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Tag: clean energy

Electric Mandates Have California Truckers Charging Overtime
29Dec By adminNo Comments
World

Electric Mandates Have California Truckers Charging Overtime

Dec. 29, 2023 12:52 pm ETCompton, Calif.Electric trucks are supposed to save the world, but they’re wasting Mike Stanley’s time. Mr. Stanley, a longtime trucker whose rectangular beard flows down to his chest, now leads operations in the main Los Angeles office of IMC, a Tennessee-based drayage trucking company that carries cargo to and from U.S. ports and rail yards. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Offshore wind farm projects face major hurdles amid tough economic climate
15Dec By adminNo Comments
Money

Offshore wind farm projects face major hurdles amid tough economic climate

Long Island, New York — Thirty-five miles off the coast of Long Island, an 800-foot tall wind turbine made history this month as the first offshore turbine to provide power to a U.S. grid. The power from the first turbine at the South Fork Wind Farm to become operational travels through an undersea cable and underneath a beach, where it then connects to New York state's electricity grid.  David Hardy, CEO of Ørsted Americas — the company building New York's first offshore wind farm — describes the cable as a "78-mile extension cord." When complete, South Fork's 12 turbines will generate 132 megawatts of power. "For those that don't speak energy that's 70,000 homes," Hardy said. "This is a first. This is a milestone." Roughly two dozen other offs...
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What is hydrogen energy, and is it a key to fighting climate change?
21Oct By adminNo Comments
Money

What is hydrogen energy, and is it a key to fighting climate change?

President Biden awards $7 billion to create 7 clean hydrogen hubs President Biden awards $7 billion to create 7 clean hydrogen hubs 01:04 Word from the Biden administration that the U.S. will invest $7 billion to create seven regional hydrogen hubs may have left some Americans wondering how such facilities can help in the flight against climate change.The White House calls the development of clean hydrogen "essential" in weaning the country off fossil fuels and achieving the government...
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Biden touting creation of 7 “hydrogen hubs” as part of U.S. efforts to slow climate change
13Oct By adminNo Comments
Money

Biden touting creation of 7 “hydrogen hubs” as part of U.S. efforts to slow climate change

Washington — Clean-energy projects in seven states from Pennsylvania to California have been selected by the Biden administration for a $7 billion program to kickstart development and production of hydrogen fuel, a key component of President Joe Biden's agenda to slow climate change.His goal is to establish seven regional "hydrogen hubs" to help replace fossil fuels such as coal and oil with cleaner-burning hydrogen as an energy source for vehicles, manufacturing and generating electricity. Mr. Biden is expected to make the official announcement during an economic-themed visit to Philadelphia on Friday. The White House calls clean hydrogen "essential to achieving the president's vision of a strong clean energy economy" and net-zero greenhouse gas emis...
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The Dream of Geothermal Energy Is Alive in Utah
3Aug By adminNo Comments
Technology

The Dream of Geothermal Energy Is Alive in Utah

If you haven’t already, go and read the WIRED feature article “A Vast Untapped Green Energy Source Is Hiding Beneath Your Feet,” which details the quest to tap into geothermal energy using drilling techniques originally developed for fracking gas.WIRED senior writer Gregory Barber followed Joseph Moore, a geologist at the University of Utah, on his quest to work out how to drill down thousands of feet into hot, dense granite, before using water to extract geothermal energy.I asked Barber to tell me more about the story, and whether “enhanced” geothermal systems (EGS) are really going to uncork a clean-energy bonanza.Will Knight: I really enjoyed the story. Tell me how you first came across the technology at the heart of it.Gregory Barber: I initially heard about it because I was looking i...
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