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New Maglev Berlin

📸 Look at this post on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/share/9yfpfu7zZfAT6thV/?mibextid=K35XfP Joint Venture in Shanghai delivered 32km Maglev complete in 4 years. Efficient energy use only 30% of electricity compared to old fashioned train, at 300kmh. One thing often overlooked is steel wheels … Continue reading

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Indian manufacturer of solar big factory in Texas

3GW by end 2024, expanding to 7GW by end 2027 cleantechnica.com/2023/12/30/solar-modules-texas-jobs-usa-india/

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For folks curious UK EV progress, despite Rishi…

2023 has been another good year for renewables and we now have a new interconnector with Denmark, as well as Norway, The Netherland, Belgium, Ireland and France. These allow us to export and import lower carbon energy. The average price … Continue reading

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LNP just more FUD, so not enough Capital for fast enough transition renewables

i📸 Look at this post on Facebook https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/23/ted-obrien-nuclear-cheerleading-renewables-climate-vandalism?fbclid=IwAR1740w70RH6R71wYPc_PQAhTeXy5BTc6HVAOUCqP1n-1VpPV9BoXl7TO6U_aem_AUwFWdmZAn6TcTptk7K7jNUACgJ3Xp8sfzaaCjIbtpIGmf957S5hBNztjI8BO95huqI

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COP28’s Unrealistic Tripling of Nuclear Power – CounterPunch.org

COP28’s Unrealistic Tripling of Nuclear Power – CounterPunch.org — Read on http://www.counterpunch.org/2023/12/22/cop28s-unrealistic-tripling-of-nuclear-power/ say no more!!

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Carbon Colonialism, COP28 and the Climate Crisis

Carbon Colonialism, COP28 and the Climate Crisis | Democracy Now! — Read on http://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/7/carbon_colonialism_cop28_and_the_climate Negotiators from developed countries, behaving like drug addicts at prospect of fossil fuel phase out, invent new crimes against developing countries(land grabs in Africa) to pretend … Continue reading

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Another dud Snowy Hydro project, squandering over $1.5bn of taxpayers’ money

Snowy Hydro’s Hunter Power Project has kept a low profile compared to Snowy 2.0 – but it has a strikingly similar list of troubles sending it over budget and off schedule. — Read on reneweconomy.com.au/another-dud-snowy-hydro-project-squandering-over-1-5bn-of-taxpayers-money/ with Snowy2, $35 Billion, imagine … Continue reading

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At COP28, Countries Launch Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy Capacity by 2050, recognising nuclear needed for Reaching Net Zero by 2050

Declaration Recognizes the Key Role of Nuclear Energy in Keeping Within Reach the Goal of Limiting Temperature Rise to 1.5 Degrees Celsius — Read on http://www.energy.gov/articles/cop28-countries-launch-declaration-triple-nuclear-energy-capacity-2050-recognizing-key “and that fuel waste is responsibly managed for the long term” at long last

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Mitsubishi gets down to business with 180-km Minicab EV kei van

At the dawn of the current EV revolution, Mitsubishi launched a highway-capable, mass-produced five-door hatchback called the i-MiEV, followed by an electric version of its veteran microvan. Now that Minicab-MiEV is being updated for 2024. — Read on newatlas.com/automotive/mitsubishi-minicab-ev/

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Victoria warned against ‘very inefficient’ hydrogen buses after trial announced | Energy | The Guardian

Cambridge professor says grey hydrogen buses are expensive, ‘destructive’ and not a true zero-emissions solution — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/24/victoria-warned-against-very-very-inefficient-hydrogen-buses-after-trial-announced didn’t WA evaluate hydrogen powered buses back in 1980s and cancel? Even with help from local BP refinery? Why repeat 40 … Continue reading

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