Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2015

According to the latest Top 30 list for organizations generating and consuming the most green power on-site within the EPA Green Power Partnership, BMW Manufacturing in Spartanburg, SC and General Motors’ Fort Wayne Assembly Plant rank fourth and fifth, respectively, with both using biogas.

BMW 150

BMW GM Green South Carolina 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2023

Manufacturing the additional 2.7 This includes spending on renewables such as wind and solar as well as grid and other infrastructure. To put the scale of the lithium challenge into context, more lithium will be needed in 2030 than was mined between 2015 and 2022, according to Benchmark’s Lithium Forecast.

Industrial 243

Industrial Industry Global Lithium Ion 243

Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

The US government has announced wider tariffs on several categories of Chinese goods, including various green products like solar panels and batteries, medical goods, and in particular an increase of tariffs on Chinese EVs from 25% to 100%. China was originally somewhat slow to adopt EVs – in 2015, EV market share was just.84%,

Chinese 52

Chinese South Carolina Volvo Tax Credit 52

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative is working with Redwood Materials to decommission the Anahola Solar Project substation and recycle its lithium-ion batteries in order to make new batteries. Built in 2015, the Anahola station is old enough that its batteries have reached their end of life. They’re not ready for recycling.”

Grid 69

Grid Lithium Ion Battery Batteries 69

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2015

Linde currently is operating hydrogen stations also for fuel cell forklifts, notably for the BMW South Carolina plant, where they are dispensing hydrogen—around the clock—at the rate of 700kg/day. Many markets will have 50 stations (Germany, US, and Japan) by the end of 2015 and 100s by 2020.

Congress 150

Congress Commercial Fuel Hydrogen 150

Cars That Think

JANUARY 29, 2022

And third, while wind and solar-photovoltaic systems are great for the climate and are the fastest-growing sources of electric generation, the variability of their output begets new challenges for balancing the grid. In 2015, he wrote a winning proposal to ARPA-E’s NODES program —that’s the U.S. But challenges do lie ahead.

Power Grid 104

Power Grid Grid Power Powered 104