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More money is flowing to charge electric trucks in California
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Voltera’s $ 100 million debt financing is backed by customers who need more charging-as-a-service sites for their growing electric fleets. The electric-truck charging depot built and operated by Voltera and Einride in Lynwood, California, can charge up to 200 electric trucks per day coming into and out of the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
Chart: Lithium prices are through the roof this year
WEBMay 6, 2022 · Prices for 2010–2021 are annual averages from the U.S. Geological Survey. Price for 2022 is from S&P Global Commodity Insights on May 4, 2022. Chart: Canary Media Source: U.S. Geological Survey Download image. The key thing to remember is that prices reflect current supply and demand, not the actual supply of lithium in the world.
Chart: Almost all new power plants being built in the
WEBNov 5, 2021 · In fact, the chart on the right likely undersells the current dominance of solar and wind. The U.S. Energy Information Administration dataset we used covers large-scale power plants, so there’s a chunk of small-scale, and largely rooftop, solar that is not counted here. And the purple sliver of nuclear won’t actually come online this year; it represents the perpetually delayed Vogtle plant ...
Dandelion Energy raises $70M to take geothermal heat… | Canary …
WEBBy Julian Spector. 21 November 2022. (Dandelion Energy) Dandelion, the Google spinout making geothermal heating and cooling for homes, just raised $ 70 million to grow its operations as market demand surges. The startup focused on heat pumps well before the building-decarbonization tool arrived at its current moment in the spotlight.
A beginner’s guide to the different types of heat pumps
WEBSep 19, 2023 · Heat-pump types are divided by their thermal-energy source. If they absorb heat from the ambient air, they’re called “ air-source heat pumps.”. If they suck thermal energy from a pond or stream, they’re “ water-source” heat pumps. If they draw heat from the ground or groundwater, you guessed it, they’re “ ground-source” or ...
EV battery recycling is costly. These 5 startups could ... - Canary …
WEBJun 13, 2022 · Solarcycle is proud to support Canary Media’s Recycling Renewables series. Solarcycle offers solar asset owners a low-cost, eco-friendly, comprehensive process for retiring solar systems. We pull out valuable metals such as silver, silicon and aluminum and have the technology to recycle 95% of panels currently in use.
A small modular nuclear reactor just got - Canary Media
WEBJan 23, 2023 · NuScale Power, a pioneer in small nuclear reactors, cleared the ultimate U.S. regulatory hurdle in civilian advanced nuclear last week — and in doing so provided some hope for the long-heralded nuclear renaissance.. In a historic ruling, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission certified the design of NuScale’s 50-megawatt power module, the first small modular reactor and just the seventh reactor ...
Chart: Which countries are leading the green hydrogen race?
WEBFeb 2, 2024 · Source Sans Pro. China is currently the world’s largest consumer and producer of hydrogen. Most of the hydrogen it makes today is fossil-fuel-based, but the country has big plans to scale up its green hydrogen production and use the fuel to decarbonize sectors like steel and chemicals production. Saudi Arabia is …
Industrial heat startup Rondo to open world’s largest… | Canary …
WEBJun 27, 2023 · The Bay Area startup already can produce 2. 4 gigawatt-hours of its “ heat batteries” per year at a facility in Thailand owned by Siam Cement Group. That factory will now expand over the next few years to produce 90 gigawatt-hours of the batteries per year, the companies said Monday, though they did not specify an exact completion date.