Two pieces of Metro’s electric bus future fell into place Wednesday: the official word that Northern Bus Garage will be an electric bus-only facility when it reopens in 2027; and Metro’s first large order of electric buses will start to arrive late this winter and will hit the streets shortly thereafter.
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Virginia House Votes to Repeal Clean Cars Law
Virginia Mercury
Republicans in the House of Delegates passed legislation Wednesday to repeal a law tying Virginia to California vehicle emissions standards that are set to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars in 2035.
More Solar Panels Are Coming To Apartment Buildings In Ward 8
DCist
Solar panels are coming to more than 500 homes in Ward 8 — an investment the city’s energy officials say will reduce both greenhouse gas emissions and residents’ utility bills.
These Bills Could Bring More Clean Energy to Your Community
Virginia Mercury
Solar schools, climate resiliency, energy efficiency: Local governments are now involved in energy planning – whether they feel ready for it or not. Some localities have adopted climate goals that require them to look for ways to lower carbon emissions; others just want to save money on high energy bills.
Virginia County Struggles to Streamline Difficult Solar Permitting Process
Energy News Network
Eric Ohnstad’s quest for rooftop solar became such a convoluted odyssey that the 54-year-old Prince William County resident figured he would be retired or ready to relocate by the time his array powered up.
National and International News
Here’s a Plan For Cutting US Demand For Lithium By Up To 90%
Canary Media
The effort to shift the U.S. economy off fossil fuels and avoid the most disastrous impacts of climate change hinges on the third element of the periodic table. Lithium, the soft, silvery-white metal used in electric car batteries, was endowed by nature with miraculous properties.
Renters Need EV Charging At Home. These Companies Aim to Provide It
Canary Media
Farrukh Malik, CEO of Amperage Capital, sees a major roadblock on the path to getting Americans to replace their gasoline-fueled cars with electric vehicles: the lack of convenient and cost-effective EV charging for the one-third of U.S. households that rent their homes.
Clean Energy Investment Hit $1.1 Trillion In 2022
Yahoo Finance
The energy crisis and policy actions sent global investment in low-energy sources soaring to a record $1.1 trillion in 2022, with the money spent on the energy transition equaling for the first time investment in the supply of fossil fuels, a new report from a research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF) showed on Thursday.
EVs Are More Popular Than Ever. They’re Also Extremely Prone to Cyberattacks.
Utility Dive
The average electric vehicle has about 3,000 chips, more than double the number in non-electric vehicles, rendering it that much more prone to cyber risks from these chips’ software. Charging stations — 500,000 of which will be installed with funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — will be relied upon to safely store sensitive, personal data including payment information and insight into drivers’ routines.
US Must Invest $22.4B in Domestic Supply Chain to Reach 30 GW of Offshore Wind Goal: Report
Utility Dive
The U.S. must build at least 34 new manufacturing facilities at a total cost of $22.4 billion in order to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind generation by 2030, according to a report released Monday by the Business Network for Offshore Wind and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.