OEMs that try to roll bespoke engineered solutions, niche chemistries, or custom designed battery assemblies are making the wrong strategic decisions.Brought to you by: EV Driven Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Electric Vehicles
By [Energy Central] Rafael Herzberg Boundary conditions One of the most important challenges – when trying to find solutions in the energy area for a specific case – is to map out the constraints that need to be respected. And, as a rule, there is a (long) list of them. They involve financial, legal, technical,…
By National Wind Watch Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia recently purchased a luxury waterfront condominium from a senior lawyer at Dominion Energy, a multibillion-dollar energy company developing a massive offshore wind farm in his home state. According to his 2022 financial disclosures filed this month, Kaine reported purchasing a residential property worth up to…
By [Energy Central] Robert Rapier The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 (H.R. 5376) was signed into law by President Biden on August 16, 2022. Serving as a scaled-down version of the Build Back Better Act proposed in 2021, the IRA is intended to reduce the deficit and lower inflation. However, the IRA also includes…
The AYRO Vanish has grabbed headlines over the past year as it rolls ever closer to production at AYRO’s Texas factory. Now the electric mini-truck’s final step ahead of manufacturing has begun as the Vanish starts street-legal homologation. more… The post America’s first US-built electric mini-truck begins street-legal homologation appeared first on Electrek.Brought to you…
Authorities in Cape May county, New Jersey, have passed a resolution unanimously opposing Ørsted’s planned Ocean Wind projects and are also considering legal action, citing a detrimental effect on tourism and a lack of public engagement on the part of the Danish renewables developer. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Wind Power News…
By [Energy Central] Emily Newton Soleil Lofts opened in 2019, just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. In addition to the yoga studio, dog park, swimming pools and basketball court, the luxury apartment complex features something truly unique — every unit has a seven-foot-tall battery in the living room. The country’s largest virtual power plant…
By [Energy Central] Sandy Lawrence Canary Media: “How do induction stoves actually work?” Induction stoves are climate-change-fighting machines, which help pitch fossil fuels out the saloon door. “Healthier to use than gas stoves and up to three times more efficient (as well as up to 10% more efficient than traditional electric resistance stoves), according to…
Minnesota’s new law includes an EV rebate of $2,500 for a new car and $600 for a used one, with no income caps, among other EV incentives. more… The post Minnesota just passed a law that’s going to ramp up EV adoption appeared first on Electrek.Brought to you by: EV Driven Read Full Article Here…
By [Energy Central] Mitchell Beer The world’s biggest fossil producers were selling assets to meet their climate goals but letting their emissions rise, a study said fossils owed $209 billion per year in reparations, and New Jersey turned to anti-mobster laws to prosecute fossil companies. Climate risk to species around the world was rising abruptly,…
By Kelly Pickerel First Solar has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio against fellow Ohio CdTe thin-film solar panel manufacturer Toledo Solar after learning that Toledo Solar allegedly modified, marketed and sold First Solar panels under the Toledo Solar brand. Additionally, Toledo Solar was allegedly claiming the…
By National Wind Watch Criminal cases brought by U.S. wildlife officials for killing or harming protected bald and golden eagles dropped sharply in recent years, even as officials ramped up issuing permits that will allow wind energy companies to kill thousands of eagles without legal consequence. The falloff in enforcement of eagle protection laws –…
By [Energy Central] German Toro Ghio The EU needs help to pass a law requiring 42.5% of its energy from renewables by 2030. Some countries, including France, have yet to support the proposal. REUTERS BY KATE ABNETT/EDITING BY GERMÁN & CO BRUSSELS, May 22 (Reuters) – The European Parliament has delayed a planned vote to…
By National Wind Watch Further wind development in Tama County appears to have encountered some headwinds in recent weeks as two different lawsuits involving the wind energy company Salt Creek Wind LLC and its consultants Robert and Eric Bergstrom play out in court. Salt Creek Wind LLC and Conifer Power Co. have been actively developing…
By [Energy Central] Ivy Main Last December, Dominion Energy produced a remarkable document: a climate report predicting that by 2040 its electricity supply will be dominated by renewable energy. Coal will be gone by 2030, and methane gas will hang around in ever-smaller amounts, just to fill in the energy gaps. Small modular nuclear reactors…