California’s rooftop solar is a benefit, not a cost,… | Canary Media
2024年11月15日 · Utilities across the country have used this same cost-shift argument to fight various state-level policies that benefit rooftop solar. The aim is typically to water down or roll back net-metering programs, which pay customers for the power their rooftop solar systems send back to the grid.. Rooftop solar supporters dispute the cost-shift argument, which originated from the Edison Electric ...
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A new generation of cheaper batteries is sweeping the
2024年11月12日 · A significant shift is underway in the electric-car segment. No, I’m not talking about the shift to EVs. That’s still progressing despite a few manufacturers getting cold feet.What I’m referring to here is a subtle change in the makeup of EV batteries that carries some significant implications.. A type of lithium-ion battery called lithium iron phosphate, or …
Sustainable aviation fuel is taking off. What is it, exactly?
2024年11月21日 · Late last year, Virgin Atlantic ran a radio spot in the United Kingdom touting a noteworthy environmental achievement: The British airline was about to fly a plane on “ 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel.”. The ad referred to a unique demonstration flight that took place days later on November 28, 2023, in which the company flew a Boeing 787 Dreamliner from London to New York City using ...
Coal-to-solar developer BrightNight lands $440M… | Canary Media
2024年10月8日 · Renewable energy developer BrightNight just closed a $ 440 million strategic investment from banking giant Goldman Sachs.. The equity investment will help Florida-based BrightNight build out its pipeline of utility-scale solar and energy storage projects, which together represent 31 gigawatts of clean power, the company announced on Monday. Among those projects is the 810-megawatt solar ...
Global emissions may begin declining in 2024, thanks… | Canary …
2024年10月14日 · The falling cost of batteries also has implications for electric vehicle sales, which are increasing despite turbulence in some markets.Battery prices, along with electric vehicle costs, should continue to fall in the years to come, DNV predicts. Last year, EVs accounted for 13 percent of all new vehicle sales globally; by 2031, the report estimates that EVs will make up half of global auto sales.
How will offshore wind fare under a second Trump term?
2024年11月13日 · Few clean energy sectors have been threatened as directly by Donald Trump as offshore wind. The president-elect vowed on the campaign trail to end offshore wind development via executive order “ on day one” of his second term.. Trump has nurtured a hatred for the industry since at least 2006, when he began fighting a wind project off the coast of his golf course in Scotland.
To meet US nuclear goals, big reactors need to get… | Canary Media
2024年10月11日 · “It’s tough to beat the economies of scale of big reactors, and they are essential for bulk electricity production,” Kozeracki said. That’s a more or less direct contradiction of the argument in favor of SMRs, which advocates have said will reduce the costs of nuclear energy by harnessing the power of mass manufacturing.
Moment Energy plans to mass-produce grid storage from used
2024年11月5日 · A different company, B 2 U Storage Solutions, has developed its own utility-scale power plants in the outer reaches of Los Angeles County.That firm installed second-life batteries in 2021 at a roughly one-third discount compared to new battery pricing, very much in line with the savings that Moment Energy is talking about.. These cost savings only materialize if the assemblage of different ...
Massachusetts passes bill to speed clean energy and… | Canary …
2024年11月15日 · Yesterday, Massachusetts lawmakers made major moves to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition the state to clean energy. Legislators approved a long-awaited climate bill that will limit gas pipeline expansion, make it easier to site and build renewables, and allow utilities to use geothermal energy — …