As part of its EVeryone Charging Forward™ initiative, the Siemens Foundation’s most recent investment will provide wraparound supportive services to improve access to the clean energy economy. The Siemens Foundation today announced a $3M grant to the Families and Workers Fund’s (FWF) Powering Climate and Infrastructure Careers for All, a pooled … [continued]
Aluminum is an example of a material that has seen rapid growth in demand in recent years, and that demand has been met by expanded primary production. Aluminum has a density of 2.7 kg/dm3 at room temperature, which is about one-third of the density of iron and steel. With proper … [continued]
Cement and concrete decarbonization are elements of $6 billion in grants that the US Department of Energy announced this week. In total, 33 projects across more than 20 states will help accelerate the commercial scale demonstration of emerging industrial decarbonization technologies. Portland Cement describes the process for creating cement as … [continued]
Despite its red-state reputation on climate action, Georgia will host the nation’s only domestic manufacturer of monocrystalline solar cells.
A list of chemical and refining awards from the recent $6 billion federal investment includes lots of fossil fuel companies.
The results are aligned with what’s obvious to anyone who has done bottom-up estimates with realistic perspectives on batteries and hydrogen.
Heat pumps are big enough, and efficient enough, to replace gas-fired steam boilers at commercial and industrial sites all over the US.
Industrial decarbonization is in the news. This week the US government announced $6 billion in grants that makers of metal, paper, and glass can use to cut planet-warming emissions. The Biden-Harris administration is framing these grants as a key opportunity to transform the US industrial sector and strengthen domestic manufacturing. … [continued]
IM Motors has indicated that its new car will be available with a solid-state EV battery option, but the devil may be in the details.
Cabotage acts are sabotage for maritime decarbonization. Well, that rhymes, but what does it mean? What is cabotage and why are Europe and the USA more impacted than Asia? It’s a tangled tale and we have to go back over a hundred years to unravel the story and its implications. … [continued]
