By mmillikin If fast charging is available, the competitiveness of battery electric trucks compared with diesel trucks can actually improve with larger trucks, according to a new study by Björn Nykvist and Olle Olsson from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). In a study published in the journal Joule, the two researchers model high-power fast charging…
By Billy Ludt 174 Power Global has entered a 15-year PPA with Black Hills Energy to develop the 200-MW Turkey Creek Solar facility in Pueblo County, Colorado. “We are glad to partner with Black Hills Energy on the Turkey Creek Solar project, which will provide long-lasting environmental and economic benefits to the Pueblo community, as…
By Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent Sun and wind generated 60% of all electricity on Monday, data showsGreat Britain’s electricity system recorded its greenest ever day over the Easter bank holiday as sunshine and windy weather led to a surge in renewable energy.The power plants generating electricity in England, Scotland and Wales produced only 39g of…
By Royce Kurmelovs Labor proposes funding batteries to allow households with solar power to pool excess electricity. Here’s what you need to knowIn what might be the most attention the battery world has had since Elon Musk built South Australia’s giant battery, Labor has announced that if they win the next election they will front…
By Charles Botsford, PE If you’re an electric utility executive, government policy maker, or environmentalist, what do you do with power generated from wind, solar, nuclear, or hydro? [1-4]Make electricity. Don’t buy into the expensive idea that hydrogen can serve as the global energy storage medium of the future.Hydrogen is great…for hydrocracking, hydro-desulfurization, hydrogenation, making…
By Percy Shum The Strategic Design of an Eco-label for Renewable ElectricityBy Kwok L Shum April 2nd 2021What is an eco-label? An eco-label certifies and identifies products or services proven environmentally preferable overall, within a specific product or service category. The roots of eco-label are found in the growing global concern for environmental protection on…
By National Wind Watch A court has ruled that 22 wind turbines in south France are illegal and should be removed. Judges from an administrative court in Marseille found that the developer of the wind farm failed to get environmental authorisation to install the 125-metre-high turbines and thus the wind farm is illegal. But their…
By National Wind Watch A recent editorial by the Gannett Kansas editorial advisory board attempted to “throw cold water” on legislation I authored to support rural Kansans who have been negatively impacted by an unchecked wind industry over the past decade. This industry has been propped up by government, to the detriment of our energy…
Volkswagen may be lauded today as a leader in the electric vehicle movement, but the German automaker still seems to need some help in meeting China’s strict emissions targets.Brought to you by: EV Driven Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Electric Vehicles
Lakes store huge amounts of methane. In a new study, environmental scientists offer suggestions for how it can be extracted and used as an energy source in the form of methanol. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renewable Energy News — ScienceDaily
By Sophie Vorrath AGL Energy’s plan to build gas import terminal and reprocessing plant in Victoria’s Western Port rejected due to “clear” and “unacceptable” environmental impacts. The post “Unacceptable impacts:” AGL’s Crib Point gas import terminal rejected appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Kelsey Misbrener U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) and senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, along with U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), introduced legislation on March 25 that would help the clean energy industry create good-paying jobs and recover from the…
By Adam Morton Environment editor Proposed changes to the national energy market rules aims to prevent ‘traffic jams’ of electricity on sunny days Australian households with rooftop solar panels could be charged for exporting electricity into the power grid at times when it is not needed under proposed changes to the national electricity market.The recommendation…
By Jane Marsh The automotive industry periodically attempts to reduce its environmental impact. Cars with combustion engines are less expensive but release harmful emissions. Electric vehicles are environmentally friendly but not yet completely practical.The third option is to pursue an entirely different dynamic. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles go above and beyond standard energy, as they…
By Elle Carberry Hi Audra – taking up your ‘ask’. My story as a woman in clean energy starts when working for a Boston-based environmental tech co that went bankrupt in ~1995; and later returning to the industry in 2008 when working and raising my family in Beijing, China and realizing I could no longer…