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Redwood Materials is using downcycled EV batteries in grid storage projects, the CEO explains to Catalyst with Shayle Kahn. The company believes such repurposing can compete with the falling cost of new LFP storage and reduce batteries’ environmental impact.
Australia’s battery subsidy program has received massive uptake in its first few weeks, heralds The Guardian. 1,000 battery systems are being installed every day under the program, with an average size of 17 kwh. At this rate, Australia could have gigawatt-scale residential storage in just a few years.
China’s exports of clean energy technologies cut global carbon emissions by 1% in 2024, claims The Carbon Brief. Their analysis shows Chinese-made solar panels, EVs and wind turbines are helping the rest of the world to decarbonize more quickly, particularly in the developing world.
Electric heat pumps are outselling fossil boilers (furnaces) in Germany for the first time, relays Bloomberg. The milestone marks a turning point in decarbonizing space heating, which represents roughly 15% of Germany’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Switzerland’s national airline SWISS will begin testing sustainable drop-in fuel made from solar energy, notes GasWorld. The fuel - made by Swiss-based Synhelion - is identical to regular jet fuel but is made by extracting carbon from the air rather than the ground, reducing its net carbon emissions by more than 70%.
Electric Vehicles (EVs) represented 53% of all car sales in China for the month of June, says Clean Technica. Fully battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were 32% of sales, while plug in hybrids (PHEVs) made up the remaining 21%. The US was far behind with 6.61% BEV and 1.39% PHEV the same month.
Public EV charging stations are growing rapidly in the US, according to Canary Media. Over 200,000 such stations now exist, and are particularly dense in the Northeast of the country.
Massachusetts offshore wind farm Vineyard Wind 1 is now partially online, reports WBUR. 17 of its planned 62 turbines are now delivering clean electricity to the grid and the project is expected to reach its full 804 MW capacity by the end of the year.
