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Vanadium base alloys are the leading candidate materials for breeder blanket structures in fusion power plant designs.

Tokamak Energy advances vanadium alloys development for fusion breeder blankets

Editor's Note: This article is part of Area Development's Auto/Aero Special Coverage for Q3 2024. It was commissioned and edited by editor Dennis Cuneo who served as guest editor for the special coverage. A key variable in finding a suitable site for an electric vehicle battery plant is the availability of electric power. A battery cell factory may require more than 200 megawatts of electricity, enough to power a small city. As noted in a recent Washington Post article, AI and the boom in clean tech manufacturing are pushing America’s power grid to the brink.

The Challenge of Securing Sufficient Electrical Power for Battery Cell Plants

Reuters

(Reuters) - Energix Renewables said on Tuesday it has signed a long term agreement with Alphabet's Google to supply electricity and renewable energy credits generated from its solar projects to the tech giant.

Energix signs long-term solar power deal with Google

Svante, a carbon capture and removal company based in British Columbia, is receiving up to $100 million to speed the deployment of its climate technology. The cash comes from Canada Growth Fund, a public investment fund used to back the nation’s clean energy sector and attract private dollars to the space. The investment is coming in two tranches: $50 million will be issued immediately to fund commercial projects that are currently underway, and there’s potential for an additional $50 million for Canada-focused initiatives.

Canadian carbon capture and removal company lands up to $100M to speed deployment

Georgia State

Cartersville, GA

The Independent

 The federal government is making its first loan to a crystalline silicon solar plant, loaning $1.45 billion to support a South Korean company's bid to build up key parts of the solar supply chain inside the United States.The loan from the U.S. Energy Department, announced Thursday, will be key to funding a $2.2 billion complex that Qcells, a unit of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, is building. The company plans to take polysilicon refined in Washington state and make ingots, wafers and solar cells — the building blocks of finished solar modules — in Cartersville, Georgia, northwest of Atlanta.President Joe...

US government will loan $1.45 billion to help a South Korean firm build a solar plant in Georgia

24/7 Wall St.

24/7 Wall St. Insights The average retail price of electricity varies widely nationwide, from 10.97 cents per kilowatt hour to 42.36 cents per kilowatt hour. Electricity consumption is also very different from state to state. These two factors impact the average monthly electricity bill, with the range from $86.63 to $213.21. Also: Discover the next […]
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This State’s Electricity Price Is Nearly 3 Times the National Average

Texas State

(Reuters) -Demand for power in Texas hit a record high on Tuesday as homes and businesses cranked up air conditioners to escape a heat wave across the state. Texas' surging population growth in recent years and its status as a hub for some of the most energy-intensive industries, including data centers and cryptocurrency mining, have ramped up power demand and increased stress on its vulnerable electrical grid.

Texas Power Demand Breaks Record During Heat Wave, Grid Operator Says

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WyoFile

The woman who shot a video of a hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday morning told WyoFile she and her family were terrified as the blast sent boiling water and rocks skyward, destroying parts of a boardwalk, its guardrail and a nearby bench.

Yellowstone hydrothermal explosion: ‘We were terrified’

Normal, IL

NORMAL (25News Now) - An executive who was key to ramping up production at Rivian Automotive’s plant in Normal for the past two years is leaving the company in what is at least the third departure of a high-ranking Rivian leader since July. Tim Fallon is leaving to become...

Company’s competitor hires Rivian’s manufacturing chief

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Montana State

Wyoming State

To increase the genetic diversity of an island population of grizzly bears , Wyoming and Montana wildlife managers recently worked together to import fresh bloodlines into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Two Montana grizzly bears trucked to Wyoming to bolster genetic diversity, help states’ delisting case

Denver, CO

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

Salem, OH

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

Maine State

Weirton, WV

The West Virginia Daily News


Charleston, WV (WVDN) – Senators Joe Manchin III (I-WV), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, announced over $100 million in federal funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to develop a state-of-the-art multi-day energy storage project in […]
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Manchin, Capito Announce Over $100 Million to Develop Energy Storage Facility Using West Virginia-Made Batteries

Domestic energy prices are expected to rise in the run-up to winter, according to consultancy Cornwall Insight. The forecaster, which is widely regarded for its accurate predictions, said a household using a typical amount of gas and electricity would pay £1,714 a year from October. That would be a...

Energy prices forecast to rise by 9% in October

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

Ohio State

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Tesla’s GigaFactories are more than just manufacturing plants; they are the linchpins of the company’s ambitious strategy to lead the world into a sustainable future. As Tesla continues to expand its product line and ramp up production, these massive factories are designed to scale up operations to a level never before seen in the automotive or energy sectors. Each GigaFactory represents a cornerstone in Elon Musk’s vision of a world powered by clean energy, and they play a crucial role in Tesla’s ability to innovate, produce, and dominate the global market.

GigaFactories: Scaling Up for Global Impact

The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News!. As we’ve discussed a few times, Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s dramatic, public departure into deep right-wing political culture has been turning many buyers and shareholders off from Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA). I’ve seen multiple former Tesla fans who had stock since IPO (2010) or since the Model S was launched (2012) say that they’ve sold their Tesla stock and won’t buy another Tesla. Tesla’s market cap is still far above any other automaker in the world, but demand for Tesla’s cars seems to be taking a hit from Musk’s political adventures (among other factors).

Tesla’s Favorability with Liberals/Democrats Dropped from 39% to 16% in 6 Months — Also Dropped among Conservatives/Republicans

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Thin Film Solar Deployed In Biggest-Ever Solar Farm In The US East

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Thin Film Solar Deployed In Biggest-Ever Solar Farm In The US East

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