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New AI National Security Mission

October 29, 2024 admin AI, Artificial Intelligence, jennifer granholm, policy & politics, research, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 03:49:13 +0000

The Biden White House has kicked off a new AI national security mission with the White House’s “first-ever National Security Memorandum (NSM) on Artificial Intelligence (AI).” With all the talk about AI filling the intertubes, apparently, the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) decided it was … [continued]

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UN Report Predicts 3.1°C Average Global Temperature Increase By 2100

October 29, 2024 admin climate change, global heating, green economy, policy & politics, research, SCIENCE, un environment programme

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 03:02:27 +0000

The 1.5°C target set in Paris in 2015 was only possible if the nations of the world all worked together to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But, of course, they didn’t. They focused instead on building military weapons and extracting more oil and gas from more places. In other words, … [continued]

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Voters in 3 Swing States Love Solar — But Does It Matter?

October 28, 2024 admin Arizona, clean power, nevada, Pennsylvania, policy & politics, polls/surveys, research, seia, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), us election 2024

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 03:31:13 +0000

The US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) put out an interesting story today, including the graphic above (and below). It’s a fun topic with uplifting findings, and we’ve reported on similar surveys for about 15 years. This is always the case: most people support solar energy, and support government support … [continued]

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New & Used EV Sales Were Up In September In USA

October 27, 2024 admin clean transport, cox automotive, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, market research, research, us ev sales

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:34:46 +0000

EV sales were 9 percent of total new car sales in the US in September. Cox Automotive expects the to crack the 10 percent barrier soon.

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No Bird Collisions At Offshore Wind Site, Study Determines

October 27, 2024 admin carbon emissions, Norway, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, research, siemens, siemens gamesa, siemens gamesa renewable energy, wind energy, wind farms birds, wind turbines birds

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:37:32 +0000

For more than two years, the floating offshore wind turbine TetraSpar at METCentre off the coast of Norway has been monitored by a bird camera. No bird collisions have been recorded. The Norwegian company Spoor that is responsible for the bird monitoring. Since January 2022, they have mapped bird activity … [continued]

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Methane Expert Rob Jackson Of Global Carbon Project Talks Solutions

October 26, 2024 admin Agriculture, air quality, buildings, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, cattle, clean power, climate change, Energy, Fossil Fuels, HEALTH, heat pumps, Landfill, methane, natural gas, policy & politics, research, shale oil, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 18:21:39 +0000

Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Rob Jackson, scientist, author, and director of the Global Carbon Project to talk cow burps, landfills, and shale oil, all in aid of the very big global warming problem that is methane. This is the second half of our conversation, lightly … [continued]

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53% Of Car Sales in China Are Now Plugins! Full Report

October 25, 2024 admin aito, aito m7, byd, byd dolphin, byd han, byd han ev, byd qin l, byd qin plus, byd seagull, byd seal 06, byd song, byd yuan plus, changan, china ev sales, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, geely, hybrid electric cars, li auto, luxeed s7, market research, phev, research, saic, tesla, volvo, wuling, wuling mini ev

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:14:52 +0000

Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, with plugins scoring a new record, a little more than 1.1 million sales (in a 2.1-million-unit overall market). That’s up 51% year over year (YoY), compared to the overall market being up 5%. Looking deeper at the numbers, growth came … [continued]

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Buoyant Design & Adaptable Mooring Mechanisms Help Floating Solar Remain Intact Through Hurricane Milton

October 24, 2024 admin buildings, clean power, climate change, grid, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy, solar panels, Water

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 03:28:58 +0000

Last month, Super Typhoon Capricorn struck Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China, and was one of the most severe typhoons to hit the region since 1949. In this wild weather with torrential gusts and gigantic waves, the floating Mibet solar panels pounded by the typhoon remained incredibly buoyant and sturdy. Soon after, on … [continued]

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How The US Can Solve Its Lithium Supply Problem In One Fell Swoop

October 24, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, dle technology, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, lithium brine extraction, lithium supply, lithium-ion batteries, research, SCIENCE, US geological survey, us lithium, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 22:27:06 +0000

The USGS has surveyed a small portion of the Smackover Formation for a potential role in the domestic lithium supply chain, and it likes what it sees.

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Soaring Cleantech Manufacturing, EV Sales Records, Hurricanes — Top Cleantech Stories

October 24, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica top 10, climate change, electric cars, electric motorcycles, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev sales, green economy, green jobs, hurricanes, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, market research, policy & politics, research, rooftop solar, Solar energy, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:39:08 +0000

Our operations here at CleanTechnica got quite disrupted by a couple of recent hurricanes — Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene. As a result, we’ve got a lot of news to catch up on for our regular roundups on top cleantech stories. In this edition, I’m going to break the highlights … [continued]

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