By [email protected] The U.S. renewables industry was left out of the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill passed last week, but the battle is far from over. Congress is already considering further legislation to rescue the economy from the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic, and renewable energy groups are ready to bring their proposals back to…
By ENN Contributor Legislative proposals to put more electric school buses on the road failed this session but will likely be revived for 2021. Attempts to expand on Dominion Energy’s pilot program to connect electric school buses to the grid sputtered out when none of the competing bills advanced in the Virginia General Assembly, which…
By mmillikin Ford Motor Company, in collaboration with GE Healthcare, will begin producing in Michigan the Airon pNeuton model A ventilator with the goal to produce 50,000 of the needed units within 100 days and up to 30,000 a month thereafter as needed. Established in 1997, Airon Corporation is a privately held company; its patented…
By H. Sterling Burnett Members of the Republican congressional caucus have offered a slate of bills to expand subsidies for and research into carbon-capture and sequestration.The Republican bills do not propose carbon taxes, cap-and-trade schemes, or establish targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, unlike climate change bills offered by Democrats.Capture and SequestrationThe idea behind carbon-capture…..
By mmillikin People continuously exposed to air pollution are at increased risk of dementia, especially if they also suffer from cardiovascular diseases, according to a study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in the journal JAMA Neurology. Patients with cardiovascular diseases who live in polluted environments may require additional support from care providers to prevent…
By National Wind Watch ALBION – The Orleans County Legislature has gone on the record opposing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s push for more state control in siting large-scale wind, solar and other renewable energy projects. The governor on Feb. 21 proposed Article 23 as a budget amendment to speed up the review process for renewable energy…
By National Wind Watch Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Renewable energy is getting so cheap that it doesn’t need subsidies anymore. Yes, well. Renewables live or die by subsidies, in fact. That was proved yet again this week, when Democrats tried (unsuccessfully) to stuff a panoply of Green New Deal measures into the…
By mmillikin NASA has released a series of concept images of the all-electric X-57 Maxwell airplane (earlier post), showcasing aspects of its final Mod IV configuration during different flight modes. The artist’s concept image shows NASA’s first all-electric X-plane, the X-57 Maxwell, flying shortly after takeoff in its final configuration over NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research…
By mmillikin Bosch Healthcare Solutions, together with Randox Laboratories Ltd., has developed one of the world’s first fully automated molecular diagnostic tests for COVID-19. The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is posing major challenges for healthcare systems and medical institutions worldwide. An ability to rapidly diagnose the virus is of invaluable help in curbing its exponential spread in…
By Noah Long Amid the devastating pandemic gripping the state of Washington, the state government is working hard to support healthcare providers, assist workers and businesses, and educate the public about keeping safe and healthy in these unprecedented timesGovernor Jay Inslee took a few minutes Wednesday to sign an important long-term measure passed by the…
By Kelsey Misbrener Congressional leadership announced a $2 trillion economic stimulus package as part of its response to the COVID-19 crisis on March 25. Following is a statement from Bob Keefe, executive director of the national, nonpartisan business group E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs): “Congress threw a critical lifeline to America’s workers that will help struggling families…
By [email protected] The U.S. Senate reached an agreement on a $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill early Wednesday morning, but the package does not include the tax credit extensions and direct pay provisions sought by the wind and solar industries to help them weather the supply-chain and economic disruptions caused by the global pandemic. Clean-energy industry…
By National Wind Watch The U.S. Senate reached agreement on a $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill early Wednesday morning, but it does not include the tax credit extensions and direct pay provisions sought by the wind and solar industries to help them weather the supply chain and economic disruptions caused by the global pandemic. Clean…
By Kelsey Misbrener Congress and the White House agreed to a $2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package late at night on March 24. Although some democrats were pushing for solar and wind tax credit extensions to be included in the bill, it appears they didn’t make the final version. Still, the solar industry will see some…
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