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Cheap solar panels from China are all over Europe – and everyone is freaking out

Baua Electric

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Europe is installing more solar panels than ever before, thanks to a flood of cheap Chinese solar panels, driving installations by 40% last year. But it comes at a hefty cost: Local solar manufacturers are on the brink of a total collapse that could happen within weeks.

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BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

Green Car Congress

The report “Decarbonizing Steel: A Net-Zero Pathway” outlines the path to making profitable, low-emissions steel and describes how a combination of falling hydrogen costs, cheap clean power, and increased recycling could reduce emissions to net zero, even while total output increases. China will continue to play a pivotal role.

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Wildcat Discovery Technologies is building a US plant for LFP cathode and next-gen battery materials

Charged EVs

It offers similar performance, but manganese is very cheap, and it operates at a higher voltage, which enables a significant increase in energy density. From a performance standpoint, it’s made from mostly abundant and available low-cost materials. And when you factor in the lower cost of LFP packs, there is a growing market.

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Wildcat Discovery Technologies is building a US plant for LFP cathode and next-gen battery materials – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

It offers similar performance, but manganese is very cheap, and it operates at a higher voltage, which enables a significant increase in energy density. From a performance standpoint, it’s made from mostly abundant and available low-cost materials. And when you factor in the lower cost of LFP packs, there is a growing market.

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Mad Power thoughts

EV Info

And in any case, an inflexible approach to regulation has caused the cost of new nuclear to balloon – despite it being perhaps the most obvious solution to our long-term energy needs. Because energy is a bigger part of the household budget of poorer people than richer people, this is a regressive tax. Gas is the only answer.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

(Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) Next post States’ Proposals for Gas Taxes Sputter 11 Comments 1. But that cost in a built as an EV is much less than an ICE’s costs by about 1/2.

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US senators want even higher tariffs on Chinese EVs

Baua Electric

Just as the EU is considering tariffs on Chinese EVs imported into Europe, three US Democratic senators are urging that the Biden administration hike import tariffs on Chinese EVs to address national security risks. Allowing heavily subsidized Chinese vehicles to enter the U.S. automotive industry as a whole.”

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