Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Navigating through zoning laws and land use regulations is paramount. Proximity to power grids is another non-negotiable—without it, the solar farm’s potential remains untapped. Nonetheless, these figures are subject to change, depending on the unique conditions of each individual solar farm.

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2022

During this period the Environment Act - soon to be underpinned by environmental improvement targets - came into law and a host of critical strategies were published, such as the Net Zero Strategy , Heat and Buildings Strategy , Transport Decarbonisation Plan , Waste Prevention Programme and the Green Finance Roadmap.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Transmission Facilitation Program Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Transmission Facilitation Program is a $2.5 Construction is expected to start in Q1 of calendar year 2025. Construction is expected to start in Q1 of calendar year 2025. Construction is expected to start in Q3 or Q4 of calendar year 2026.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Washington has announced $13 billion in financing opportunities for the expansion and modernisation of the US electric grid. It is also touted as one of the first down payments on an over $20 billion investment under the Administration’s Building a Better Grid Initiative. The President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides $10.5

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

This final rule implements a May 2023 interagency Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) meant to expedite the siting, permitting and construction of electric transmission infrastructure in the United States. The SWIP-N line will also provide an alternate route to deliver power supplies during wildfires or other system disruptions.

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Charged

APRIL 13, 2023

E-Bloc is a microgrid, a small-scale power grid that can operate independently or collaboratively with other small power grids. When Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill became law, Pioneer foresaw a delay in utilities keeping pace with the EV demand, and e-Boost was developed to bridge that infrastructure gap.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

  In other news the EU parliament passed a law to restore 20% of the EU’s land and sea by 2030, England requires all new buildings to improve biodiversity, and the US Congress finds something they can agree on with nuclear policy, while the SEC may be set to announce watered down rules on reporting.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Broad project applications are of interest including interregional transmission projects, investments that accelerate interconnection of clean energy generation and utilisation of distribution grid assets to provide backup power and reduce transmission requirements. Other fundings include a $2.5

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GreenTech Gazette

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

While this underground energy source is perfect for geothermal heating applications in colder climates, it can also be used as a supplemental power source for an overused power grid. This also places enormous pressure on America’s fragile electricity grid and forces you to consider renewable energy solutions.

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Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 12, 2022

“The legislation also includes major investments to encourage low-carbon buildings and construction, including significant funding for low-embodied carbon materials for federal buildings and transportation projects as well as environmental product declarations assistance. ” On protecting nature.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The tax credit comes with strict stipulations around using newly constructed sources of clean energy to produce hydrogen, as opposed to more polluting sources. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law also set aside $8 billion to create hydrogen production ‘hubs’ across the US. Industry groups aren’t so happy.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

  Generation: Utilities, independent power producers (IPPs), and others generate electrons from fossil, nuclear and renewable sources. Interconnection queues: Grid connections have not kept up with renewable project investment and construction. Connecting new generation assets to the grid is a delicate process.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In Puerto Rico, Maria alone caused almost 3,000 fatalities and more than $120 billion in damages, destroying the island’s power grid and devastating other critical infrastructure like roads and health care facilities. A “New Front in the Climate Liability War”. — Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) July 15, 2022.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

The blueprint, however, leaves open many questions about how the carbon would be captured at the source — a process that so far has proved difficult and expensive — and where it would be sent, focusing instead on suggesting policies the federal government can adopt to boost CO2 pipeline construction. Credit: Roy Luck , CC BY 2.0.

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The Verge: Energy

MARCH 25, 2024

It’s a diverse cohort spanning from mac-and-cheese maker Kraft Heinz to manufacturers of chemicals, paper, and construction materials. Electrifying buildings and machinery can prevent pollution from oil, coal, and gas — but only if the power grid is revamped to run on clean energy. billion from the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Clean Energy Trust

JUNE 9, 2020

Link Meanwhile, some states are passing laws forbidding local bans on natural gas connections. It is hard to go wrong by electrifying everything (including home cooking and heating/cooling) since it’ll be using electricity from an increasingly renewables-powered grid. Link Interesting autonomy application: the “middle mile.”

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Schumer’s office, the two-year extension of the federal Investment Tax Credit for solar projects will retain the current 26 percent credit for projects that begin construction through the end of 2022, rather than expiring at the end of 2020 as they would have under existing law. Action by the U.S.

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Washington Governor Jay Inslee acknowledged a shortfall during a press conference last month: “Even with our best-in-the-nation laws, and even with federal action, we don’t have enough on the books today to actually reduce carbon at the pace we need to.”. Ensuring a cleaner and reliable grid.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

“Eight states in the region (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey) have laws requiring emissions reductions of at least 80 percent by 2050,” the report says, a goal these states aim to achieve by restricting the use of fossil fuels and encouraging the growth of green technologies.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2022

The White House said the pause in the long-running solar technology trade tussle with China would "ensure the reliable supply of components that US solar deployers need to construct clean energy projects and an electric grid for the 21st century, while reinforcing the integrity of our trade laws and processes".

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2024

They were headed for the massive floating construction site of an offshore wind farm 35 miles from the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. Morano and company’s mission failed, as construction continued on the 12 turbines that now compose one of the largest offshore wind farms built to date in the United States.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 30, 2020

California, by far the country’s biggest market for DERs, has also come to epitomize the need to integrate them into grid operations to protect from the rising ravages of climate change. Pacific Gas & Electric’s 2019 bankruptcy revealed the threat of poorly maintained power grids combined with increasingly extreme weather.

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Grist

MARCH 12, 2021

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. Construction of mining facilities and “pre-stripping” to expose lithium-rich ores could begin later this year. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 18, 2020

power grid, particularly if targeting a 10-year timeframe,” said Aaron Barr, the report’s author and principal consultant with WoodMac’s Energy Transition Practice. That’s not quite as aggressive as President-elect Joe Biden’s goal of a zero-carbon U.S. Absent the expanded use of new gas plants, the U.S

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