A lithium processing plant that could help put 800,000 electric vehicles on the road per year has received a conditional commitment for a $2.26 billion loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy. The plant would be in Humboldt County, on the Nevada-Oregon border, at Thacker Pass, where Lithium Americas Corp. and its Lithium Nevada Corp. subsidiary are developing a mine containing the largest proven lithium reserves in North America.
To decarbonize the electrical grid, companies are finding creative ways to store energy during periods of low demand. By Amos Zeeberg March 18, 2024 Central Sardinia is not generally considered a hotbed of innovation: Arid…
Enhanced geothermal technologies have been radically improving of late. In addition to the well-publicized project with Fervo Energy, perhaps the proof of concept project in central Nevada from the Chevron – Baseload Capital joint venture will prove current economic viability.
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This bipartisan proposed legislation would expedite geothermal development by amending the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to allow for a new categorical exclusion for geothermal under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
The Dixie Valley toad’s dependence on the hot springs is also its greatest vulnerability. Since 2007, Ormat Technologies, an Israeli renewables company, has had plans to build a geothermal plant that could disrupt the very springs the toads rely on … but provide electricity for 44,000 homes.
Climate change is a very real challenge with very real negative impacts. But it is solvable, and by solving it, we unlock the next phase of civilization’s growth. Human history is the history of unlocking new energy sources to fuel new stages of civilization. If you squint, human history looks like a big, long game called ENERGY.
The devices can heat and cool homes more efficiently than furnaces and air-conditioners, but their sales have slowed because of higher interest rates and a slow rollout of federal incentives.
Forecast downturn still ‘nowhere near steep enough’ to limit temperature rise to 1.5C, says watchdog.
The world’s demand for oil, gas and coal will begin to decline this decade in “the beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era, according to the global energy watchdog. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has projected for the first time that fossil fuel consumption will peak before 2030 and fall into permanent decline as climate policies take effect.
The United States has enough geothermal energy to power the entire country. Some are trying to unlock it by using techniques from the fracking boom.
Form Energy’s iron-air battery technology can deliver 100 hours of discharge at system costs competitive with conventional power plants. The multi-day duration positions it well to help New York meet its ambitious clean energy targets – a clean grid by 2040.
Note: CCL’s Nuclear Energy Action Team monitors new “4th generation” projects and supports adding safe nuclear capacity capable of providing “baseload” when solar and wind aren’t producing.
Support for nuclear power, by both governments and the public, has increased significantly over the last few years. Below is a compilation of recent stories that give specific examples:
