Tag: Hydroelectric
Imported Materials Are Manageable, Imported Energy Reprices Economies
Europe’s gas crisis in 2022 is often described as a supply shock driven by geopolitics, but that framing misses the core lesson. The crisis was not caused by import dependence in general, nor by shortages of industrial feedstocks. It was caused by reliance on an imported energy carrier that sat … [continued]
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Spain Starts New €355 Million Renewable Energy Manufacturing Program
The Spanish government is going down the route a bit that President Biden and Democrats went down. It is subsidizing the manufacturing of various renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, to the tune of €355 million. “The new call for funding proposals is inviting equipment makers from the following categories … [continued]
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California Records One of Its Single Largest Drops in Climate Pollution on Record
Renewables peak as fossil fuel power generation reaches historic low, while transportation emissions also plummet While not on target to reach 2030 climate goals, state continues to close the gap SAN FRANCISCO — In one of California’s single largest year-over-year emissions reductions on record, the state lowered its climate pollution … [continued]
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Why Hydrogen Transit Often Emits More Than Diesel Once You Count Everything
The discovery, late in the year, that yet another hydrogen transit scheme turned out to be high emissions rather than low emissions was not surprising, but it was clarifying. The Dijon hydrogen bus project followed the same pattern seen repeatedly over the past several years. It was presented as zero … [continued]
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Electricity Scarcity Meets Aluminum Tariffs, and American Citizens Pick Up the Bill
A collision between AI data centers being built—in the current AI bubble and with full throated support by the Trump Administration—and aluminum smelters for electricity is no longer theoretical. Utilities across the United States are facing binding constraints on generation and transmission. When presented with competing requests for hundreds of … [continued]
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