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(Reuters) – President Joe Biden is hiking tariffs on $18 billion in Chinese goods including electric vehicles, batteries, semiconductors, steel, aluminum, critical minerals, solar cells, ship-to-shore cranes, and medical products, while retaining Trump-era tariffs on over $300 billion in goods. The United States Trade Representative’s Office told Reuters it anticipates the effective date will be in …
Overcoming multiple bottlenecks will be essential for scaling up key technologies required to reduce GHG emissions and address the adverse consequences of climate change. The technologies that must be scaled up and reduced in cost are: Geothermal, nuclear, solar and wind electricity generation. Batteries and hydro storage to increase the effective production of intermittent electricity …
A drone view shows California’s largest battery storage facility, as it nears completion on a 43-acre site in Menifee, California, U.S., March 28, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake The slide in battery costs will also help provide electricity to millions of people without access, cutting by nearly half the average electricity costs of mini-grids with solar PV …
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(Reuters) – A major battery plant near Los Angeles will be among the largest in the world when it comes online later this year, promising to shore up California’s power grid during the peak summer season and help the state a meet ambitious climate goals. Calpine’s billion-dollar Nova Power Bank, built on the site of …
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