Sat.Jun 05, 2021

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Wyoming To Lead The Coal-To-Nuclear Transition

Jim Conca

States like Wyoming and Montana are evaluating replacing coal with nuclear and Bill Gates’ TerraPower, has partnered with GE Hitachi, Bechtel, Energy Northwest, Duke Energy, DOE and the State of Wyoming to do just that with their new 345MW fast reactor with a molten salt-based energy storage system.

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Moving to higher voltages in EVs: The implications on capacitor selection

Charged

Sponsored by Knowles Precision Devices. EV manufacturers are beginning to redesign their vehicles to make the switch from the 400 V battery systems widely used today to 800 V battery systems. Just like engineers faced challenges when moving from the standard 12 V batteries used in combustion vehicles to the higher voltage battery systems used in today’s EVs, operating at 800 V presents its own unique set of engineering challenges.

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Sime Darby Plantation recruits human rights lawyer Justine Nolan

Eco-Business

Professor Nolan joins six months after Sime Darby was blocked from selling palm oil in the US because of alleged human rights violations.

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BMW Charging & MINI Charging Launched In UK As EV Production Grows

CleanTechnica

BMW Group has just made EV charging much easier for BMW and MINI electric vehicle owners in the UK. Naturally, for many EV owners, the vast majority of charging is done at home. However, for those times when you need to charge away from home, or if you don’t have home charging at all, the […].

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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New Video Offers In-Depth Look At Tesla Energy

CleanTechnica

Originally posted on EVANNEX. by Charles Morris There’s an intimate connection between electric vehicles and renewable energy, and that connection — both literally and symbolically — runs directly through the electrical grid. Intermittent energy sources such as solar and wind need grid-connected storage in order to be viable, and the most flexible and scalable type of storage […].

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CATL Planning 80 GWh Battery Factory Near Tesla Giga Shanghai

CleanTechnica

In its quest to be the largest battery manufacturer in the world, CATL will build an 80 GWh battery factory in Shanghai.

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First Ride Of The Production Arcimoto Roadster & Fun Utility Vehicle — CleanTechnica Exclusive

CleanTechnica

Guest post by: Sofiaan Fraval I haven’t piloted an internal combustion vehicle in 5 years and that includes my motorcycle, which has been parked in my garage collecting dust all that time. I used to love to ride it and regularly took it to the track for more spirited riding. I wasn’t sure if any […].

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MG Is Paying People In UK To Taste The Electric Vehicle Experience

CleanTechnica

It’s been a common phrase in the electric vehicle world since as long as I’ve known about EVs — butts in seats. That’s the magic formula for selling electric vehicles and increasing adoption. If you can get someone to test drive an electric car for the first time, it’s almost guaranteed they will love it […].

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BYD Scores More Electric Bus Orders & Deliveries In Sweden & Spain

CleanTechnica

BYD keeps rolling out more and more electric buses, especially in Europe. This week, the news is that it just delivered 30 more electric buses in Spain and got an order for 79 electric buses in Sweden. Madrid’s Electric Bus Entry The 30 electric buses delivered to the Municipal Transport Company of Madrid, EMT Madrid, […].

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Portable Wind Turbine Charges Handheld Electronic Devices Off-Grid

CleanTechnica

Off-grid travelers and backyard campers, take a look at this useful product for small-scale wind generation. It could put low-cost wind generation into the hands of thousands of people. Along with your solar cooking gear, this could be a great power generation source to pack. It is also easily packable. I love solutions that are […].

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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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California Assembly Passes Groundbreaking Deforestation Bill

CleanTechnica

Courtesy of NRDC. By Jennifer Skene California policymakers have breathed new life into the lungs of the earth, taking a major step toward protecting the world’s climate-critical forests. In a landmark vote on Wednesday, the California Assembly passed a groundbreaking bill that would ensure the state’s procurement contracts protect boreal and tropical forests and fundamental Indigenous […].

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Germany – Plugin EVs About To Blast Past 25% Share Of Auto Market

CleanTechnica

Europe’s biggest auto market, Germany, saw plugin electric vehicle share hit 23.4% in May, up over 3x from 7.3% in May 2020. Summer always brings a further boost, so from now on 25% and above is inevitable. The overall auto market saw volume of 231,000 still significantly down from pre-Covid 2019’s ~340,000. May’s combined plugin […].