Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, with plugins scoring yet another new record, a little more than 1.19 million sales (in a 2.26-million-unit overall market). That’s up […]
Leading U.S. Coal Producer Developing Solar, Energy Storage at Former Mines
A leading U.S. coal producer is partnering with a major developer of renewable energy projects to put solar energy and battery storage installations on reclaimed mine lands in Illinois and […] The […]
Geopolitical Risk and Supply Outages Underpin Oil Prices
Crude oil prices moved higher this week, supported by escalating geopolitical tensions. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has intensified, with Ukraine using long-range missiles supplied by the U.S. and Britain to strike targets within […]
The Great Grid-Scale Battery Boom Comes To The US
The United States is rapidly installing grid-scale batteries that are helping to prevent power blackouts, known in German as Dunkelflaute, according to The Guardian. From barely any just a few years ago, […]
E.P.A. Proposes Limits on Nitrogen Oxides
A rule proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday could better protect communities against pollution from natural gas plants. For the first time in almost two decades, the rule would update […]
Sodium-Ion Batteries: A Promising Rival to Lithium?
Electric vehicle (EV) makers are constantly looking for ways to improve battery life to deliver more reliable batteries that can power EVs more efficiently for a longer distance. To date, battery manufacturers […]
IRS finalizes direct pay rules, increasing access to IRA’s clean energy tax credits
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Direct-pay eligible entities like local governments, public school districts, churches and hospitals will now more easily be able to jointly […]
Harness Your Hopes – LCI Hydrogen Would Help Reduce GHG Emissions, But Major Challenges Loom
Increasing the production of low-carbon-intensity (LCI) hydrogen is viewed by many as a way to help the U.S. reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. But so far only minimal amounts of LCI […]
What do Trump’s picks to head Energy and Interior signal for renewables?
Dive Brief: President-elect Donald Trump’s selections of North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, R, to lead the Department of Interior and Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright to lead the Department of Energy could […]
Dealer lecturing addicts? Australia backs coal power ban but continues to sell the stuff
Australia has just joined a new coalition at the UN climate talks, one that rules out new coal power in our energy system and promises to encourage others to do the same […]
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