Two recently passed bills in Washington state helps it take two large steps forward toward a bright, EV future. Kate White Tudor of White Tudor LLC is the primary author of this guest blog and represents NRDC in Washington state. Washington state has passed two leading laws on electric vehicles. The signing of these bills […]
Biden kicks off electric vehicle push with South Caroline plant ‘tour’
Biden will tour a U.S. electric bus manufacturer Proterra facility. He has proposed spending $20 billion to electrify at least 20% of school buses and $25 billion to electrify some transit vehicles as part of his $2.3 trillion infrastructure and jobs plan. In total, Biden has proposed $174 billion boost EVs, including $100 billion in […]
Biden tax plan replaces U.S. fossil fuel subsidies with clean energy incentives
Linked to the $2.3 trillion infrastructure package, it is part of wider plan that includes boosting the corporate income tax rate from 21% to 28%. WASHINGTON: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday released details of a tax hike proposal that would replace subsidies for fossil fuel companies with incentives for production of clean energy […]
India can hold electricity-sector emissions by increasing clean power capacity
Washington: India can hold its greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector at 2018 levels by increasing its clean power capacity, according to a Berkeley Lab-led team of researchers. A new study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences from researchers at Berkeley Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara, and University […]
China’s import of polysilicon for solar cells dips 30%
China’s import of polysilicon, the feedstock for solar cells, decreased by 30 percent from 144,503 metric tons (MT) in 2019 to 100,776 MT in 2020, according to Chinese customs statistics. “Though South Korea still exported sizeable volumes from inventories to China throughout the year, the shutdown of a production capacity of 60,500 tons – at […]
India A “Red-Hot Investment Opportunity” For Its Clean Energy Shift: US
Kerry, the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, said he intends to work “very, very closely with” with Indian leadership including Prime Minister Modi and External Minister S Jaishankar Washington: India is actually a red-hot investment opportunity for its clean energy transition, top US official John Kerry said on Thursday as he praised Prime Minister Narendra […]
White House launches clean energy effort, $100 million in technology funding
National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy revealed the news at the White House’s first meeting of the National Climate Task Force, which included cabinet leaders from 21 federal agencies. WASHINGTON: The Biden administration on Thursday announced the U.S. Department of Energy will offer $100 million in funding to support low-carbon energy technologies and create a working […]
Toyota to unveil two new EVs for U.S. market that will go on sale in 2022
The new vehicles for the U.S. market are “the first of many,” Bob Carter, executive vice president of sales for Toyota Motor North America WASHINGTON: Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday it will unveil two new electric vehicles that will go on sale next year in the United States amid a growing push by the […]
Doggett moves to extend tax credit for electric vehicle charging
WASHINGTON: Texas Democratic Congressman Lloyd Doggett is calling on Congress to extend the tax credit for electric vehicle chargers for another five years. The tax credit is due to expire at the end of this year, at a time auto manufacturers are moving swiftly into the electric vehicle space, with dozens of new models scheduled to […]
IEA launches global group to tackle fallout from energy transition
Birol said he was optimistic the new U.S. administration would join other major economies in committing to a net zero emissions target by mid-century. President Biden has temporarily suspended the issuing of permits for oil and gas drilling in federal acreage, reversing the direction taken by his predecessor Donald Trump who had sought to maximise […]
