The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Surely, she could at least improve her air quality by keeping the gas heater off and purchasing a portable heat pump, an increasingly popular device that uses electricity to move heat in and out of the home. I’d love an all-electric apartment unit, but most housing in the city was built over 50 years ago.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The race to mainstream electric vehicles by 2030 Katie Fehrenbacher Wed, 12/02/2020 – 00:30 The world’s leading companies and policymakers are coalescing around setting targets for adopting zero-emission vehicles around a 2030 time frame. See the rest here: The race to mainstream electric vehicles by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Oil major Total and carmaker Groupe PSA have taken the next step in their lithium-ion battery manufacturing collaboration with the launch of a new joint venture company and the first management appointments. Even before the COVID-19 outbreak, European automakers were focused on developing domestic sources of lithium-ion batteries.

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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. Xcel Energy is asking Minnesota regulators to approve $1.4 In Minnesota, Gov.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In a decade’s time, a battery will likely power your car or the electricity grid that lights your home. Perhaps the biggest opportunity lies in electric vehicles. Evan holds an undergraduate in political science with a minor in Human Dimensions of Climate Change. Dr. Leonardo Paoli.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 31, 2020

They degrade incident ultraviolet light to visible wavelengths that are reflected to the edges of the panel and converted to electricity using standard PV cells. Salient Energy, seeking an alternative to lithium-ion batteries. Concerns over the lithium-ion battery supply chain did not disappear in 2020. miles into the ground.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Recent years have seen energy storage installations dominated by lithium-ion battery technology around the world. An example is HydroWIRES (‘Water Innovation for a Resilient Electric System’), an initiative which, among other objectives, is looking to quantify the value of pumped hydro as the electricity system evolves.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 6, 2020

that lack electricity, according to the American Public Power Association. The 2,250 megawatt plant shut down in November, leaving job losses and underutilized electrical transmission infrastructure in its wake. “We deal with land, we deal with resources, we deal with politics,” Isaac said in an interview.

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Charged

AUGUST 7, 2022

Tesla remains the Bob Marley of electric cars, although its share of the EV segment is shrinking as more and more new EVs enter the market—the company’s 66% EV market share in Q2 represents a 9% decrease from Q1. On the supply side, shortages of semiconductors and soaring prices for lithium and other raw materials are holding back sales.

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GreenBiz

JULY 2, 2021

Lessons from inside the heat dome about the future of the electric grid. Heatwaves are a double whammy for the electrical grid. With the political will and urgency aligning, it’s important to get those improvements right. . Make it all-electric. As people invest in new AC systems, they simply must be all-electric.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 27, 2022

But the next lap in this race requires a different muscle: Demand Side Flexibility (DSF) or the capacity to throttle electricity consumption by end customers as needed. But even more good news lies behind that big number: A five percent overall savings due to lower costs to generate electricity compared to a scenario without the DSF.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

In an analysis of the electricity market published late last week, the IEA warned the global economy could face three more years of turbulence and stagnating levels of carbon emisisons if national governments do not start to spend significantly more money on these clean energy and green grid technologies.

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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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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Thanks to generous feed-in tariffs and other incentives, Germany’s wind and solar installations have soared over the past two decades to the point that renewables could cover half of the country’s electricity demand. “It’s not economical today.”

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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. Clean electricity will be the lifeblood of clean industry. And this one is very foreseeable.

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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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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2020

That's because the electronic and electrical products we all own, from laptops and phones, through to refrigerators and kettles, often contain very small quantities of valuable metals, such as gold and silver, most commonly within their printed circuit boards. You probably own more gold, silver and platinum than you think.

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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

AUGUST 16, 2021

Often, the solution here is touted as more efficient use of electricity through increasingly sophisticated grid demand technologies backed by a combination of nuclear power and energy storage from batteries and pumped hydro facilities.

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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

And the political challenge of building public support for what is set to be the biggest and fastest industrial revolution in history. But political and corporate understanding of supply chain risks often remains patchy at best. The skills challenge of developing a workforce capable of installing and operating them.

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Green Market Oracle

JUNE 3, 2020

Canada is also a leader in electric buses. Politics and government Implementing broad spectrum electrification starts with government because without the public sector the private sector will not get onboard. We will need to build out a clean energy infrastructure that is 2 to 3 times the current size of our electricity capacity.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Renewable energy is set to lead efforts to temper climate change and expand access to electricity. Some of these challenges, such as those around the cobalt used in lithium-ion batteries, are well known. Child labor has also been found in the production of these crops in all three countries.

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Business Green

JULY 31, 2020

It is technologically and economically feasible for us to achieve this - and the Supreme Court has now affirmed that there is no legal basis for a lack of political will," she added. The process, which relies on sea water and lithium as fuel, is carbon free and its only biproduct is helium, an inert, non-toxic gas.

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Business Green

JUNE 26, 2020

Other green efforts in the strategy include lowering taxes on renewables, rolling out heat pumps and district energy systems, installing electric vehicle charge points, and supporting efforts to decarbonise heavy industry.

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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. and Canadian cities. One in five is Black.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

The technologies and solutions required to combat the climate crisis are ready, available and increasingly affordable, the report notes, highlighting the drastic cost reductions seen in solar, wind, and lithium-ion battery production over the last decade or so. It is vital that they recognise the lessons it contains.

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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] News, Global Electric Car Sales Rose 31% in 2023 – Rho motion (Jan. Scenario 2. 18741(a)(5). [5]

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

transmission grid will play a key role in decarbonizing the country’s electricity system. Whether it’s politically possible for the U.S. All of these benefits can be captured with solar, wind, existing hydropower and lithium-ion battery technologies at projected 2030 prices, he added. The current status of U.S.

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Charged

MARCH 11, 2024

There’s much hand-wringing in the press these days about battery raw materials such as lithium, cobalt and nickel. Matt Sloustcher: The key application is magnets for traction motors, but rare earths are found throughout all vehicles, in things like speakers, sensors, and electrical devices like power mirrors and seats.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Sure am glad I spent my first paycheck on the deposit, back before the dissolution of the electrical network and all. The lithium-ion cells burned out after seven years of daily cycling, so we turned our fire moat into the low reservoir for our residential pumped hydro system. Daughter: How did the political leaders react?

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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? please fix it.”

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2023

The UK climate advisory body's latest report today is a prime example, offering a remarkably in-depth assessment of whether the UK can build a decarbonised electricity system by 2035, as per the government's target, and how best to achieve what is a hugely challenging target.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

At the same time there are legitimate concerns the scramble for limited reserves of lithium, cobalt, and other rare-earth minerals critical for renewables and electric vehicles (EVs) could turn nasty, as has been the case with resource rushes throughout history. How will they react as their main revenue streams are curtailed?

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 7, 2024

One memorable headline read, “ Morgan Stanley Doubles Down on ESG Despite the Politics.” There’s also increasing concern about one aspect of the clean tech transition: There are problematic working conditions in the mining supply chain for clean-economy metals like lithium and cobalt. These are real concerns that should be addressed.

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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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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

The minister told delegates that applying pressure on countries to deliver quantifiable improvements in resilience to climate impacts could drive adaptation up the political agenda and ultimately boost vulnerable countries preparedness to climate change. Rio Tinto ready to drop $2.4bn on Serbian lithium project.

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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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