Persistent drought in the West over the last two decades has limited the amount of electricity that hydropower dams can generate, costing the industry and the region billions of dollars in revenue. The sector lost about 300 million megawatt hours of power generation between 2003 and 2020 due to drought … [continued]
RMI’s GridUp tool helped Washington State develop leading strategies for transportation electrification. Across the country, electrifying transportation can help states meet climate targets, but policymakers must ensure it happens smoothly. In Washington State, policy leaders are using cutting edge tools and analysis to prepare for an electric vehicle (EV) future. … [continued]
Argonne National Laboratory estimated fuel cost savings potential for replacing a gasoline vehicle with the same size electric vehicle on a ZIP code level. Their estimates showed that the states in the Northwest region, led by Idaho and Washington State, had some of the highest potential for fuel cost savings … [continued]
Washington State wrapped up its first full year of auctions for tradable emission allowances in December, as the state considers joining an integrated regional greenhouse gas reduction program with California and Québec. In 2021, the Washington state legislature set up a cap-and-invest program that creates tradable emission allowances as a measure to … [continued]
In-road wireless EV charging systems are being pitched as a cost-reducing, efficiency-improving upgrade for electric fleet vehicles.
Lyft continues its work trying to electrify its vast network of driver vehicles. Recall that the company has committed to 100% electrification by 2030. It’s latest effort on this path is that it has partnered with West Coast EV charging network EVCS. And it’s not a nothingburger partnership. Lyft drivers … [continued]
This is Part 1 of a multi-part series on this story. Watch this entire documentary on one of the earliest and most effective waterway cleanups in North America. “It was old industrial wasteland. It wasn’t just contaminated. It was dangerous,” Marv Coleman recounts while discussing the extensive history of the … [continued]
With more electric vehicle choices than ever, EV sales in the US are hitting new heights. In just the first half of 2023, over 670,000 EVs were sold with over 80 percent of those fully-electric battery electric vehicles (BEVs). It took 8 years for the first million EV sales – … [continued]
California accounts for nearly all renewable diesel consumption in the United States, but most of it isn’t made in the state. California’s consumption of renewable diesel was more than eight times the amount produced there in 2021. Instead, most of California’s renewable diesel was produced in other states or was imported, mostly from … [continued]
Silicon battery technology gets the seal of approval from Porsche, which has put up the big bucks to help Group14 build the world’s biggest silicon battery materials factory in Washington State.
