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IEEFA: Grid scale battery costs have reached a tipping point
More fantasy to fuel @markslawson 's nightmares. Oh wait, this is reality... Batteries are usurping the role of gas in the power system. Grid scale battery...- Jay McKinsey Replied
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VW poised to overtake Tesla in EV production and tech, so they say
“If Tesla sets up three factories where 300,000 to 500,000 cars can be produced, then we are talking about a number of units between...- Jay McKinsey Replied
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Wind Turbine Collapse in the Bronx; Will Any Lessons Be Learned?
Unexpected news. I wasn't even aware there was a wind turbine installed in the Bronx (one of the 5 boroughs of New York City). Wind Turbine...- Tom Kirkman Replied
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How to Virtue Signal in an EV
Ford's electric Mustang dragster covers a quarter-mile in 8.27 seconds https://www.engadget.com/mustang-cobra-jet-ev-dragster-025941317.html This one is for @Ward Smith- Jay McKinsey Replied
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Wuling's Hong Guang MINI EV Surpasses 50,000 Orders Within Weeks
That's what happens when the company is selling EVs for about $4,100 per piece. This one is for @footeab@yahoo.com The Hong Guang MINI EV all-electric, 4-seat...- Jay McKinsey Replied
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Jeep will build solar charging stations on trails for the Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid
Jim Morrison, head of Jeep in North America, dropped a pretty cool bit of news in an interview Thursday. To coincide with the launch of the...- Jay McKinsey Replied
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France Hits 10.5% EV Market Share In August — Up 4× Year On Year
Europe’s 2nd largest auto market, France, saw passenger plugin electric vehicle market share of 10.5% in August 2020, a 4× growth in share from...- Jay McKinsey Replied
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Oil companies investing in floating wind
French oil major Total and Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) announced plans on Tuesday to develop a 2.3-gigawatt portfolio of floating offshore wind projects...- Jay McKinsey Replied
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Renewables Overtake Coal, But Lag Far Behind Oil And Natural Gas
Please pay attention to the chart below. Hard facts, hard numbers, no statistical f*ckery that I can determine. No far left double talk or...- Tom Kirkman Replied
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Another Record Month For Plugin Vehicles In Europe
The European passenger plugin vehicle market is on fire, having scored over 113,000 registrations in July (+213% year over year, the highest growth rate...- Jay McKinsey Replied
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The World is Facing a Solar Panel Waste Problem
https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Solar-Energy/The-World-Is-Facing-A-Solar-Panel-Waste-Problem.html#comment_added Disposing of waste from solar panels and wind turbines is a very unpopular with greenies. This is a good introduction to the solar panel...- solar panels
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Panama Cancels Order For Diesel Buses, Will Purchase 195 Electric Buses Instead
the year long triual period demonstrated the value of regenerative braking and that the buses air conditioning systems were capable of managing the hot,...- Jay McKinsey Replied
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U.S. solar and wind generation grows more than gas over the past year
Electricity provided by natural gas was 4.6% more than in June 2019. In comparison, total electrical generation by all renewable energy sources rose by...- Jay McKinsey Replied
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Solar Industry Outperforms S&P 500 YTD
The U.S. Solar market has soared a solid 105.6% so far in 2020 compared with the Zacks S&P 500 Composite market’s growth of 6.5%....- Jay McKinsey Replied
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EV sales triple in Germany, disrupting market with 11% share
Germany – the home of the combustion engine – has now had its auto market “officially” disrupted by plug-in electric cars, which in July...- Jay McKinsey Replied
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Tesla Begins Construction Of World’s Largest Energy Storage Facility
Tesla TSLA +4.7% and PG&E recently broke ground on a record-setting energy storage system in Moss Landing (Monterey) California that, once complete, will be the largest such installation in...- Jay McKinsey Replied
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Dow Jones Throws ExxonMobil Overboard In Massive Index Shakeup
ExxonMobil has been kicked out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average index and replaced by Salesforce.com, a technology company with... a hockey stick. https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/25/dow-jones-throws-exxon-mobil-overboard-in-massive-index-shakeup/- Jay McKinsey Replied
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Deutsche Banks won’t finance any new Arctic oil and gas projects
With immediate effect, the bank, which is the world’s 17th largest, says it «will no longer finance any new projects in the Arctic region.» Deutsche...- Jay McKinsey Replied
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Wildly successful California Renewables Portfolio
The average price of RPS contracts that were executed in 2019 was 2.82 ¢/kWh compared to 3.81 ¢/kWh in 2018. https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/uploadedFiles/CPUCWebsite/Content/About_Us/Organization/Divisions/Office_of_Governmental_Affairs/Legislation/2020/2020 Padilla Report.pdf- Jay McKinsey Replied
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Another miner eases out of diesel, opts for hydrogen and fuel cell
The Australian iron ore miner is adding 10 full-sized hydrogen coaches, custom built by HYZON Motors, to replace the existing fleet of diesel coaches...- Jay McKinsey Replied
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It's ok California, Ontario did it too.
https://financialpost.com/opinion/boondoggle-how-ontarios-pursuit-of-renewable-energy-broke-the-provinces-electricity-system/wcm/a54c7399-be71-47d0-893b-95e2b9b8f2f9/amp/?__twitter_impression=true- Rob Kramer Replied
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https://electrek.co/2020/08/15/tesla-world-biggest-casting-machine-outside-fremont-factory/
A special announcement for those lamenting the imminent demise of the Tesla California investments: Tesla has taken delivery of the world’s biggest casting machine and it...- Jay McKinsey Replied
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J.B. Hunt’s 1st Delivery With Fully Electric Freightliner
This was the first J.B. Hunt Intermodal delivery using this all-electric Class 8 truck, and it pulled out of the Southgate terminal this week....- Jay McKinsey Replied
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What the heroin industry can teach us about solar power (BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53450688 Includes picture of solar panels piled three stories high in a market in Lashkar Gah. Growth in solar utilization is doubling every year.- solar
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Biden Seeks $2 Trillion Clean Energy And Infrastructure Spending Boost
Joe Biden expanded his energy and climate plans with a call for spending $2 trillion over four years on climate-friendly infrastructure — a proposal...- Adam Varga Replied
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Can Renewables Fully Sustain Our Current Way Of Life?
Anyone reading the original post in OilPrice realizes it's a quote from an article in Forbes. "In the United States alone, the full decarbonization of...- renewable energy
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Solar Cells at 3.7 Cents Per Watt
Lowest price I've seen for individual solar cells so far. Minimum order requirement is 10,000 cells, which costs $1,900 (plus shipping, tariffs, etc.) All of...- solar cells
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Australian renewables zone attracts 27 GW of solar, wind, battery proposals
A plan in the Australian state of New South Wales to build a 3 GW renewable energy zone has already attracted US$26.4 billion of...- Jay McKinsey Replied
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