Texas Sends A Renewable Energy Love Letter To Massachusetts…And Sweden
A climate action consortium in Massachusetts deployed renewable energy credits to support a new 208-megawatt solar project in Texas.
Green Economy
Vancouver Translink Bus Decarbonization At Risk From $1.3 Million CUTRIC Sole Source Study
British Columbia in Canada has a long history with hydrogen for transportation and its constant failures. Ballard Power, the fuel cell manufacturer that pivoted away from lithium ion batteries in 1989 to the losing technology, is based in the Vancouver area. Whistler, the famed ski and mountain biking area with … [continued]
What Will Happen To The Clean Hydrogen Hubs Now?
The US green hydrogen industry is poised for rapid growth with an assist from the new $7 billion Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program, if all goes according to plan.
SOLARCYCLE’s New Georgia Facility Will Recycle 5GW Of Solar Panels Per Year
SOLARCYCLE’s recently announced 5GW solar panel recycling facility in Georgia will be able to recover “up to 90%” of the materials, some of which will end up as feedstock for the company’s nearby solar glass factory. The new recycling plant will initially have the capacity to recycle 2 million solar … [continued]
€1.5 Trillion In Sustainable Mobility Investments Needed In European Cities
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) recently presented at the Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress (TMWC) in Barcelona. In particular, they presented about their new study, “Costs and benefits of the urban mobility transition.” One of the key points is that European cities will need a great deal of investments … [continued]
Sufficiency — It’s All We Need
When is enough, enough? Is the idea of sufficiency what we are missing as we grasp and claw for more and more stuff?
Mitsubishi Reaffirms Commitment To EV Battery Swapping
The EV battery swapping startup Ample is joining forces with Mitsubishi to stimulate EV sales with a quick, seamless alternative to charging stations.
“National Blueprint for a Clean & Competitive Industrial Sector.”
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), with input from Departments and Agencies across the federal government, yesterday released “The National Blueprint for a Clean & Competitive Industrial Sector.” Building on ongoing industrial investments across Federal agencies, the … [continued]
Canadian Transit Think Tank CUTRIC Riddled With Conflicts Of Interest
Four weeks ago, I didn’t know the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium existed. If I’d seen mention of it, I probably would have assumed it as an innocuous little organization full of pleasant Canadians working diligently for the good of Canadian transit. But the onion keeps being peeled. … [continued]
Agenda Of Canadian CUTA Transit Conference Shows They Have Hydrogen On Brain Too
Globally, there are almost 700,000 battery electric buses in operation and perhaps 6,000 hydrogen buses. In Europe in 2023, about 6,400 new battery electric buses were registered vs. about 140 hydrogen buses. As I noted recently, there have are more hydrogen bus trials that have been abandoned than operational hydrogen … [continued]
