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Redwood Materials to receive $2-billion DOE loan, begins production of anode foil

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Redwood Materials , the battery recycling firm headed by Tesla alum JB Straubel, has received conditional commitment for a $2-billion loan from the DOE’s Loan Program Office as part of the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program (ATVM). Redwood will draw upon this financing in tranches to support the phased construction and expansion of its battery materials campus.

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Disastrous tunnelling delays underline folly of Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro scheme

Renew Economy

The inside story of what went wrong with the Snowy 2.0 tunnelling, which has ground to a halt having barely moved in more than a year. The post Disastrous tunnelling delays underline folly of Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro scheme appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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BNF Capital Takes 10.7% Equity Stake in Lightbridge

Energy Central

BNF Capital Takes 10.7% Equity Stake in Lightbridge Centrus Completes Construction and Initial Testing of HALEU Demonstration Cascade Fermi Energia Selects GE Hitachi’s BWRX-300 SMR for Estonia Rolls-Royce SMR Signs Agreement in Poland for its 470MW PWR Sheffield Forgemasters to Collaborate with Holtec for SMRs BNF Capital Takes 10.7% Equity Stake in Lightbridge.

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Wind and solar output set landmark new milestone in Australia’s rapidly changing grid

Renew Economy

Renewables output breaks above 20GW in Australia's main grid for first time, while output of wind and solar jumps 900MW to new record. The post Wind and solar output set landmark new milestone in Australia’s rapidly changing grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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Manager of Energy at BART

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Manager of Energy | BART | Oakland, CA Apply by: February 27. Current Assignment This position is responsible for directing, managing, supervising and coordinating the activities and operations of the Energy Division within the Sustainability Group including energy resource procurement and management; prepares the energy budget; analyzes federal and State energy legislation and regulations; manages and negotiates contracts; coordinates assigned activities with other divisions, departments and ou

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Zenobe flicks switch on record-breaking 100MW grid battery

Business Green

New 100MW battery in Capenhurst, Chester thought to be the largest in Europe to date to be connected to a transmission network A battery that is thought to be the largest in Europe to be connected directly to a transmission network went live today, marking another milestone for the fast-expanding energy storage sector. Owner and operator Zenobē announced this afternoon that its 100MW battery unit at Capenhurst, Chester, now online and is forecast to cut emissions by over one million tonnes over

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Michigan Scores The $3.5 Billion Ford Battery Factory Virginia Didn’t Want

CleanTechnica

Ford may announce as early as next week that it will build a new $3.

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Solar Oven — Simple & Crucial

CleanTechnica

Last year, in the the spring, I met Steen Carlsen. He has travelled extensively in Asia and East Africa, including Zambia, which is why I came to hear of him. Steen has a background in electronics and electrical engineering and we have had many interesting conversations already.

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Can Tesla Save Indonesia’s EV Ambitions?

CleanTechnica

According to multiple sources, Tesla’s Elon Musk is negotiating the setting up of production in Indonesia. Indonesia has massive nickel and some cobalt reserves, excess vehicle building capacity, and a great need to move forward in the rEVolution.

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Pressure Grows On Tesla To Unlock Supercharger Network In US

CleanTechnica

Will Tesla agree to open its Supercharger network to all EV drivers in order to be eligible for federal incentives? We should know soon.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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Transgrid Starts Trialing The LDV eT60 Double-Cab Electric Pickup In Australia

CleanTechnica

Transgrid operates over 13,000 km of high-voltage transmission wires and 121 substations in New South Wales and the Australia Capital Territory, with connections to Victoria and Queensland, keeping more than three million homes and businesses connected to electricity 24/7 in Australia.

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Nissan’s “Pole to Pole” Ariya Adventure EV Unveiled

CleanTechnica

Crossover SUVs are typically not designed to be used for serious off-roading, as they don’t have the same kind of heavy-duty build or off-road features that more rugged vehicles have. For example, crossovers tend not to have a full four-wheel drive system, nor do they tend to offer higher ground clearance and tougher suspension systems.

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New Solar Farm Is A Carbon Sink & Prairie Preserver, Too

CleanTechnica

A new solar farm in Colorado will do triple duty as a prairie restoration project, carbon sink, and clean power source.

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NASA’s Satellites Help With Turkey, Syria Earthquake Response

CleanTechnica

“It’s difficult to watch this tragedy unfold, especially since we’ve known for a long time that the buildings in the region were not designed to withstand earthquakes,” said USGS scientist David Wald. “An earthquake this size has the potential to be damaging anywhere in the world, but many structures in this region are particularly vulnerable.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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SunPower Now Offers Solar For Multi-Family Properties, & The Tenants Benefit

CleanTechnica

Many people who rent their homes cannot get solar energy because they don’t own the house. The person who owns the house needs to agree to have solar panels installed, and not all owners are willing to do that.

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EV Tax Credits To Boost Domestic Battery Manufacturing

CleanTechnica

Recently passed legislation in the US has created updated requirements on electric vehicle tax credits, but one hugely underlooked factor of the act includes its incentives for battery manufacturing. Huge federal investments into domestic battery manufacturing are expected to drive production costs down in the coming years, making EVs more affordable and appealing to consumers.