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U.S. Battery Capacity Increased 66% in 2024

March 12, 2025 admin batteries, battery factories, clean transport, Electric vehicles, energy information administration (eia), Energy Storage, ev battery factories, lithium-ion batteries, market research, policy & politics, research

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 03:17:24 +0000

In the United States, cumulative utility-scale battery storage capacity exceeded 26 gigawatts (GW) in 2024, according to our January 2025 Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. Generators added 10.4 GW of new battery storage capacity in 2024, the second-largest generating capacity addition after solar. Even though battery storage capacity is growing fast, … [continued]

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Why Hydrogen Electric Bus Programs Totally Confuse Me

March 12, 2025 admin Barcelona, buses, byd electric buses, clean transport, Electric vehicles, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, mass transit / public transit, Norway, Oslo, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 21:33:57 +0000

Almost 12 years ago, in 2013, I was in Barcelona for an EV conference, EVS 27. As part of the conference, we got to go on a little “field trip” with the local transit agency on a BYD electric bus. Out in some sprinkling rain with a group of other … [continued]

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Toyota EVs Tromp On Tesla’s Toes In Europe

March 12, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, policy & politics, tesla sales, toyota bz4x, toyota c-hr, toyota electric cars, toyota electric vehicles

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 20:50:25 +0000

More Toyota EVs are coming to Europe, and eventually the US, with the all electric C-HR+ compact crossover SUV leading the way.

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US Wants To Restart Shuttered Coal-Fired Generating Stations

March 12, 2025 admin CERAweek, chris wright, Coal, Fossil Fuels, green economy, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:39:54 +0000

The new administration is hell bent on re-opening coal fired generating stations in the US and building new ones in Africa.

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Debunking The Myth: Hydrogen Fuel Cells Aren’t More Efficient Than Alternatives

March 12, 2025 admin carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, fuel cell, green economy, green hydrogen, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, Oil, policy & politics, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 16:54:38 +0000

Hydrogen is often promoted as a clean and efficient energy carrier, but its real-world efficiency is frequently overstated. Proponents of hydrogen fuel cells highlight their conversion efficiencies of 50–60%, comparing them favorably to internal combustion engines (ICEs). However, this selective framing ignores the full energy pathway, from hydrogen production to … [continued]

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The Hydrogen Bus Illusion: Essen & Mülheim’s Costly Reality

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

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 03:59:47 +0000

The latest hydrogen bus setback in Germany is no surprise. Essen and Mülheim are now stuck with 19 hydrogen buses that need to travel up to 89 km round trip just to refuel after the state of North Rhine–Westphalia withdrew its subsidy for further fleet conversion. The financial burden has … [continued]

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From London to Houston: How Chris Wright’s Anti-Net Zero Rhetoric Shifts

March 11, 2025 admin carbon emissions, chris wright, clean power, climate change, Coal, Energy, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Solar energy, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:55:53 +0000

Chris Wright, the newly appointed U.S. Secretary of Energy, has wasted no time in making his stance on energy policy clear. In his first major international speech at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) Conference in London, he framed net-zero as an economic disaster and defended fossil fuel expansion. But … [continued]

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Bi-Directional Charging News From Kia & Mercedes

March 11, 2025 admin bi-directional charging, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, green economy, Kia, Mercedes Benz, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:38:01 +0000

Most people have never heard of bi-directional charging, but it is an idea whose time is almost here as EV sales increase.

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Trump Or No Trump, EV Charging Is Getting Easier Than Ever

March 11, 2025 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev sales, evgo, multi-family dwellings, multi-family home ev charging, nevi, policy & politics, swtch, tesla sales, toyota, usa, xcharge

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:05:01 +0000

EV charging in the US is getting easier and more accessible, despite Trump’s suspension of the federal NEVI public fast charging initiative.

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Our Country Is Crumbling Because We’re No Longer United

March 11, 2025 admin Democrats, Donald Trump, policy & politics, Republicans

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 18:02:26 +0000

What, historically, made the United States great? Of course, before we answer that, we have to acknowledge that things have never been perfect — not even close. Our wonderful founding fathers who we admire so much were slaveholders. Europeans came to the New World for freedom, and then slaughtered the … [continued]

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