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WEBMore money is flowing to charge electric trucks in California. Voltera’s $100 million debt financing is backed by customers who need more charging-as-a-service sites for their growing electric fleets. By Jeff St. John. Sponsored. Ambitious, nonprofit journalism powered by RMI for the clean energy transition, economy-wide decarbonization, and ...
A giant clean-energy transmission line to New York… | Canary Media
WEBDec 1, 2022 · Work has begun on a high-profile transmission project that will funnel clean power directly into New York City. On Wednesday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the start of construction on the 339-mile Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission line, after the project’s developer reached an agreement with labor union leaders.. The buried cables will deliver 1, 250 megawatts of hydropower ...
Inside a $110M plan to turn NYC apartments into… | Canary Media
WEBMar 28, 2023 · Inside a $. 110. M. plan to turn. NYC. apartments into virtual power plants. Logical Buildings and Keyframe Capital are behind the push to help multifamily buildings earn money from cutting energy use and curbing CO2 emissions. In New York City, the path to decarbonization runs through apartments.
Ports need electric trucks. Forum Mobility has - Canary Media
WEBJan 17, 2023 · Matt LeDucq, CEO of Oakland, Calif.–based startup Forum Mobility, thinks that California can meet its highly ambitious planned target to switch every truck serving its busy seaports from diesel-fueled to electric by 2035. But he also believes that the state’s drayage trucking industry — the roughly 33, 000 heavy trucks, many of them owned by independent operators, that shuttle cargo ...
Georgia's big new nuclear reactors could be the last… | Canary …
WEBMar 13, 2023 · Vogtle 3, one of a pair of 1, 100 -megawatt nuclear reactors being constructed by Georgia Power (and several other regional utilities), has reached “ initial criticality,” the utility announced last week. That ominous-sounding phrase means that plant operators have safely started a self-sustaining nuclear fission reaction inside the reactor.
Debate on how to fix rooftop solar policy in… | Canary Media
WEBHere’s an edited transcript of the conversation: Jeff St. John: Last month, the California Public Utilities Commission issued a proposed decision for replacing the net metering structure that’s governed the value of rooftop solar in the state for more than 20 years with a very different structure that would significantly alter …
The US is building power lines faster, but not fast enough - Canary …
WEBSep 18, 2023 · US. is building power lines faster, but not fast enough. Major transmission lines and grid plans have been approved in the past two years. But they’re just 10 percent of what the country needs to decarbonize its grid. The U.S. needs a lot more power lines to support its transition away from fossil fuels.
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WEBSep 13, 2024 · The country’s biggest electric school-bus fleet will also feed the grid. San Francisco-based startup Zum wants to turn electric school-bus fleets into grid batteries. This 74-bus depot in Oakland is testing the idea at large scale. By Jeff St. John . …
Looking for some home energy storage? You’ve never had
WEBSep 21, 2023 · You’ve never had so many choices. The once-tiny residential battery market is attracting dozens of new entrants, including recognizable consumer brands like Anker, Duracell and Energizer. LAS VEGAS — For years, the residential energy storage market was a sleepy place dominated by one big name. …
The $245M bid to pull clean hydrogen straight from the earth
WEBFeb 14, 2024 · The $. 245. M. bid to pull clean hydrogen straight from the earth. Demand for carbon-free hydrogen is rising. Startup Koloma aims to extract the gas from underground geologic deposits — and it just raised a ton of venture funding. Government geologists take samples of natural hydrogen from a small pond in Indonesia.
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