Chipmakers Cut Investments After Subsidies — Shame On You!

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2022 19:50:29 +0000

chipmakersThe biggest US chipmakers are slashing billions of dollars from planned capital spending — just when the US government has passed a law to subsidize a huge increase in domestic chip manufacturing capacity.

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Solar & Storage Industry Charts Course For U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance Thanks To Inflation Reduction Act

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 23:45:10 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) released a roadmap with near- and long-term steps to dramatically scale America’s solar manufacturing sector now that the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act (SEMA) has passed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The new whitepaper, Catalyzing American Solar Manufacturing, outlines how the […]

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Home Solar+Storage Will Get A Boost From The Recent Climate Bill, Claims Bloomberg

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 20:50:49 +0000

A recent article at Bloomberg points out some of the big advantages of the recent Inflation Reduction Act for people considering home solar. When it comes to the recently passed law, EV tax credits have gotten much of the attention, largely due to controversies in how they’re structured. But the new law also offers a […]

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Why I Think The EV Tax Credits In The Inflation Reduction Act Will Work Out

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 01:50:38 +0000

There has been a lot of debate over the revamped EV tax credits we’re going to see as part of the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act. While there were many other things in the bill, including a controversial expansion of the IRS, the cleantech world has been focused on how the bill will affect electric […]

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Understanding The New Federal Tax Credit For Electric Cars — It’s Complicated

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 00:50:49 +0000

electric carsThe federal tax incentives for electric cars in the Inflation Reduction Act will benefit many, but impose significant new restrictions.

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Electric School Buses Win Big In USA

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2022 07:02:59 +0000

Electric school buses are experiencing rapid growth in the United States, with a nearly 10-fold increase in commitments by school districts and fleet operators in the past year. Thirty-eight states have now committed to procure more than 12,000 electric school buses. In the first half of 2022, several states took important action to further the transition to […]

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Senate KILLS the EV Tax Credit

Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:15:35 +0000

Omar Qazi (@WholeMarsBlog on Twitter) has a very interesting take on the recent “Inflation Reduction Act” that is very cynical in regards to the EV tax credit. That doesn’t mean it is wrong, but it does go against my general rule of assuming people have good intentions. I’m willing to make an exception to that […]

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What Are States Planning To Do With Federal EV Charging Funds?

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 11:20:24 +0000

State plans for the National EV Charging Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program were due to the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation this week, and many states released a draft plan for feedback in the last couple of months. The NEVI Program is one of two programs in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that provide funding for […]

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Biden–Harris Admin: All 50 States, DC, & Puerto Rico Have Submitted Plans for National Electric Vehicle Charging Network

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 01:47:30 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In keeping with President Biden’s commitment to build out a national network of 500,000 electric vehicle (EV) chargers by 2030, the U.S. Departments of Transportation and Energy today announced all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have submitted EV infrastructure deployment plans as required under the National Electric Vehicle […]

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