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How ‘green’ are electric cars?

Renewable Energy World

Electric cars are undoubtedly cleaner than fossil fuel run cars. The deficit is paid off quickly and even, when with no alternative, the electricity used to charge the vehicles is driven by fossil fuels, they are still greener. Lithium mining. Cobalt mining.

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? 2023’s Most Headliney-Headlines #178

Climate Tech VC

In news this week, COP28 wraps up with a landmark agreement on transitioning away from fossil fuels, DOE announces a new office focused on AI, and over 2M Teslas were recalled.  💨 Private equity and O&G bet big on climate tech’s next frontiers: DAC and lithium.

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Con Edison Contracts Its Biggest Battery to Date in New York City

GreenTechMedia

New York utility Con Edison has signed its biggest energy storage contract to date, a 100-megawatt/400-megawatt-hour lithium-ion battery project that will help balance a grid facing rising levels of offshore wind and other renewable power in the years to come.

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'This is a natural gas market crisis': Why energy markets could be set for three more years of turmoil

Business Green

The global economy could face many more years of energy market turbulence if governments do not take steps to turbocharge their clean energy and technology investments, the IEA has warned. As a result overall emissions from power generation rose by seven per cent in 2021, to reach a record high, the briefing warns.

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Can Joe Biden Decarbonize The U.S. Power Sector By 2035?

R-Squared Energy

We’re going to make a major investment to build 1.5 still obtained 63% of its electricity from fossil fuels. He didn’t mention nuclear power or carbon sequestration in this speech, but his website does mention them among four specific goals designed to decarbonize the power sector. power grid by 2050.

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? US clean investment cleans up with $239bn #187

Climate Tech VC

  Lots of spice for clean investment this week. The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. 14% of total investment came from the feds, with $33.7B 14% of total investment came from the feds, with $33.7B Happy Monday! 

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Could nuclear hydrogen be a game changer worth trillions?

Hydrogen Fuel News

The $7 billion the federal government is investing in clean H2 is meant to clean up precisely this type of production. Scientists at four nuclear power plants in the US are attempting to improve electrolysis processes to make it more practical, affordable and feasible at scale. Why use nuclear energy to produce hydrogen?