Laura Yoder, a single mother who worked as a waitress, bartender, and food distribution center manager, became self-sufficient in 2003 when she joined the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) Local 405 in Rochester, Minnesota. Yoder received specialized, hands-on training from the union that enabled her to move up … [continued]
Panasonic Energy and GM (together, the “Anchor Customers”) concurrently commit to multiyear offtake agreements for NMG’s active anode material, covering approximately 85% of NMG’s planned Phase-2 fully integrated production, from ore to battery materials. Offtake agreements are complemented by an aggregate US$50 million Tranche 1 Investment from Panasonic and GM to advance the development of NMG’s Phase-2 … [continued]
Analysts expect openings for all types of electric vehicle jobs to expand over the next decade, with new opportunities across the country. From software developers and regional planners to vehicle assemblers and construction workers, jobs in the electric vehicle (EV) industry are on the rise. In the United States, EV … [continued]
City Wins $1.47M Federal Grant for Workforce Development Pilot Program Focused on Creating Jobs for Diverse Citizenry in Electric Vehicle Industry “Ride and Drive Electric Grant” will help to launch “Plug In Philly” program PHILADELPHIA — The City of Philadelphia has been awarded $1.47 million in federal funds from the … [continued]
It’s trivially easy to be snared by hydrogen for energy. Then it’s easy to start solving the problems of hydrogen for energy. Then it’s easy to wave away a problem set of hydrogen for energy as not your concern. And then solve more of the problems for energy. And wave … [continued]
Off-take agreement with NOVONIX advances Panasonic Energy’s commitment to carbon footprint reduction and resilient supply chain in North American Osaka, Japan — Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd., a Panasonic Group Company, today announced it has signed a binding off-take agreement with the leading battery materials and technology company NOVONIX Limited (“NOVONIX”; Queensland, Australia) … [continued]
Advancing Policies and Infrastructure to Support Near-Zero-Emissions Steel Production in the Great Lakes Region. The Great Lakes region, spanning from Minnesota to Pennsylvania, is a steel manufacturing powerhouse, accounting for 60% of all steel production capacity in the United States and 100% of coal-based steel production. It is also a … [continued]
The past year has been a year of creative destruction in hydrogen for energy efforts. That is to say, destruction of creative accounting and projections in business cases. Green hydrogen supply proposals failed miserably to ignite financial interest as they couldn’t find offtakers for realistically costed hydrogen, with only 0.2% … [continued]
I’m spending this week at the Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association (FLSBPA) conference. It’s a tech conference, the 37th tech conference of the FLSBPA, actually, which means that scientists and engineers — coastal experts — are presenting back-to-back sessions, over several days, describing federal, state, county, and private projects … [continued]
About 25 years ago, hydrogen was the solution of choice for climate-aware technocrats and politicians, and with good reason. At the time, there really wasn’t much choice in terms of low-carbon energy carriers. Batteries were good enough for laptops and phones, but clearly no one was going to be running … [continued]
