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Importance of Security in Cleantech
Cleantech is part of the Energy Industry, a critical part of the US infrastructure, and keeping it current is a central part of upcoming legislation. Legislation that most likely will give preference to cleantech. Because of this, there are significant institutions...
CR Flight for the Long Haul
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (“drones”) have become very popular, not just with hobbyists but also with businesses and government agencies. P&GE is looking at drones to inspect aging power infrastructure. Communities use them for surveying land. There are more and...
Zero By 2030
SMUD released a draft plan for getting to zero carbon emissions by 2030. It is probably the most ambitious energy plan in the country. One of the big reasons is because it is looking at 100% and the last 10% is hard. For the first 90% SMUD will be relying on...
Reflecting
Reflecting on Black History Month and Women’s History Month I would like to take time to acknowledge the leaders of our community that have been working to combat climate change. Growing up as a part of an underserved community in San Diego, California I have...
Regional Shared Mobility A Growing Success
Our March 25 MeetUp focused on three pioneer programs in shared/smart mobility that now are bearing fruit in our areas. There were some surprising insights provided by our three presenters that kicked off a lively discussion. Did you know that the Twin Rivers Unified...
March 2021 Newsletter
February 2021 Newsletter
New Technology Could Boost Efficiency of Power-to-Hydrogen to 95+%
Israeli company H2Pro has raised $22 million from a group of marquee investors to scale-up its radical new way to extract hydrogen from water. It claims to have a way to produce hydrogen at high pressure (50 bar) with 95+% efficiency (compared to 70% efficient current methods) and lower capital cost, which could mean a product price under $2/kg and maybe as low as $1. (A kilogram of hydrogen is close to the energy in a gallon of gasoline or 114,000 Btu. At $1/kg, hydrogen is equivalent to $8.80 per million Btu. Natural gas at the wholesale level is going for $2.66/million Btu, for comparison).
A $5600 EV Sedan With 110-Mile Range Selling Like Crazy
Last year, Chinese auto manufacturer SAIC-GM-Wuling Motors introduced its new Hongguang Mini EV that could dramatically increase the market for EVs. In January, sales of the budget electric car in China (25,778) were around double those of the Tesla Model 3 (13,843) and according to some analysts could become the second most-sold EV worldwide next to the Model 3. Total sales since its July 2020 introduction have topped 175,000. This latest Mini EV claims to get 8 miles per kWh compared to the 4 miles/kWh in a Tesla Model 3.