GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 30, 2020

billion in new wind and solar investments in the next 12 months and is outlining plans for electric vehicle charging, energy storage and green hydrogen production pilot programs to meet its goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. But at the same time, he added, “batteries can only do so much. In Minnesota, Gov.

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Charged

AUGUST 7, 2022

The Bolt is back—after a months-long production pause due to battery problems, the Chevy Bolt EV and EUV sold almost 7,000 units in Q2 to take a respectable 3.5% in Q2, double the year-ago figure (electrified vehicles as a whole accounted for 12.6%). Electric vehicle demand is well beyond what we can supply.”.

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Clean Energy Trust

JANUARY 28, 2022

Gridlock is still a problem, but there is optimism as climate has risen in the US to become a top-tier political issue (as it is already in western Europe). A $200 million investment in an autonomous electric vehicle is not that relevant for someone trying to raise a million to develop sustainable plastics.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 8, 2023

This may fall on deaf ears in the throes of a provincial election, but political leaders aren’t judged by their talking points of the day. Our lithium shouldn’t merely be exported, for example. We should use it to make batteries at home, developing our own domestic expertise, research and development outputs, and intellectual property.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

Political opponents branded the move as further evidence that a government with laissez faire instincts remained temperamentally opposed to proactive industrial strategy. Business groups lamented a "frustrating" and "harsh" decision.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Electric vehicles (EVs) have been one of the biggest success stories of the burgeoning net zero transition so far, having now decisively shot into the mainstream after doubling their market share to 8.3 per cent worldwide off the back of 6.75 million global sales last year.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Dylan White , and Sam Wong As countries around the world accelerate the transition to clean energy, the race to gain shares in the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing market is intensifying, with global sales of EVs rising 31% in 2023. [1] Katz , Qingyi Pan , Rob Thompson , J.

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Clean Energy Trust

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

January Cleantech Roundup: Corporations Claim Their Carbon | How Public Chargers Influence Electric Vehicle Adoption | Investor Climate Initiatives Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology, policy, and investing. Their takeaways?

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. Christophe Beck, CEO, Ecolab; St.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Electric vehicle makers and battery manufacturers are making progress in developing new lithium-ion designs, amid persistent concerns over the supply of key materials. Foremost among these formulations is a lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) cathode chemistry with eight parts of nickel for each part of cobalt.

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Clean Energy Trust

APRIL 6, 2021

Electric Vehicle Supply Chains Are Stretching in Different Directions at the Same Time There are currently major and complex things happening in the electric vehicle industry. On the one hand, we’re seeing top tier automakers integrate vertically by bringing battery manufacturing capacity in house. A few things.

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 5, 2020

July 2020 Cleantech Roundup: Electric Vehicles Go Public | Energy Policy Scandals | SunRun Acquires Vivint Solar Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology, policy, and investing. Nikola , Fisker , Lordstown Motors are three electric vehicle companies.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

To build a successful battery supply chain, Africa needs to move away from a legacy of mineral extraction and exporting of raw materials to investing in the existing opportunity to partner, beneficiate and manufacture. According to Marketsandmarkets, the global Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) market is expected to grow to $17.5

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 16, 2021

Political leaders don’t like to depend on other countries for their energy supplies, but this is frequently an accepted trade-off due to economic considerations. . At the same time, many of these countries are understandably sensitive about energy security. fracking boom somewhat weakened its monopoly. supply chains more resilient.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2023

The Committee's overarching conclusion is both clear as day and extremely pertinent at the current geopolitical juncture: a net zero energy system is technologically, financially, and politically achievable within the 2035 timeframe, but the government simply cannot afford to waste anymore time in building it.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Canada has big ambitions to build one of the world’s powerhouse supply chains for EV and battery technology. Four companies have recently invested in massive battery plants in Canada: E-One Moli in Maple Ridge, B.C.; It’s backed by $3.8 In 2022, GM opened its first full-scale Canadian EV plant in Ingersoll, Ontario. Volkswagen in St.

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Grist

MARCH 17, 2023

A category of metals that play an essential role in technologies ranging from smartphones to wind turbines to electric vehicle motors, rare earths are currently mined only at a single site in the United States. Geological Survey, or USGS, announced the discovery of rocks that are rich in rare earth elements near Pennington Mountain.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. Christophe Beck, CEO, Ecolab; St.

