The End of the Green New Deal?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 04:42:52 +0000

The Biden era is over, and the second Trump era is here. While most of the talk about a “Green New Deal” came several years ago, and there’s been no specific “Green New Deal” legislation that has been passed or close to it, two big pieces of legislation that were … [continued]

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6 Organizations Join US Green Workforce Collaborative

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 21:36:54 +0000

The most critical resource needed in the ongoing transition to electric vehicles isn’t lithium, silicon, or nickel — it’s an adequate workforce. Training people for the green industrial workforce needed for the 21st century industrial revolution is critical, needed in high volume, and hard to get and keep at the … [continued]

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Using Commercial Freezers to Balance the Grid in Australia

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 04:32:58 +0000

In the ongoing quest to move to a more stable grid, one underpinned by renewable energy, all options are being considered, whether it is the humble home hot water system or even commercial freezers. As one of our readers commented, “Brilliant, low hanging fruit. Bring it on.” In many ways … [continued]

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U.S. DOE Announces $996 Million Loan Guarantee to Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge to Advance Domestic Production of Lithium Carbonate, Boost U.S. Battery Supply Chain

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:53:40 +0000

Rhyolite Ridge will process lithium carbonate to support the domestic EV battery supply chain. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced today the closing of a $996 million loan guarantee (including $968 million of principal and $28 million of capitalized interest) to Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge LLC … [continued]

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U.S. DOE Announces $15 Billion Loan Guarantee to Pacific Gas & Electric Company to Expand Hydropower Generation, Battery Energy Storage, & Transmission

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:51:32 +0000

Section 1706 Loan Guarantee Will Maintain Affordability for Customers and Improve System Resilience and Reliability As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced today the closing of a $15 billion loan guarantee to Pacific Gas & Electric Company … [continued]

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U.S. DOE Announces $584.5 Million Loan Guarantee to Subsidiaries of Convergent Energy and Power Inc. to Build Solar PV and Energy Storage in Puerto Rico

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:50:26 +0000

Convergent will build and operate utility-scale solar-plus-storage in Puerto Rico, improving grid resilience and reducing costs for ratepayers. The U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office (LPO) today announced the closing of a $584.5 million ($559.4 million in principal and $25.1 million in capitalized interest) loan guarantee to subsidiaries of … [continued]

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$1.66 Billion Turbo-Boost For US Green Hydrogen Industry

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:15:56 +0000

The US green hydrogen firm Plug Power has just nailed a $1.66 federal loan guarantee towards the goal of building up to six hydrogen hubs around the country.

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U.S. DOE Focuses on Energy Storage Manufacturability to Improve Production, Reduce Costs

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:58:25 +0000

DOE to fund $8 million for pre-production design innovations The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) today announced the Aligning Manufacturability & Pre-production Design (AMPD) for Storage Technologies Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for up to $8 million. This NOFO seeks to improve the manufacturability of energy … [continued]

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U.S. DOE Announces $289.7 Million Loan Guarantee to Sunwealth to Deploy Solar PV & Battery Energy Storage, Creating Wide-Scale Virtual Power Plant

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:57:39 +0000

Project Polo will deploy commercial-scale PV and storage to create integrated virtual power plants across 27 states. As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) today announced the closing of a $289.7 million loan guarantee to Sunwealth Holdco … [continued]

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U.S. Department of Energy To Announce Funding Opportunity for Energy Technology Deployment on Tribal Lands

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:56:00 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy issued a notice of intent to release a $25 million funding opportunity this spring to support energy technology deployment on Tribal lands. Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs (Office of Indian Energy) issued a notice of intent … [continued]

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