It’s always interesting to figure out why irrational things occur. In the case of London’s foolish hydrogen buses, apparently Wrightbus going into administration aka bankruptcy proceedings led to well-connected people like Wrightbus owner Jo Bamford’s father, Lord Bamford, the man who inherited British firm JCB and was also knighted for … [continued]
What will it take to cut vehicle emissions more quickly, efficiently, and equitably? Could it be to prioritize the light duty vehicle drivers in the top 10% for gasoline use, aka Super Users, and persuade them to switch to EVs? The newest Coltura report argues that applying new gasoline consumption … [continued]
It’s incredibly rare that any hydrogen for energy play pencils out compared to alternatives. There’s a village in the African country of Mali where geological hydrogen vents up through the ground and is burned to generate electricity for the 4,000 person village. And then there’s Prince George, British Columbia, which … [continued]
The Rocky Mountain Institute is a respected organization that has done great work since its founding in 1982. Amory Lovins, its founder and long its leader, is a tremendous thought leader who was ahead of his time. He’s been proven right on many things. And he’s been proven wrong on … [continued]
There’s been a lot of great pumped hydro news from around the world in the past month, so a bit of a round up is in order. As a reminder, pumped hydro is the gravity storage solution that actually works, unlike concrete blocks, elevators and hillside rail systems. We’ve been … [continued]
Since 2014 I’ve been tracking the natural experiment in China regarding the ability to scale nuclear generation vs renewables. My hypothesis was that the modularity and manufacturability of wind and solar especially meant that it would be much easier for them to scale up to massive sizes. That hypothesis was … [continued]
If you’re like so many people in the world, you’re concerned about the climate crisis. If you are also an investor, then you should keep your attention on transition finance. “Transition finance” is a new term that’s being tossed around to describe industries and infrastructure that promote a net zero … [continued]
An urgent need exists for cities to prioritize sustainable transport strategies for dealing with the effects of the climate crisis. Transforming a century-long pattern of driving internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles into a love of electric vehicles (EVs) in cities is an important element of domestic plans to decarbonize. According … [continued]
The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and others share a common affliction, a belief that some demand segments are going to increase as they have for the past 30 years. As a result, their analyses are skewed. Let’s … [continued]
The common thread among the disparate things in the title is hydrogen, whether green, gray or pitch black. What, you might ask does hydrogen have to do with forklifts, cryptocurrency and green fertilizer? Read on. Let’s start with forklifts. Recently they splashed across screens again, as Amazon installed a hydrogen … [continued]
