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Tesla to begin Giga Berlin expansion in first half of 2024: report

Teslarati

The expansions will begin with construction to modernize the existing facility and build a water recycling plant before initiating plans to add a second production facility and a battery recycling plant in the following years. Many attendees criticized Tesla’s changes to application documentation as the process has gone along.

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DOE reports say cumulative investment in hydrogen, nuclear and long-duration energy storage must increase to $300B by 2030

Green Car Congress

Clean hydrogen production for domestic demand has the potential to scale from If water electrolysis dominates as the production method, up to 200 GW of new renewable energy sources would be needed by 2030 to support clean hydrogen production.

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Study finds heavy-petroleum fuels raising vanadium emissions; human emissions outpacing natural sources by factor of 1.7

Green Car Congress

Vanadium is a trace metal found in many earth materials, including petroleum and coal. Excessive V in air and water has potential, but poorly documented, consequences for human health. Duke Professor Emeritus of Biogeochemistry at Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment. —Schlesinger et al. Schlesinger, James B.

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Developing standards for EV charging reliability

Charged EVs

The industry badly needs technical standards to enable charging providers to document, diagnose and repair charging problems in a uniform way. And as we head into periods of more extreme weather, those charging stations are exposed to higher heat or more water than is typical. We said, “Where does charging fail 80% of the time?

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Hot Tub Time Machine WayBack Wednesday – Reposted Word-for-Word from June 25 of 2008

Creative Greenius

Here’s the version I remember hearing in New Jersey: A man goes on vacation and his brother agrees to housesit for him — feeding the cat, picking up the newspapers and mail, watering the plants, etc. Filed under: environment Tagged: 350.org After the first week goes by the vacationing brother phones to check in.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

It’s also got a state of the art in-wall vacuuming system but it’s got no solar panels or solar hot water because that wasn’t part of the builders vision for their “dream house.&#. I’ll take the same documents to the next city. THE HOLY GRAIL OF SOLAR: $3 A WATT, CHEAPER THAN COAL. Yeah, that’s right.

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EV advocates support a just clean energy transition. The Mining Regulatory Clarity Act is not it.

Plug in America

As we transition to a clean energy economy, we must update mining laws to maximize the benefits of transportation electrification while protecting communities and the environment. Plug In America believes we do not have to choose between electrifying transportation and protecting mining-affected communities and the environment.

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