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EV & CleanTech Round Up — More Battery Recycling, MAN Accelerates Charging, Wind Advances, & Millions for Volvo Renewable Renovation

September 24, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, batteries, clean power, clean transport, cupra, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, lithium-ion batteries, man, Manufacturing, policy & politics, research, shell, Solar energy, vinfast, volvo, volvo trucks, wind energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 02:42:16 +0000

These days, batteries are frequently recycled and repurposed, and companies that tackle this environmental issue make weekly news. We’ve got more battery recycling news below. MAN will build the biggest public charging network for heavy commercial vehicles in the nation to date, with 400 charging stations across 170 locations spanning … [continued]

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Environmental Groups Urge Microsoft to Skip Gas in Favor of Solar & Wind to Power Data Center

September 24, 2024 admin clean power, Fossil Fuels, green economy, microsoft, natural gas, Oil, Solar energy, we energies, wind energy, wisconsin

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 22:34:19 +0000

A coalition of environmental and health groups has called on Microsoft to rely on clean energy generation instead of a proposed expansion of methane-fueled power for its planned Racine County data center — projected to become Wisconsin Electric’s “largest electric load.” In an open letter to Microsoft, the groups charge … [continued]

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2023 Was Another Big Year for Newly Installed & Proposed Hybrid Power Plants, Even with PPA Price Increases

September 23, 2024 admin batteries, berkeley lab, clean power, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, investment, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, market research, research, Solar energy, solar power plants, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 01:57:57 +0000

Newly released data compilation from Berkeley Lab tracks operational and proposed plants Improving battery technology and the growth of variable renewable generation are driving a surge of interest in “hybrid” power plants that combine, for example, utility-scale wind and/or solar generating capacity with co-located batteries. A newly released briefing from … [continued]

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Ford Has A Huge, Honking Renewable Energy Trick Up Its Sleeve

September 22, 2024 admin affordable electric car, blue oval city, BMW, clean power, clean transport, decarbonization, Electric vehicles, Energy, ev battery, ev charging, ford, geothermal energy, green economy, honda, Manufacturing, renewable energy, Solar energy, true cost of ownership, usa, vehicle to grid, vehicle to grid charging, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:19:31 +0000

Ford has a plan to hook up EV and hybrid EV drivers in the US with low-cost renewable energy, through a new vehicle-to-grid platform called ChargeScape in partnership with BMW and Honda.

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Solar & Wind Soar to Record Levels in Electricity Sector, Stronger Integration Measures Needed Now

September 22, 2024 admin clean power, global solar, global wind energy, global wind power, grid, iea, international energy agency (iea), market research, research, Solar energy, wind energy, world wind power, world wind power growth

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:07:36 +0000

New IEA report offers first-of-its-kind global stocktake of efforts to integrate variable renewables across 50 power systems, identifying best practices and key challenges. As solar PV and wind grow at an accelerated pace around the world, governments must act to ensure that they are well integrated into power systems — … [continued]

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Biden Team Sprinting To Disburse Climate Solutions & Infrastructure Funding Before Election

September 22, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, Democrats, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, ev charging, green economy, green jobs, investment, Joe Biden, kamala harris, Manufacturing, policy & politics, Republicans, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 03:57:39 +0000

It’s no secret — the 2024 US election for president is a super tight one, and the difference between what would happen under a Kamala Harris presidency versus another Donald Trump one is immense. Not enough people realize it, but Biden’s work advancing climate legislation is completely unmatched in US … [continued]

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BYD’s Trek Toward #1 Automaker, New EV Reviews, Solar Power Boom — Top 10 Cleantech Stories

September 20, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, green economy, green jobs, policy & politics, research, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar panels, solar records, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 14:57:41 +0000

What are the hottest, most interesting, and most important cleantech stories of September so far? Here’s my opinion on that. Note that this is part of CleanTechnica’s weekly newsletter. Sign up for the newsletter here! 1. Juan Diego Celemín Mojica wrote an analysis for us this week on EV manufacturing … [continued]

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Carbon Capture Is Mostly An Oil & Gas Industry Shell Game — Masala Flavored

September 19, 2024 admin air quality, Carbon Capture, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, Coal, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, India, investment, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Solar energy, waste reduction, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 21:45:36 +0000

The latest installment of the ongoing seminar series on global decarbonization that I’m leading for India’s utility professionals under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum was on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). It’s an overly hyped, overly hoped for solution that isn’t and won’t scale remotely economically. When … [continued]

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1st Offshore Wind Lease Sale in Gulf of Maine to Power More than 4.5 Million Homes

September 19, 2024 admin boem, bureau of ocean energy management (boem), clean power, deb haaland, Department of the Interior, green economy, green jobs, investing in america, investment, Joe Biden, maine, Manufacturing, Massachusetts, new hampshire, offshore wind energy, us offshore wind, us offshore wind energy, us offshore wind farms, Water, wind energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:31:16 +0000

Lease areas have potential to power over 4.5 million homes WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale on Oct. 29, 2024, for eight areas on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. If fully developed, these areas … [continued]

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16 Rural Electric Cooperatives Will Leverage $7.3 Billion in Federal Funding to Deliver More Affordable, Reliable Electricity to Their Members

September 18, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, clean transport, community solar, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, policy & politics, rmi, Solar energy, us department of agriculture (usda), usda, wind energy

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 14:50:52 +0000

Projects represent historic investments of $29 billion in clean energy that will benefit 1 in 5 rural Americans The first wave of 16 rural electric cooperatives (co-ops) selected to receive the USDA’s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) funding plan to leverage their awards to deploy carbon-free energy to help power … [continued]

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