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After Trump win, it’s up to states to lead on climate action. During Trump's first term, states stepped up with clean power mandates, strong building codes, and EV incentives. Now they need to do even more. By Jeff St. John. How Trump’s second term could derail the clean energy transition. Washington voters uphold the state’s pioneering ...
Huge EV battery recycling facility comes online in Ohio
Aug 23, 2024 · The Inflation Reduction Act, the keystone of U.S. climate policy, includes additional provisions to incentivize domestic battery recycling, including the 45 X advanced manufacturing production tax credit. The Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office has also made a $ 2 billion conditional loan commitment to Redwood Materials to build a $ 3. 5 billion lithium-ion battery recycling plant in ...
A beginner’s guide to the different types of heat pumps
Sep 19, 2023 · Heat-pump types are divided by their thermal-energy source. If they absorb heat from the ambient air, they’re called “ air-source heat pumps.”. If they suck thermal energy from a pond or stream, they’re “ water-source” heat pumps. If they draw heat from the ground or groundwater, you guessed it, they’re “ ground-source” or ...
11 winners from the US’ $7B investment in 'clean… | Canary Media
Oct 18, 2023 · The Department of Energy laid down its bets Friday in the first phase of its effort to instigate an American clean-hydrogen economy. The agency selected seven regional winners of a collective $ 7 billion in funding allocated by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to get a series of “ hydrogen hubs” up and running. Now negotiations will begin to finalize the proposals.
Lunar Energy enters solar+battery field with - Canary Media
Aug 26, 2022 · Wednesday’s unveiling reveals significant backing for this concept. Since its quiet founding in 2020, the Mountain View, California–based startup has raised two investment rounds adding up to $ 300 million, led by U.S. residential solar leader Sunrun and South Korean battery giant SK Group.
Chart: Which countries are leading the green hydrogen race?
Feb 2, 2024 · Source Sans Pro. China is currently the world’s largest consumer and producer of hydrogen. Most of the hydrogen it makes today is fossil-fuel-based, but the country has big plans to scale up its green hydrogen production and use the fuel to decarbonize sectors like steel and chemicals production. Saudi Arabia is next on the list, thanks to ...
Chart: Lithium prices are through the roof this year
May 6, 2022 · Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Canary thanks Natural Power for its support of this feature.. We’re living in a battery materials world. Lithium-ion batteries have powered consumer electronics and the smartphone revolution for years. But now that electric vehicles are starting to take significant market share ...
The $245M bid to pull clean hydrogen straight from the earth
Feb 14, 2024 · 245. M. bid to pull clean hydrogen straight from the earth. Demand for carbon-free hydrogen is rising. Startup Koloma aims to extract the gas from underground geologic deposits — and it just raised a ton of venture funding. Government geologists take samples of natural hydrogen from a small pond in Indonesia.
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Nov 6, 2024 · Moment Energy plans to mass-produce grid storage from used EV batteries. The Canadian startup repackages electric-vehicle batteries for commercial customers. Now it’s got $20 million from the DOE to build its first gigafactory …
Chart: Which country dominates the solar supply chain?
Dec 23, 2022 · Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format.. China has deployed a little more than one-third of the solar photovoltaic capacity in the world, but it controls a much larger share of the solar supply chain, according to a report released earlier this year by the International Energy Agency.