Climate Change Companies Power Grid Wind 
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 31, 2020
An analysis of near-term spending plans on renewables by the biggest oil and gas companies shows that real investments in renewable energy will continue to pale in comparison to capex plans for greenfield fossil fuel projects. Equinor has announced plans to invest $10B into clean energy by 2025, mostly through its offshore wind portfolio.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 19, 2023
Many countries have met their climate goals and are on track to be completely carbon neutral. Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables.
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Jenkins has also helped push Congress to think more seriously about the power grid, releasing a report last year that showed that much of the 43 percent emissions reduction expected by 2030 would be squandered if the United States doesn’t double the pace of transmission upgrades. power-grid transmission.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 30, 2021
2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. IEEE Spectrum did its best to cover those developments, and these were the stories that our readers liked best.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 15, 2013
Relying on a higher share of efficient, low-emission combined cycle power plants and wind energy could save €150 billion (US$200 billion) by 2030 while attaining the same CO 2 targets, Siemens says. High electricity rates are burdening private households and industry alike and threatening Germany’s competitiveness, the company noted.
Green Car Congress
JULY 13, 2010
Arkansans Power Electronics International and its partners the University of Arkansas, ORNL, Toyota, and Cree will receive $3,914,554 to develop and demonstrate a transformational, highly-efficient, ultra-compact silicon carbide PHEV charger. The capacitors are designed with metallic glass that allows spontaneous self-repair.
Green Car Congress
MAY 10, 2011
The report, Bucks for balancing: can plug-in vehicles of the future extract cash—and carbon—from the power grid? , is based on a research collaboration between a team of engineers from Ricardo and National Grid, the operator of the high voltage electricity transmission system within Great Britain (GB).
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