Fact of the Week #1282, March 20, 2023: The Number of Light-Duty All-Electric Vehicle Models Nearly Doubled from Model Year 2021 to 2022 The number of light-duty all-electric vehicles (EVs) available to consumers has increased since the introduction of the first mass market EVs over a decade ago. The number of models nearly doubled from […]
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President Biden Vetoes Republican Attempt to Undo Department of Labor Rule on Sustainable Investment in Retirement Plans
First Presidential Veto Maintains Freedom Of Workers To Consider Material Risks To Their Savings
Adding Up The Benefits Of Geothermal
ORNL researchers have developed a free online tool for homeowners, equipment manufacturers, and installers to calculate the savings and energy efficiency of ground source heat pump systems compared to traditional heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. A tool developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers gives building owners and equipment manufacturers and installers an easy […]
US Pipelines Contain 4 Years Of US Steel Demand, & Will Be Scrapped For It
We've mined enormous amounts of iron and coal in order to build infrastructure to extract, process, refine, and distribute fossil fuels, and we're going to have lots of scrap steel to work with.
Shell Refuses To Address Scope 3 Emissions
Scope 3 emissions account for 95% of all greenhouse gases released by Shell, but the company doesn't want to talk about them.
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Over 1 GW Of Private Solar & Wind Projects Registered In South Africa In The First 2 Months Of 2023
South Africa has removed some of the stringent requirements for companies to generate power for their own consumption. Before the amendment to Schedule 2 of the Electricity Act, anyone planning to produce their own electricity had to apply for a license if the power plant was larger than 1 MW. It was quite a process […]
Strategic EV Charging Might Eliminate The Need For New Power Plants
What can be done to minimize EV's impact on the grid? A recent MIT study concludes that coordinated BEV charging is a potential tool for mitigating the
Electric Vehicle Progress in Africa
Africa is leapfrogging centralized coal-fired power for electricity generation, but what progress is being made in the uptake of electric vehicles? Green shoots are appearing. I have written previously about buses and boda bodas, but what other vehicles are being provided for the 45 countries and more than one billion people of this vast continent? […]
Scotland Beats US To Offshore Floating Wind Turbine Punch, Again
Scotland lays plans for the new 3.6 gigawatt Ossian offshore floating wind farm, leaving the US wind industry with lots of catching up to do.