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A beginner’s guide to the different types of heat pumps
2023年9月19日 · Canary Media’s Electrified Life column shares real-world tales, tips and insights to demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and lives to clean electric power. Canary thanks Lunar Energy for its support of the column. Heat pumps have been around since the 1850 s, but it’s only recently that they’ve started attracting so much buzz. ...
What’s a home energy audit — and should you get one?
2023年7月18日 · Welcome to Canary Media’s newest column, Electrified Life. Homes, and the appliances, tools and cars we keep there, generate a significant chunk of planet-warming CO 2 emissions. Good thing we (generally) know how to fix the problem: by electrifying homes as quickly as possible.
Bankrupt EV bus-maker Proterra finds buyers for its… | Canary Media
2023年11月14日 · Proterra, the leading electric bus-maker in the U.S. before it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in August, has found buyers for its bus-manufacturing, battery and electric-drivetrain businesses.. Now the question is whether the company’s U.S.-based factories, once celebrated by the Biden administration as a promising domestic contender in a field dominated by Chinese and European ...
11 winners from the US’ $7B investment in 'clean… | Canary Media
2023年10月18日 · The Department of Energy laid down its bets Friday in the first phase of its effort to instigate an American clean-hydrogen economy. The agency selected seven regional winners of a collective $ 7 billion in funding allocated by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to get a series of “ hydrogen hubs” up and running. Now negotiations will begin to finalize the proposals.
Chart: Lithium-ion battery prices are falling again
2023年12月8日 · But the Covid years were a strange time, and the global lithium-ion battery industry seems to have shaken off the malaise. Global pack prices fell 14 % this year to a record low of $ 139 per kilowatt-hour, according to BNEF.Lithium prices softened, components got cheaper, and massive new battery factories opened up.
How US school buses are going electric, in four charts
2023年5月15日 · The program has also focused on communities of color and districts with high levels of air pollution linked to diesel exhaust. Two-thirds of electric school buses funded by EPA rebates have gone to school districts the agency has identified as being majority communities of color, and deployments have been twice as high in school districts with higher-than-average particulate air pollution as ...
Chart: Lithium prices are through the roof this year
2022年5月6日 · Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Canary thanks Natural Power for its support of this feature.. We’re living in a battery materials world. Lithium-ion batteries have powered consumer electronics and the smartphone revolution for years. But now that electric vehicles are starting to take significant market share ...
Chart: Which countries are leading the green hydrogen race?
2024年2月2日 · Sweden, which opened its largest electrolyzer facility last year, is up next, and fellow European Union members Germany and France also make the top 10.The EU has plans to “ produce 10 million tonnes and import 10 million tonnes” of “ renewable hydrogen” by 2030, and it has set ambitious targets to boost hydrogen use in industry and transport, positioning itself as a leader in demand ...
Heat Pump News - Canary Media
2024年8月8日 · The $440M plan to deploy heat pumps and electrify buildings is the product of a state law requiring gas utilities to cut emissions — and is an important test case.