Automotive
The bipartisan compromise on infrastructure cuts in half President Joe Biden's call for $15 billion to build 500,000 electric vehicle charging outlets, raising the stakes as the administration seeks to win auto industry cooperation ...
Jul 30, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
In the global effort to transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, achieving a "100% renewables" electricity system is considered ideal.
May 26, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Australia's trucking industry is making moves to go electric. The latest development—a system for using swappable batteries instead of time-consuming recharge stations for long-haul trucks between Sydney and Brisbane—shows ...
Apr 30, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
In order to combat the rise in the average temperature on earth, the emission of greenhouse gases will have to be reduced. In the transport sector, one way to do this is to increase the energy efficiency of the driveline ...
Apr 21, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
As the recent disaster in Texas showed, climate change requires electricity utilities to prepare for extreme events. This "global weirding" leads to more intense storms, higher wind speeds, heatwaves and droughts that can ...
Feb 25, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
As fossil fuels are phased out over the coming decades, the Climate Change Commission (CCC) suggests electricity will take up much of the slack, powering our vehicle fleet and replacing coal and gas in industrial processes.
Feb 16, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
The fifth report in NREL's Electrification Futures Study (EFS) series is now available, presenting analysis on the potential impacts of widespread electrification on the U.S. electricity system—specifically generation and ...
Jan 13, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Five years after the signing of the Paris Climate Accord fossil fuels still dominate the energy landscape but it is renewables that are enjoying the strongest growth which even the COVID-19 crisis has not dented.
Dec 09, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
A partial transition of German road transport to hydrogen energy is among the possibilities being discussed to help meet national climate targets. A team of researchers from the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies ...
Dec 01, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Launched this week in Nature Energy, a new study led by the Center for Global Sustainability (CGS) researchers examines the cost of heat pump installation in American households and the effect on house prices and home values. ...
Oct 21, 2020
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