The memo is part of a push by the White House to pump up solar as a jobs engine and pivotal pillar in the climate change agenda of President Joe Biden. Solar could supply more than 40% of the nation’s electricity by 2035 – up from 3% today – if Congress adopts policies like tax […]
Communities And Governments Want Fair Playing Field In EV Charging
If you build the charging stations, the electric vehicle (EV) purchasers will come. That is the premise upon which the Biden administration is banking its promise to build 500,000 new charging stations to help move forward the tipping point towards the climate-friendly technology. Where you build them – and accordingly, which EV purchasers you are […]
28 U.S. House Democrats Want $85 Billion in EV Charging Infrastructure Funding
WASHINGTON : A group of 28 U.S. House Democrats on Monday asked congressional leaders to back $85 billion in funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, a big jump over funding proposed in a bill before Congress. The current $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill under consideration has $7.5 billion in EV charging infrastructure funding, but Democrats […]
Building Charging For Electric Vehicles Can Create Good Jobs
A booming clean energy economy is a persistent bright spot in the pandemic economy, employing hundreds of thousands of Americans. Building the infrastructure network required to charge electric vehicles (EVs) at a scale needed to dramatically reduce both local and global warming pollution means even more clean energy careers. New analysis informed by industry experts […]
Biden Clean Energy Plan Key to Restoring Industry Job Losses, Says US Official
The US energy sector lost 10% of its workforce last year due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report unveiled on Monday by US government officials, who said President Joe Biden’s clean energy plan was critical to reviving the industry. The US energy workforce, from fossil fuels to solar power, shed […]
Biden Seeks to Cut Energy Storage Costs By 90% Within Decade
The Biden administration announced Wednesday an ambitious goal of cutting the cost of energy storage by 90 per cent within a decade, an effort officials say is necessary to achieve the president’s climate goals. Spearheaded by the Energy Department, the plan seeks breakthroughs that will be critical for the use of power from solar, wind […]
Biden Climate Czar Vows Clean-Energy Edict If Congress Fails
A standard is seen as crucial to Biden’s decarbonization goal Regulations may fill gap if Congress fails, Gina McCarthy says Congress should enact a clean-electricity standard that forces utilities to pare greenhouse gas emissions, but if lawmakers fail to deliver, the administration is prepared to act on its own, President Joe Biden’s climate chief told […]
Climate Benefits the US Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Leaves Out
President Biden and a group of bipartisan senators announced a $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (with $579 billion in new spending). While the proposal includes some investments in climate priorities, it cuts key climate action provisions that would benefit the economy, jobs and public health. Biden’s original American Jobs Plan, including the Made in America […]
US Ban to Have Limited Impact on China Solar Industry
A U.S. ban on some solar materials made in the Xinjiang region is unlikely to have a major impact on Chinese polysilicon manufacturers, analysts said, although that could change if other countries follow Washington. The Biden administration imposed a “withhold release order” on Thursday for products made by Hoshine Silicon Industry Co. and ports were […]
Biden Climate Goals to Take Backseat in Biggest U.S. Power Grid
The power grid serving nearly 20% of the U.S. population is about to throw a roadblock in President Joe Biden’s plan to decarbonize the electricity sector. PJM Interconnection LLC, which keeps the lights on for 65 million people from Chicago to Washington, D.C., is expected to clear a fleet of new natural gas plants– and […]