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Enbridge Renewable Natural Gas A 1% Greenwashing Rounding Error

November 5, 2024 admin Agriculture, air quality, biofuel, biofuels, biomass, Canada, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, heat pumps, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 18:50:43 +0000

One of the amusing side notes of my recent foray into the challenges that the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) is having was the tone deaf and counterproductive social media responses of their board member from Enbridge, the biggest natural gas firm in North America. When that … [continued]

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How Chinese Solar Panel Companies Benefit From Federal & State Incentives

November 5, 2024 admin china tariffs, chinese solar tariffs, clean power, green economy, invernergy, longi, Manufacturing, Ohio, Solar energy, solar panel manufacturing, solar panels, solar tariffs

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 23:32:34 +0000

There is a frenzy in America about electric cars made in China. The US has imposed a 100 percent tariff on Chinese-made vehicles and enacted an outright ban on the use of electronic systems for automobiles that rely on Chinese-made chips and software. The fear is that those items could … [continued]

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China Will Electrify & Decarbonize Much Faster Than Europe Unless EU Puts Act In Action

November 3, 2024 admin carbon emissions, China, clean power, climate change, Energy, Europe, events, green economy, green jobs, hydroelectric, India, investment, Manufacturing, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 16:15:47 +0000

This week I had the privilege of speaking in Brussels, steps from the European Parliament, among a group of speakers that included the Belgian energy minister and a member of European parliament, then participating in a panel discussion. The event was a launch of the second edition of Supergrid Super … [continued]

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Brussels Conversations: Port Decarbonization, Economics Of Climate Refugees, Logistics Strategy & More

November 3, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, climate economics, climate refugees, economics, electric truck, Electric vehicles, Europe, ev charging, freight, green economy, green jobs, HEALTH, INTERVIEWS, investment, Logistics, Manufacturing, microgrids, Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 15:50:49 +0000

When people found out I was going to be in Brussels, invitations for lunch and dinner came out of the woodwork, and people started booking train rides, including two from London. Lengthy conversations on different decarbonization challenges ensued, around the main event itself, the book launch of the second edition … [continued]

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Proposed Lithium Mine Delights EV Enthusiasts But Troubles Some Environmental Groups

October 31, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, green economy, ioneer, lithium, Manufacturing, Mining, policy & politics, thacker pass

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 02:05:42 +0000

It isn’t easy being green. Last year, a study published in the journal Science Advances claimed that there was enough lithium — as much as 40 million metric tons — in the McDermitt Caldera, a volcanic area on the border between Nevada and Oregon, to make enough lithium-ion batteries to … [continued]

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New Flyer Bus OEM Has Its Strategy Wrong & Will Lose Market Share

October 30, 2024 admin byd, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric buses, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, ev sales, fuel cell, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, mass transit / public transit, new flyer

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:45:58 +0000

New Flyer is the leading provider of transit buses in North America. It’s also the leading provider of hydrogen buses in North America, which is a problem for it, although it feels like an opportunity. That’s where the bad strategy comes in. As always when I talk about strategy — … [continued]

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Real World Hydrogen Refueling Stations With Electrolysis Far Less Efficient Than Assumed

October 30, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean transport, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, electrolysers, Energy, energy efficiency, fuel cell, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, policy research, research, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 12:42:20 +0000

Unsurprisingly, when it comes to hydrogen, the more real-world data collection and analysis that is done and published, the worse it looks. The latest black eye for the tiny molecule that so many love is in the efficiency of making hydrogen at refueling stations. The Hydrogen Research and Fueling Facility … [continued]

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US Solar Manufacturing Tax Credit — Updated, To Create More Jobs

October 28, 2024 admin clean power, Democrats, green economy, investment tax credit (itc), Joe Biden, kamala harris, Manufacturing, policy & politics, seia, solar cells, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar investment tax credit, solar investment tax credit (itc)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 03:43:21 +0000

I know, it’s hard to keep track of all these cleantech tax credits. The US is now offering tax credits for solar panels, solar cells, electric cars, batteries, wind turbines, heat pumps, and more. The Inflation Reduction Act created some new ones, extended others, and is stimulating a lot more … [continued]

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How Many Hydrogen Transit Trial Failures Are Enough?

October 28, 2024 admin clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 03:13:50 +0000

In the past few days I’ve been going deep on some very odd results out of a Canadian transit think tank’s research and reports for client municipalities, finding that bad assumptions and worse scenarios resulted in $1.5 billion being taken off of hydrogen bus costs. Discussion around this led to … [continued]

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A Deep Dive Into Pirelli’s Journey To A More Sustainable Tire

October 26, 2024 admin AUSTIN, claudio zanardo, clean transport, Electric vehicles, f1, formula 1, Fossil Fuels, green economy, Manufacturing, Oil, pirelli, pirelli p zero, pirelli scorpion xtm, texas, tires

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 18:40:02 +0000

Pirelli is perhaps best known for racing tires and the high performance consumer products built using that technology, the P Zero lineup. The company brought CleanTechnica out to Austin, Texas, ahead of the Austin Grand Prix to get a firsthand look at its sustainability efforts as it continues the transition … [continued]

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