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Tope Alake retweeted
15 Aug 2025
EV fast chargers are a surprising source of air pollution, though they're still vastly less polluting than gas-powered vehicles bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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EVgo shares surged the most in more than three years after the EV charging company received a conditional loan guarantee of up to $1.05 billion from the US Department of Energy to expand its network. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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The transition could be an opportunity to reimagine the refueling experience altogether, said Christopher Hawthorne, senior critic at Yale School of Architecture.
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While the airport lounge approach is coming in vogue today, companies still need to keep an eye on the future as technology improvement will likely cut charging times.
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26 Sep 2024
Hundreds of millions of dollars in state and federal grants have helped spur an influx of spending to develop EV chargers for medium- and heavy-duty trucks in the US. Via @climate with @cailliflower bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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26 Sep 2024
America's struggle to curb natural gas emissions threatens to undermine the Biden administration’s goal of having 100% carbon-free power generation by 2035, BloombergNEF says in its New Energy Outlook. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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23 Sep 2024
Most US EV charging firms said they've experienced vandalism. Just recently, thieves cut multiple cords at the station just outside ChargePoint’s Silicon Valley headquarters. Electrify America has also seen copper wiring mined from its sites. Via @climate with @KyleStock
A rash of vandalism is sweeping public EV charging stations in the US, led in part by by thieves looking to cash in on stolen copper trib.al/Pv7Rci5
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16 Sep 2024
A must read for anyone who cares about energy transition and the jump in power demand because of AI acceleration. Great work by @joshfromalaska @naurtorious @markchediak
Natural gas is on a roll in the US. I dug into this story with longtime power reporters @naurtorious and @markchediak and we tracked down data showing just how big the gas boom will be bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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19 Aug 2024
US power developers boosted generation capacity in the first half by the most in more than two decades. Meanwhile, solar is expected to account for nearly 60% of the 42.6 gigawatts planned capacity additions between July and December. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Tope Alake retweeted
Last month a single wind turbine blade broke apart and fell into the Atlantic Ocean. Me and @cambaker reported out how this small-scale industrial failure made Nantucket furious ... and what this means for the @climate fight 🌪️📷 🧵
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12 Aug 2024
“CenterPoint’s conduct may have resulted in significant harm to Houston residents, including rate increases, outages, and lengthy delays in restoring power during Hurricane Beryl,” Texas attorney general said in a statement Monday. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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ChargePoint is deploying a new plug that the company says most battery-powered cars can use, as automakers rapidly adopt the connector standards developed by Tesla. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Tope Alake retweeted
These 3 overlooked climate challenges are key to a net-zero future bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @AlakeTope
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31 Jul 2024
Startup TS Conductor raised $60 million in a new funding round as it seeks to boost the production capacity of its high-capacity power cables with a new facility east of the Mississippi River. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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29 Jul 2024
ArcLight launched a new unit called SkyVest Renewables with an initial capital of $500 million to acquire and upgrade wind and solar projects that will help meet surging electricity demand from data centers. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @naurtorious
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