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The Long US Goodbye to New Gas Connections and the Legal Tools States Are Using to Get There

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Gas bans in new buildings moved from obscure municipal policy to national legal conflict in a remarkably short period of time. For most of the past decade, city ordinances limiting or prohibiting new natural gas hookups were treated as a local matter tied to building codes, air quality, and long … [continued]

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400km Hydrogen Pipeline With No Users Will Raise Germany’s Electricity Prices

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Germany recently completed and pressurized the first roughly 400km segment of its national hydrogen backbone. The pipes are in the ground, the compressors work, and the system is technically ready. There is only one problem. There are no meaningful hydrogen suppliers connected and no material customers contracted. This is not … [continued]

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Electric Everything: Updated

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I did a series of three articles on this topic three years ago. What’s changed in the meantime? “Electric Everything” depends on modern battery technology. 100 years ago, electric vehicles used lead-acid batteries. It’s the same technology that gas cars still use today to power their starter motors. Those early … [continued]

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USA’s 1st Public EV-Charging Road — Where To Next?

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Motor City, the former automotive center of Detroit, is the first place in the nation to roll out a public EV-charging road. The road charges electric vehicles wirelessly as the drive along it. The EV-charging road is one mile long and comes from the Michigan Department of Transportation, while the … [continued]

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