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John Funk

John Funk

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Can the US Deliver Competitive Batteries?

EV Growth May Depend on New Battery Technologies
Feb 1, 2023
John Funk

Our Next Energy, Lyten and Natron Energy explained their new battery technologies and growth plans at BloombergNEF’s the annual summit.


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BNEF: Net-zero Targets Only Limit Climate Change to 1.77 Degrees

Transportation Decarbonization Draws Half of $194T in Clean Energy Investments by 2050
Jan 30, 2023
K Kaufmann and John Funk

Transportation electrification is the key theme at the BNEF Summit in San Francisco, and CEO Jon Moore opened the event with what's driving the transition.


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Summit Examines Costs, Scope of US EV Charging Network

NEVI Funds Just a ‘Down Payment’ on System, Participant Says
Jan 26, 2023
John Funk

During a webinar produced by the EV Charging Initiative, stakeholders focused on the challenges and costs of electrifying the nation’s transportation sector.


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Nuclear Innovation Alliance: DOE Must Reorganize to Promote SMRs

Jan 22, 2023
John Funk

Small modular reactors are the future of nuclear energy, but they will not be rapidly deployed without a federal push, according to a new report.


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Electric Trucking, from Delivery Vans to Big Rigs, are Coming

But Where are the Megawatt-scale Charging Depots?
Jan 17, 2023
John Funk

Battery electric trucks are expected to play a major role in decarbonizing the nation’s transportation sector, which accounts for 29% of all CO2 emissions.


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Biden Admin Releases Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization

Jan 10, 2023
John Funk and K Kaufmann

The Biden administration released a national plan to eliminate carbon dioxide and other GHG emissions from the nation’s transportation sector by 2050.


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Ohio Law Amended to Declare Natural Gas a Form of ‘Green Energy’

Governor Signs Poultry Bill with Last-minute Gas Industry Insertions
Jan 9, 2023
John Funk

Declaring natural gas green has been a goal of The Empowerment Alliance, an anonymously funded 501(c)(4) nonprofit founded in 2019 with Ohio roots.


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FERC Fines FE over Ohio Bribe Payments

Company Agrees to Pay $3.86 Million for Lying to Agency
Jan 3, 2023
John Funk

FirstEnergy agreed to another federal fine, this time for lying to FERC auditors about its role in the Ohio bribery scheme to bail out nuclear plants.


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DOE: 33 of 79 Preliminary Hydrogen Hub Applications Chosen

Department Won’t Identify Those Encouraged to File Full Applications
Jan 3, 2023
John Funk

Industry, private developers and state governments from every region of the nation applied for federal funding to create hydrogen hubs.


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EPA Announces Tougher Emission Rules for Heavy-duty Vehicles

New NOx Standards Begin for 2027 Models
Dec 20, 2022
John Funk

The EPA announced tough new emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles: cleaner trucks but not until the 2027 model year and not completely clean until 2045.


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