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Grist

JUNE 30, 2021

The electric vehicle or EV revolution owes its existence to lithium batteries, and those batteries have a cocktail of specialized minerals to thank for their high performance. Department of Energy is now proposing that we eliminate cobalt and nickel from batteries altogether. meet its climate targets.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2022

True, Tesla and other electric vehicle manufacturers aren't without challenges, Andrew Poreda, senior ESG research analyst at Austin-based Sage Advisory Services, pointed out in an email. He noted that lithium, cobalt and nickel supply chains have human capital issues.

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Charged

MAY 26, 2020

For those in the electric-car world, the question is more pointed: Will the pandemic hurt the growth of electric vehicles over the next year? A few pessimists suggest that low gas prices will slash consumer purchases of plug-in vehicles, just as hybrid sales vary directly with the cost of gasoline. Three years?

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Clean Energy Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

This month, we’re talking about partnerships between automakers and electric vehicle charging companies, the recent rolling blackouts in California, and why cleantech investing today may fare better than a decade ago. Credit: GM Authority Automakers Paying for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure?—?Fool’s

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Even as our thirst for oil seems insatiable, it is becoming politically and environmentally toxic. A 5 per cent improvement in the average efficiency of new European internal combustion engine vehicles would lead to an annual reduction in carbon dioxide emissions of 1.8 billion vehicles. (X) They consume approximately 14.5%

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 22, 2022

The Senate Democrats’ heroic rescue and rebranding of President Joe Biden ’s proposed Build Back Better Act is ripped from the pages of a political thriller. The bill includes support for the domestic manufacturing of key aspects of the clean energy transition, including solar panels, batteries and heat pumps. trading partner (i.e.,

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Grist

MARCH 12, 2021

When Edward Bartell first learned that a lithium mine might be moving into his remote corner of northern Nevada, the longtime cattle rancher wasn’t upset. “I He knew that lithium is a key metal used in batteries for electric vehicles and the power grid, and he knew the United States is going to need a lot of it to transition off fossil fuels.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JUNE 21, 2021

Amid renewed national ambitions to tackle climate change, electric vehicles (EVs) have emerged as a promising way to reduce emissions in the transportation sector, which accounts for nearly a third of greenhouse gas emissions. Battery Supply Chain: Most electric vehicles run on lithium batteries.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 20, 2020

This annual update will focus on solar power, battery storage, EVs and self-driving technology. And the political will toward climate mitigation is growing rapidly in many places, even if the U.S. Importantly, solar is increasingly being combined with large-scale battery storage. has bucked that trend under President Trump.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

  In deals this week $145m for lithium extraction, $52m for methane emissions detection, and $40m for sustainable aviation fuel.   🔋 Electra Battery Materials , a Toronto, Canada-based battery materials refining and recycling platform, raised $5m in Grant funding from Government of Canada.

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CleanTechnica

MAY 3, 2024

WASHINGTON — Following the IRS release of guidance on Section 30D and 25E incentives, Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) President Genevieve Cullen said, “The Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) shares the Administration’s vision for an electrified fleet, and our members are working to expand manufacturing capacity and strengthen (..)

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CleanTechnica

MAY 3, 2024

Final Guidance Provides Clarity on Terms that Restrict FEOCs from Clean Vehicle Tax Credits and Support Growth of Domestic Battery Materials Processing and Manufacturing WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, the U.S.

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CleanTechnica

MARCH 28, 2024

President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Invests in Projects That Will Reduce Costs for Consumer Battery Recycling, Making EVs More Affordable and Boosting Our Domestic Supply Chains WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S.

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CleanTechnica

MARCH 25, 2024

With demand for lithium rising along with the adoption of EVs, the Salton Sea's potential for lithium production means there's more reason to keep it from drying up. The post How EVs Are Helping Fix Up The Salton Sea appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

When the Democrat-controlled US Congress and President Joe Biden extended the federal tax credit for electric vehicles a couple of. continued] The post Will New Tesla Model 3 Become Eligible for $7,500 Tax Credit Again? appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica

JANUARY 29, 2024

Selected projects will focus on manufacturing process improvement for cost reduction and performance improvement for emerging battery technologies The U.S. DOE Announces Funding Opportunity to Advance Domestic Manufacturing of Next Generation Batteries appeared first on CleanTechnica. Department. continued] The post U.S.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Lawmakers are right to ensure electric cars are made in the EU — and not only by European companies 2023. continued] The post Protecting European Auto (& Battery) Jobs — Finally EU Priority appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

For this weekly newsletter, I’m highlighting 11 core stories that I think stand out above the rest. We cover so. continued] The post 11 Top Cleantech Stories of the Week appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act has been an enormous stimulus for the electric vehicle sector in the US. It is underrated. continued] The post Inflation Reduction Act Drives $92 Billion Investment In EV Production, 84,000 Jobs In USA appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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