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☆ Tesla slashed its Supercharger team. What does that mean for America’s EV network?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Ella Nilsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The news this week that Elon Musk laid off Tesla’s entire Supercharger team sent shockwaves of uncertainty through the industry tasked with building America’s new network of EV chargers. A fast and reliable charging network is an essential ingredient in getting more people to switch from gas-powered vehicles to electric, and some early types of chargers proved less than dependable. Tesla had a superior charging network long before President Joe Biden set an ambitious goal to install half a million stations around the US by the end of the decade. “There are many, many charging companies out there,” an EV industry source told CNN. “Charging is a difficult business, there’s no doubt about that,” the EV industry source said.

Persons: Elon Musk, Tesla, Joe Biden, NEVI, “ It’s, ”, it’s, ” Daniel Sperling, University of California Davis, Loren McDonald, ” McDonald Organizations: CNN, EV, Joint Office of Energy, Transportation, Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, NEVI, Infrastructure Law, ”, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California Locations: EVAdoption, New York

☆ The eclipse will affect solar power in states like California that are far outside the path of totality
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The solar eclipse on April 8 will affect solar power generation. The growth in solar power means the impact will be about three times higher than the 2017 eclipse. While the event will affect solar power generation, everyone's lights should still be on when they go back inside. Related storiesTo make up for the decrease in solar power, utilities will have to turn to other sources. A young woman looks through special eyewear to a solar eclipse a few years ago.

Persons: Barry Mather, Mather, Supapornpasupad, Igor Chekalin, It's Organizations: Service, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, of Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Reuters Locations: Texas, Maine, Oregon, South Carolina, California, Alaska, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, San Diego

☆ A startup wants to build the world's largest cargo plane big enough to carry wind turbines the size of a football field — take a look
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Radia, a Colorado-based startup, wants to build the world's largest cargo plane. Billed the WindRunner, the plane's sole purpose is to carry oversized wind turbine blades. Its sole purpose: to deliver giant wind turbine blades. A rendering visualizes one of the obstacles of transporting a large wind turbine blade by ground. WindRunner joins the lucrative oversized cargo marketRadia joins the niche network of aerospace companies manufacturing giant planes to carry over-sized cargo, like heavy machinery, military tanks, helicopters, and satellites.

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More than two years later, only four states — Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and Hawaii — have opened stations funded by the program. The Biden administration says the federal charging program is on track. The grants will fund 47 EV charging stations and related projects in 22 states and Puerto Rico, including 7,500 charging ports. But even some of the government’s own experts say 500,000 public chargers won’t be enough to meet Biden’s ambitious climate goals. The availability of charging stations is key to persuading Americans to buy EVs.

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☆ See what the future of zero-emissions transit looks like in suburban Maryland
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Montgomery County, Maryland aims to transition its electric bus fleet to zero-emissions by 2035. The microgrid is set to power a transit center for 200 zero-emissions vehicles and be the first on the East Coast to produce green hydrogen from renewables . Montgomery County opted to build a microgrid so it didn't have to rely on power from Pepco, the local utility. A rendering of another sustainable transit depot that Alphastruxure will build in Montgomery County, Maryland. "So we're going to have resilience, we're going to have green power 98% of the time, and we're getting our greenhouse-gas emissions down."

Persons: Catherine Boudreau, Michael Yambrach, Yambrach, Montgomery, AlphaStruxure, Carlyle, that's, Don Scheuerman, we're Organizations: Service, Montgomery, Schneider Electric, Montgomery County Department of General Services Locations: Montgomery County , Maryland, Silver, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Pepco

☆ Biden’s offshore wind target slipping out of reach as projects struggle
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Nichola Groom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

The 2030 target, unveiled shortly after Biden took office, is central to Biden's broader plan to decarbonize the U.S. economy by 2050. The energy research firm expects 21 GW of offshore wind along U.S. shores in 2030, breaking 30 GW by 2032. Still, offshore wind developers including Orsted have said the IRA’s subsidies are insufficient for projects to thrive in the current environment, and are lobbying the administration for additional concessions. The nation currently has just two pilot-scale offshore wind farms capable of producing 42 megawatts of electricity. Stephanie McClellan, executive director of the offshore wind advocacy group Turn Forward, said making sure the first fleet of projects succeeds was more important than a particular timeline.

Persons: Brian Snyder, Joe Biden’s, Biden, Kris Ohleth, It's, Samantha Woodworth, Wood Mackenzie, Michael Brown, France's, it's, Kelly Penot, Rousseau, Orsted, Michael Kikukawa, Samah Shaiq, Shaiq, Doreen Harris, NYSERDA, Elizabeth Mahony, Stephanie McClellan, Nichola Groom, David Gregorio Our Organizations: REUTERS, BP, Shell, Companies, Developers, Ocean Winds, Reuters, Biden, U.S . Department of Energy, DOE, New York State Energy Research, Development Authority, New York State Department of Public Service, Equinor, Orsted . Massachusetts Department of Energy, Office of Energy, Environmental Affairs, New, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Thomson Locations: Rhode, U.S, North American, Massachusetts, Gulf of Mexico, Europe, Asia, China, United Kingdom, New Jersey, New York, Orsted .

☆ All 50 states get green light to build EV charging stations covering 75,000 miles of highways
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Emma Newburger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The U.S. Transportation Department on Tuesday said it approved electric vehicle charging station plans for all 50 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico covering roughly 75,000 miles of highways. Under the plan, entitled the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, states provided their EV infrastructure deployment plans to the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation. States are now approved to build a network of EV charging stations along designated alternative fuel corridors on the national highway system and have access to more than $1.5 billion to help build the chargers. It's unclear how many charging stations the funds will support, and states have not yet shared specific charger locations. Transportation Department officials have said that states should install stations every 50 miles and ensure each station is located within one mile of an interstate highway.

☆ Biden administration picks former Chicago, DC transportation leader to head EV charging program
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Matt Mcfarland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Washington, DC CNN Business —Gabe Klein, who has led transportation departments in Washington, DC and Chicago, will head the Biden administration’s $7.5 billion program to build out the country’s electric vehicle charging network. His leadership in DC and Chicago was marked by being among the first transportation departments to embrace emerging transportation trends like car-sharing, bikeshare and bike lanes. Gabe Klein, shown in 2015 in Washington, DC, will lead the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation. Electric vehicles have much smaller carbon footprints than gas-powered vehicles over the typical lifetime of a vehicle. The federal government passed new tax credits for electric vehicles last month.

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