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Steven Chu Blames Government Contractors For Ongoing Nuclear Waste Debacle

Forbes Green Tech

The United States continues to struggle with legacy military nuclear waste, former Energy Secretary Steven Chu said, because the contractors making billions from it have opposed a better solution.

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7 Items That You Think Are Recyclable But Aren’t

Green Living Guy

Jody Branson If you have mastered the art of recycling, well then it’s part of your daily life. So therefore I say congratulations on taking the necessary steps. All to help save our planet. However, I know, there will be times when you’ll feel confused by what should and shouldn’t. The post 7 Items That You Think Are Recyclable But Aren’t appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Will Fisker Be The True IPhone Of Electric Vehicles?

Forbes Green Tech

The Fisker deal with iPhone manufacturer Foxconn is part of a major pivot by the Taiwanese company towards automotive, and it could help put Fisker on the car-making map at last.

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Consume Less, Earn More, Save the Planet

Green Living Guy

Frugality or being frugal is not a common trait of this generation. We are constantly bombarded with ads encouraging us to buy more and buy now. There is a direct line between our emotions and our wallets. We believe whole-heartedly in the idea of retail therapy. Our focus on spending. The post Consume Less, Earn More, Save the Planet appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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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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Tesla’s Next Major Competitor Could Be… Hyundai

Forbes Green Tech

Hyundai’s launch of an all-electric brand is getting off to a promising start with the Ioniq 5. Its concept car looks, innovative features, decent range and competitive performance mean Hyundai could be a serious global EV player.

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Texas repeatedly failed to protect its power grid against extreme weather

Grist

This story was originally published by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica. In January 2014, power plants owned by Texas’ largest electricity producer buckled under frigid temperatures. Its generators failed more than a dozen times in 12 hours, helping to bring the state’s electric grid to the brink of collapse. The incident was the second in three years for North Texas-based Luminant, whose equipment malfunctions during a more severe storm in 2011 resulted in a $750,000 fine from state energy regu

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Lithium-Ion Recycling Company Is Going Public

CleanTechnica

One of the biggest issues EV naysayers and fossil fuel shills bring up is the future of each and every EV. “What are we going to do with all of those batteries?” they ask. The more informed shills know that they’re asking a disingenuous question, but many other people buy into the argument that batteries […].

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Magna Breaks Ground On Plant For Hummer EV Battery Compartments

CleanTechnica

GM is working with its supplier, Magna, to build battery enclosures for its upcoming Hummer EV. The 345,000 square foot facility is expected to add 300 jobs to the city of St. Clair over the next 5 years. “Bringing this new battery enclosure technology to market is another example of Magna’s ability to deliver a […].

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How NVIDIA Brings Autonomy To Automakers

CleanTechnica

In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zachary Shahan, Director and CEO of CleanTechnica, and Danny Shapiro, Senior Director of Automotive at NVIDIA, sit down to talk about autonomous vehicles. You can listen to the full conversation in the embedded player below. Below that embedded SoundCloud player is a brief summary of […].

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Solar Overtakes Wind As India’s Largest Renewable Energy Technology

CleanTechnica

Solar power has replaced wind power to become the largest renewable energy technology in India. According to data reported by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for January 2021, solar power capacity in India was 38.7 gigawatts. Wind energy capacity was reported to be 38.6 gigawatts. Solar power overtaking wind power as India’s largest […].

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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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Amazon & Walmart-Backed Rival Flipkart Announce EV Partnerships For Indian Deliveries

CleanTechnica

E-commerce giant Amazon and its Walmart-backed Indian rival Flipkart have both announced partnerships with electric vehicle manufacturers for last-mile delivery of products. Amazon, in a recent press statement, announced it will strengthen its partnership with Mahindra Electric to procure more electric three-wheelers for last-mile deliveries. Amazon has already acquired 100 electric three-wheelers from the EV […].

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Volkswagen ID.4 & Tesla Model Y Highway Range Test — A Look Behind The Numbers

CleanTechnica

In a Car and Driver highway test, a Tesla Model Y went further than a VW ID.4. But there's a story behind those numbers.

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If We Don’t Fix The Electric Cars Act, Dealers Will Take All The Money

CleanTechnica

My colleague Steve is always taking the good stories fast. Steve! This time, he beat us all to covering the proposed Electric Cars Act. Which is cool, because he gave it a very thorough analysis and now I don’t have to. On the other hand, my experience working with dealers tells me that the bill […].

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14% of European Vehicle Sales Were Plugin Vehicle Sales in January! (5.6% Were Full Electrics)

CleanTechnica

Plugin hybrids shine in this disrupted market.

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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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Tesla Picked As “Victoria Big Battery” Supplier

CleanTechnica

The 300 MW/450 MWh Victoria Big Battery will use Tesla Megapack energy storage system.

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Volvo Does Its 1st OTA Update. Why So Late?

CleanTechnica

In today’s example of “better late than never,” Volvo is doing its first over-the-air (OTA) update. Tesla has been doing these for almost a decade, and other manufacturers have slowly been getting in on this in recent years. “The benefits of over-the-air updates are obvious,” said Henrik Green, Chief Technology Officer at Volvo Cars.

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Texas Shows Us Our Water Future with Climate Change: It Ain’t Pretty

CleanTechnica

Texas was just a glimpse of what’s to come. With increasing wildfires, drought, flooding, and sea-level rise, we must make sure our water systems can continue to operate during such events.