fuelcell energy, green economy, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, plug power, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:51:24 +0000

How can a company never make a profit for over 50 years and still be around? How can it still find investors? FuelCell Energy is that company, and its continuing existence, like that of other perpetual money losing hydrogen fuel cell firms Ballard Power and Plug Power, is deeply perplexing. … [continued]

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How Many Customers Can Rivian Steal From Tesla?

March 1, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, green economy, investment, rivian, rivian r1s, rivian r1t, rivian r2, rivian r3, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 04:53:12 +0000

I was at a Tesla Supercharger today, and as I was about to leave, I saw a Rivian R1S connected to one of the Supercharger stalls. This is a V2 Supercharger station, and my understanding is that no non-Teslas can Supercharger on V2 Superchargers, but I also saw a Mercedes-Maybach … [continued]

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