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Battery Ferries: Helios, China Zorrilla, & BC Ferries Compared

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Viking Line’s recently announced fully electric ferry, Helios, represents one of the most ambitious maritime electrification projects to date, and offers a powerful indicator of how quickly and fundamentally ferry travel is being transformed by battery-electric propulsion. Expected to be delivered in the early 2030s, it will operate between Helsinki … [continued]

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Geological CO₂ Storage: Massive Scale, Hidden Risks, Eternal Monitoring

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The notion of geological sequestration of carbon dioxide as a climate mitigation strategy has gained prominence, largely on the back of a scenarios that aren’t aggressively electrifying and extensive fossil fuel industry lobbying. However, experiences from the oil industry’s existing use of carbon dioxide in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) cast … [continued]

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Nepal’s Electric Leapfrog: How This Himalayan Nation Is Leading Global EV Adoption

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Nepal, a small Himalayan nation of 30 million better known globally for its mountains, including Mt Everest, and trekking tourism, is quietly setting an impressive benchmark in the electric vehicle transition. In recent months, about 70% of all new passenger vehicles sold in Nepal were electric. This statistic is remarkable, … [continued]

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Top BYD Exec Says Chinese EV Price War “Not Sustainable” & “Not Healthy”

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The Chinese EV price war has gotten a lot of digital ink lately. And for good reason — Chinese automakers have dramatically cut prices on its EVs in recent weeks, and this is just the latest in many rounds of such price cuts/price wars/price battles that have been a fairly … [continued]

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