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ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image depicting a futuristic hydrogen-powered taxi carrying a group of Icelandic elves on a barren road, with a volcano in the background.

More Hydrogen Fleets That Reached The End Of The Tragicomedy Including Iceland

One thing that the hydrogen for energy chorus is good at is celebrating and amplifying acts 2 and 3 of the Odyssey of the Hydrogen Fleet, when governments unlock millions or tens of millions for hydrogen trials and cash-starved fleet owners throw it at a handful of hydrogen buses, trucks … [continued]

Top Clean Energy Accomplishments from U.S. Department of Energy in 2023

DOE Concludes 2023 by Celebrating Billions in Historic Clean Energy Investments, Successful Energy Cost Saving Programs, and Workforce Training Initiatives that will Boost our Clean Energy Economy WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) made monumental strides in advancing the clean energy goals of the Biden-Harris Administration. … [continued]

Midjourney generated image of a passenger jet lying on the ground

ICCT’s Hydrogen For Aviation Perspective Is Deeply Wrong As Well

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) is a US-headquartered think tank with offices globally. It’s been around since 2001. It was founded with noble ideals and funding from progressive and climate-focused foundations including the Hewlett and Packard family foundations and the Energy Foundation. Its mission and vision is to … [continued]

$40 Million to Train the Clean Energy Workforce from Biden-Harris Admin

Funding from the President’s Inflation Reduction Act Will Broaden the Energy Efficiency Workforce, by Training and Certifying Workers to Conduct Energy Audits and Surveys WASHINGTON, D.C. — In support of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is now accepting applications for competitive funding to upskill … [continued]

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image that metaphorically represents a flawed hydrogen strategy, with a quicksand foundation and stakeholders pushing in conflicting directions.

Ontario’s Hydrogen Approach Will Be A B-School Case Study In Failure

Not to be left behind as the world is spun in circles by hydrogen hype, Ontario published a hydrogen strategy in 2022. Recently it announced the first approved significant project, one that involves truckloads of hydrogen leaving Niagara Falls to be burned in a gas generator over 100 kilometers away. … [continued]

Energy Facts: Impact of the Investing in America Agenda on Tennessee

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visits Tennessee On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm will travel to Tennessee to meet with Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Leadership and local officials and energy leaders, showcasing the Biden-Harris Administration’s historic investments in clean energy in the South. … [continued]

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image has been created, depicting a group of port executives, including men and women of various ethnicities, standing on a port. They are holding blueprints and digital tablets, with expressions of confusion and concern as they try to understand the concept of port electrification.

Shipping Ports Move Molecules So Electrification Is Hard For Them To Grok

How many ways to resist electrification are there? How many cognitive biases get in the way? I’ve found a lot of them, but recently I discovered another. Ports are in the business of handling big honking masses of gases, liquids and solids, and so are predisposed to think that there … [continued]