Renewables In China Trend Upward While Nuclear Trends Flat
The natural experiment of renewables vs nuclear continues in China, and it continues to unfold in renewables’ favor.
Green Jobs
Code Words Hint At Eliminating Jobs & Stifling Renewable Energy Employment
The term “just transition” emerged from the 1970s North American labor movement to become a campaign for a planned energy transition. It includes justice and fairness for workers through united future visions about economic and climate action. These days it’s incredibly contentious.
How Much Will It Take For A Just Climate Transition In Spain?
Spain will receive almost €869 million from the Just Transition Fund to kickstart its energy transformation in equitable ways.
Yes, There Will Be Enough Biofuels; No, They Won’t Impact Food Supplies
Biofuels are fit for purpose, and we have a lot more resources for them than the requirements. Arguments against them are mostly specious, biased, or based on very stale data.
China’s Purchasing Power Advantage & Wright’s Law Mean Its Green Investments Go A Lot Further
China spent $546 billion of 2022’s $1.1 trillion USD global green investment, but China is getting about a trillion USD in value out of its investment.
Agenda Of International Road Freight Conference Makes It Clear Battery-Electric Will Dominate
At the coal face of a conference that involved governmental figures, academics, logistics customers and OEMs, the detailed technical conversations are almost all about how battery electric trucks will work in the coming decades.
Federal Tax Credits Promote Opportunities For Workers. Is That A Problem?
The details baked into the federal clean energy tax credits make it hard for every project to qualify. Maybe that’s the point.
In Bluegrass State, Nucor’s Green Steel Trumps Anti-Wokedness
Woke or not, Kentucky is behind a new green steel factory that supports President Joe Biden’s goal for offshore wind development in the US.
U.S. Races Ahead in EV Manufacturing Investments
Since Biden took office, manufacturers have quadrupled their announced electric vehicle manufacturing and battery investments in the U.S. to $210 billion, more than any other country in the world. The United States is now poised to attract the most investments globally in electric vehicle and battery manufacturing, for the first … [continued]
The Nuclear Fallacy: Why Small Modular Reactors Can’t Compete With Renewable Energy
Will the small modular nuclear reactor community be able to find an optimized point on the physics vs modularity curve? I don’t think so, and discussed it with Bent Flyvbjerg, global megaproject expert.
