At last year’s U.N. climate conference in Dubai, the Biden administration agreed to triple the world’s renewable-energy capacity by 2030. It also joined the Powering Past Coal Alliance, pledging to eliminate coal-powered generation. This is all part of President Biden’s goal to completely decarbonize the U.S. electrical grid by 2035 and achieve net-zero greenhouse gas …
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Across America, clean energy plants are being banned faster than they’re being built
As the planet warms and climate disasters grow more costly, the U.S. has set a target to reach 100% clean energy by 2035, a goal that depends on building large-scale solar and wind power. A nationwide analysis by USA TODAY shows local governments are banning green energy faster than they’re building it. …
Crash tests indicate nation’s guardrail system can’t handle heavy electric vehicles
Electric vehicles that typically weigh more than gasoline-powered cars can easily crash through steel highway guardrails that are not designed to withstand the extra force, raising concerns about the nation’s roadside safety system, according to crash test data released Wednesday by the University of Nebraska. …
Hertz to Sell 20,000 EVs in Shift Back to Gas-Powered Cars
Hertz Global Holdings Inc. plans to sell a third of its US electric vehicle fleet and reinvest in gas-powered cars due to weak demand and high repair costs for its battery-powered options. …
Get a load of this: PJM doubles growth forecasts (again)
PJM Interconnection, the grid operator managing the power market and regional transmission planning for all or parts of 13 states in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, has once again doubled its annual load growth forecasts, citing “large, unanticipated” changes caused largely by the influx of data centers. …
Could the Next Generation of Microelectronics Be Made From Coal?
Despite supplying just over a third of global electricity generation, coal’s status as the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel is driving many countries to reevaluate the role that it plays in energy production and national economies. …
GM buys out nearly half of its Buick dealers across the country, who opt to not sell EVs
General Motors said nearly half its Buick dealers took buyouts this year rather than invest in selling and servicing electric vehicles as the automaker’s brands transition to all electric by 2030. …
Answer Man: Asheville having electric bus woes? Reservoir water level OK? Will Speaker Mike Johnson be at local dinner?
Why is Asheville discontinuing their purchases of environmentally friendly buses like the four-year old electric vehicles, as well as the 13-year old hybrid buses this coming year with the traditional diesel buses that I thought the city was trying to get away from? And why don’t they look into natural gas as an alternative like …
North Dakota researchers find cost-effective way to extract rare-earth elements from coal
In a large warehouse in Grand Forks, Nicholas Dyrstad-Cincotta marvels at how far his team has come. Two years ago, they set out to test the economic viability of extracting critical metals from lignite coal, an abundant soft rock sediment found throughout North Dakota. …
South Africa Warns Others Not to Go From Electricity to Darkness
One of the architects of South Africa’s groundbreaking deal with rich nations to move more quickly away from coal sounded a note of caution to other countries considering similar agreements. …
