Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:47:33 +0000
In yet another sign that the electrification trend is widening and deepening, the new Scout Motors electric vehicle factory in South Carolina will apply new heat pump technology to help decarbonize its HVAC system.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 13:08:07 +0000
The auto industry can become a lead market for low-carbon steel production in Europe if lawmakers set content requirements. Steel made with green hydrogen and electric arc furnaces, or produced from scrap, can reduce the CO2 emissions of producing cars in Europe by 6.9 Mt in 2030, new analysis shows. That’s … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 15:10:56 +0000
Rivian has been left out of the latest DOE grant program for automakers. Bloomberg thinks it knows why that happened.
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:40:32 +0000
Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Will Retool or Retrofit 11 Existing Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Facilities to Support EV Manufacturing, Retaining and Creating Thousands of Good-Paying Union Jobs LANSING, MI — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 10:17:05 +0000
GM’s press release announcing end of quarter sales numbers finally had what we’ve all hoped to see: recovering EV sales figures! But, numbers are never anything without context. So, in this article, I’m going to cover what GM revealed and then discuss whether this means GM’s EV effort is back … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:14:24 +0000
Rondo Energy is on a mission to prove that heat storage is cost competitive with more traditional technologies.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 10:45:16 +0000
New data released by Atlas Public Policy and the CHARGE coalition confirms that Georgia’s clean energy commitments toward personal transportation electrification now lead the nation. This shift to Georgia as a clean energy core region has been fueled in significant part by the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Press Release| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 05:10:27 +0000
Global solar deployment to add 3.8 TWac of new project capacity by 2033 compared to 1.6 TW of wind power, while 640% growth is forecast for energy storage From 2024 to 2033, developers will bring more than 5.4 terawatts (TWac) of new solar and wind capacity online, increasing the cumulative … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: RMI| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 22:20:47 +0000
The repurposing of coal plants is gaining buzz. In a new article series, Finding (Re)purpose, we break down what it is and why it matters. Pressure to accelerate a managed phaseout of unabated coal has been building worldwide to achieve net-zero targets and curb climate change. Alongside retirement, “repurposing” coal … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2024 16:41:46 +0000
The Chevron deference was an essential legal precedent that conferred upon federal agencies the capacity to interpret and to make laws more explicit. The Supreme Court’s recent overturning of Chevron has placed the future of many regulations on clean water and clean air in the hands of appointed judges, the … [continued]
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