Climate Crisis
Free Wind Energy = Free Lunch?
Daily Standup Top Stories Who is paying for the Free Energy Wind?- or as Penguin Empire Reports – “Who’s paying for lunch?” May 18, 2024 Stu Turley ENB Pub Note: This is a guest post from […]
China
Energy Transition
Biden Administration Increasing Tariffs on $18B of Imports from China
A fact sheet posted on the White House website this week announced that U.S. President Joe Biden is directing his trade representative to increase tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 on […]
Geopolitical
What Biden’s New China Tariffs Mean for World Trade
“We are very concerned,” says WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. It is now well-known that Beijing has distorted certain markets in part by introducing massive subsidies. For example, China now produces electric vehicles that are widely […]
Climate Crisis
Week Recap: States Sue EPA, Biden Raises Tariffs, Trump Targets Wind
Weekly Daily Standup Top Stories 25 States Sue EPA Over Unachievable Power Plant Regulations May 11, 2024 Stu Turley West Virginia and Indiana are leading a group of 25 states asking for the U.S. Court of […]
Geopolitical
Chinese Companies Should Not Benefit From the EV Critical Minerals Tax Credit
The Inflation Reduction Act established the Section 30D New Clean Vehicle Credit, which includes a $3,750 critical minerals tax credit. Taxpayers are eligible for the credit if they purchase qualifying, new electric vehicles with batteries […]
LNG
MOL’s LNG carrier equipped with new GTT containment tech delivered in China
China’s Hudong-Zhonghua hosted a naming ceremony on Wednesday for MOL’s 174,000-cbm LNG carrier, Greenergy Ocean, equipped with GTT’s NO96 Super+ containment system. Hudong-Zhonghua says this is the world’s first fifth-generation “Changheng” series LNG carrier, and […]
Climate Crisis
Biden’s Climate Goals Are In Trouble
Daily Standup Top Stories CNX plans $1.5B hydrogen fuels plant at Pittsburgh airport, but wants federal tax credit to build it May 15, 2024 Mariel Alumit HARRISBURG — Natural gas producer CNX Resources said it plans […]
Electric Vehicles
Biden ratchets up tariffs on Chinese EVs, solar, batteries
The Biden administration moved Tuesday to block China’s access to the American market for clean energy technology by doubling duties on solar cells and effectively quadrupling the price of electric vehicles from China. The actions […]
Energy Storage
China’s 1st large-scale sodium battery energy storage station put into operation
China has put the first large-scale sodium-ion battery storage station into operation, marking the beginning of the adoption of the new, lower-cost battery for large-scale use. A 10-MWh sodium-ion battery storage station was put into […]
Coal
China and India still rely heavily on coal, climate targets remain ‘very difficult’ to achieve
China and India have not reduced coal generation for electricity, according to a new study, making it harder for Asia’s largest carbon emitters to reach their climate targets. While both Asian countries have ambitious plans […]