Manufacturing – Page 40

Tritium Is Now Offering NEVI-Compliant EV Charging Stations

April 6, 2023 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging stations, green economy, Manufacturing, national electric vehicle infrastructure, tritium

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 16:55:41 +0000

The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill of 2022, provides funding to states for the development of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The program requires that EV charging stations must be non-proprietary, allow for open-access payment methods, and be publicly available. Additionally, the program sets minimum standards and requirements […]

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Turning America Into A Solar Manufacturing Powerhouse

April 4, 2023 admin clean power, green economy, Manufacturing, Solar energy, solar manufacturing, US

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 18:35:48 +0000

A wave of new announcements by manufacturers reveals a massive swing in the American solar industry: a domestic solar manufacturing boom is underway. This is a sea change for energy security and jobs and will ensure the U.S. solar and storage industry has a reliable supply of solar equipment as it grows from nearly 5% […]

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Zero Motorcycles To Start Assembly In The Philippines This Year

April 3, 2023 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, green economy, Manufacturing, motorcycles + scooters, Philippines, zero motorcycles

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 14:05:43 +0000

The FXE, an electric motorcycle from Zero Motorcycles deemed perfect for the Asian market because of its size and price, may be one of the models to be assembled in the Philippines. California’s Zero Motorcycles will soon be assembled in the Philippines. The Santa Cruz, CA-based designer and producer of electric motorcycles and electric powertrains […]

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Industrial Heat Will Decarbonize With Electricity, Not Molecules, & Kanthal SVP Helps Us Understand Why

April 2, 2023 admin carbon emissions, clean power, cleantech talk, climate change, Coal, Energy, energy efficiency, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, Heat, heat pump, INDUSTRY, INTERVIEWS, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, nuclear energy, plasma, Solar energy, waste reduction, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:45:32 +0000

I had the opportunity to sit down for 90 minutes with Dilip Chandrasekaran, engineer, materials science PhD and SVP of industrial heat leader Kanthal.

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New Company Promises To Speed Up Mini-EV Manufacturing

April 2, 2023 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, helixx, Manufacturing

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 14:29:35 +0000

EVs are great, but one very common criticism of them is that they’re expensive. This problem has gotten a lot better over the last few years, but the cheapest new EVs are still around $25,000. In wealthy countries, that’s cheap enough to be considered affordable in 2023, but we have to remember that not all […]

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U.S. Steel Announces New Steel That’s Ideal For EVs

April 1, 2023 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, green economy, Manufacturing, steel, steelmaking, us steel

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:35:46 +0000

Humanity has been working with metal for a long, long time. So, it may be tempting to think that we’ve learned all there is to learn about the stuff. Even mass-produced steel is well over a century old. But, a recent announcement from U.S. Steel shows us that old dogs can still learn new tricks […]

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Shoveling Money Into Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Won’t Make Their Electricity Cheap

March 31, 2023 admin carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, Energy, Energy Storage, green economy, grid, investment, Manufacturing, Nuclear, nuclear energy, small modular reactors, Solar energy, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 19:35:27 +0000

Wrights Law isn’t going to save the deep inefficiencies of SMRs. As I pointed out two years ago, the world tried tiny commercial nuclear reactors in the 1960s and 1970s, they were too expensive.

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Oil Tankers Already Sailing Into The Sunset Of Peak Oil Demand

March 31, 2023 admin boats, carbon emissions, cargo shipping, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, marine energy, natural gas, Oil, Shipping, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 16:35:59 +0000

The number of new VLCCs to be delivered in 2024? Zero. The number to be delivered in 2025? One.

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Volkswagen’s PowerCo Is Taking Off

March 30, 2023 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, green economy, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, powerco, Spain, valencia, Volkswagen, volkswagen group

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 05:10:30 +0000

Last year, Volkswagen started a new battery production company that would operate under the VW umbrella: PowerCo. Now, in March 2023, several announcements by the company show that it’s actually taking steps to become a serious player in the battery industry. What’s PowerCo? Before I get into the announcements that show Volkswagen’s making a serious […]

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More Green Batteries for Europe & USA — From Norway’s FREYR

March 30, 2023 admin batteries, clean power, cleantech talk, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery factories, freyr, green economy, hydroelectric, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, Norway

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 03:57:07 +0000

I recently spoke with FREYR CEO Tom Jensen for our CleanTech Talk podcast. We discussed FREYR’s plans for battery gigafactories in Europe and the USA, and particularly these regions catching up to China in EV battery production (including the battery supply chain). We also talked innovation in EV battery development and production. You can find […]