New green battery tech - from red state Alabama

Doesn't require cooling, a big downside of lithium ion batteries.
Also cheaper to produce.

From inventor of Super Soaker.
He's also Tuskegee Institute engineer involved with stealth bomber, bunch of other stuff.

Cannot make this stuff up!

#battery #EV #storage #cleanenergy #electrification #innovation #Alabama #climatechange #climatehope

https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2025/03/visionary-alabama-inventor-lonnie-johnson-may-have-the-gamechanger-in-battery-technology.html

"Gas consumption in #Australia is falling faster than anticipated, helping to avoid the risks of seasonal shortages in the next few years, according to energy commentators.

"AEMO's latest analysis clearly shows that government initiatives to accelerate household #electrification can reduce gas consumption, and with it, the risks of supply gaps."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-20/plummeting-gas-demand-averts-looming-gas-crisis/105072412

Well, the effects of tariffs are already happening.

I’ve been eyeing this Chinese made mini electric loader which is built per-spec and imported by a small business. A few weeks ago it was $13K. Now it’s almost $16K.

These tariffs are dumb. There are no American made equivalents, and while I could MAYBE afford $13K, I most certainly cannot afford to drop $60K on a much larger entry-level diesel Bobcat.

US whiffs on big opportunity for "American energy dominance"

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/02/20/unleashing-american-renewable-energy-dominance/

Happiness Is A Heat Pump? And Why Hydrogen is Dead!

Fully Charged Show podcast...

https://youtu.be/8dpq687m0jk?si=crljtu5B1_l-6xA4

New cold climate heat pump delivers AC in hot weather, too.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/01/27/mystery-cold-climate-heat-pump-to-be-unveiled-soon/

Finnish electric grid has now 600MW+ of district heating electric boilers. Data shows they are excellent flexible demand. They boil on low electric prices (is when wind blows) and stop when price goes up. Cc: @osma
#energy #renewables #heating #electrification

A transformer supply crisis bottlenecks energy projects
https://spectrum.ieee.org/transformer-shortage
#ycombinator #climate_tech #electrification #grid_resiliency #grids #power_transformer #power_transmission #transformers

There is a Transformer shortage bottlenecking energy projects
https://spectrum.ieee.org/transformer-shortage
#ycombinator #climate_tech #electrification #grid_resiliency #grids #power_transformer #power_transmission #transformers

#ThreeGoodThings

~ Lunch with mom at Turning Point. They make amazing oatmeal.

~ Looked at induction stoves — #electrification! — to replace my old one on which two of the elements are busted.

~ Caught up with a comms industry peer / friend over the phone — while power walking outside! — who gave me a few #editing leads.

US DOE Sets New Nuclear Energy Targets - To tackle the growing electrification of devices, we’ll need to deploy more genera... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/14/us-doe-sets-new-nuclear-energy-targets/ #advancednuclearreactor #micronuclearreactor #smallmodularreactor #energytransition #electricitygrid #electrification #science #fission #nuclear #fusion #news #coal

Switching to EVs and ditching gas could save Canadians more than $500 a month, report says

A family that ditches natural gas-burning appliances and gas-powered cars would save between $550 and $777 per month, a new report from Clean Energy Canada finds

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/switching-to-evs-and-ditching-gas-could-save-canadians-more-than-500-a-month-report/article_5362bd3e-8b22-11ef-8273-63b28874b083.html

In France car parks with space for 80 cars or more are now required by law to be covered with solar panels.

- Parks between 80-400 spaces have 5 years to comply
- Parks with spaces of 400+ have 3 years to comply

This should be required everywhere!

#autoobesity wonderful to see progress on this in #Paris. #LiveableCities have many things they can do to combat the misplaced efforts of OEMs to maximize profits that impact our #environment and #infrastructure

#electrification of ICE cars is our main solution to decarbonizing but we can't just electrify today's excessive car models. /2

New instance, who dis?

#introduction

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Interests:
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#electrification
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