Harminder Dhillon

Hochul Approved Permits That Could Help Clients of Her Husband’s Firm

Not a good look for the Governor, as she approves a new natural gas pipeline as well as gas for a crypto-mining operation. Both decisions fly in the face of NY's climate law.
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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."

—FDR, 1936

Flying taxis take flight in front of a US crowd for the first time as 2 companies race to take on passengers Joby and Archer Aviation are California-based eVTOL companies that are racing to get passengers in their electric aircrafts within the next few years.

Two electric flying taxi companies, Joby and Archer, silently demo their vertical take-off-and-landing vehicles at the California International Airshow in Monterey County

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Diesel boats being converted into electric ones.

Nissan releases new Maxima with 100 mile range plus range extender engine. Is Nissan finally getting its groove?

That is amazing. May be utilities should be giving free batteries to homes and not built peaker plants.

Alberta leaders and Big Oil are under estimating the impact Chinese buying 1.1 Million EVs a month, India installing 2nd largest solar installations, Pakistanis cutting their diesel demand by 35% in one year and new economies reaching EV adaption rate of 80% in 2 years.

Solar grew 10x in 10 years.

Paris Agreement 10 years on: More wins than you may realize – DW – 11/12/2025 Global emissions continue to rise a decade after the Paris Agreement. However, solar, wind and EV growth demonstrate that climate action can work. Here's what has been achieved and what remains urgent...

A decade after the Paris Agreement:
Emissions still rising, but clean energy’s exploded.
Renewables now 40% of power, EVs 1%→25%, and solar’s quadrupled.
We’re avoiding 4 °C of hellfire, but still steering toward 2.5 °C.
Progress? Yes. Victory? Not yet.
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First mass electric car with all-wheel hub motors has no brakes or CV joints Chinese EV makers have been in a race to introduce the world's fastest electric motors, with BYD's Super e-Platform featuring a 30,000 rpm unit. After speed, the electric motor innovation has now move...

Would you drive an #EV with no brakes?
China just approved the world’s first EV with four in-wheel hub motors, the Dongfeng eπ 007.
4 × 100 kW motors, no gearbox, no brakes, no CV joints, yes, No brakes!
Efficiency +30 %, regen +25 %, turning circle –15 %.
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On you. Every doctor predicted it. But for conservatives cultural wars are way too important than ensuring our children stay alive.

Top 10 Most Popular Movies on Netflix of All Time - Netflix Tudum The top 10 most-watched Movies on Netflix globally right now. Explore what others are watching around the world to find what you should stream next.

Nice to see that our film Don’t Look Up is the 4th most watched movie in the history of Netflix. 171 million views in just the first 90 days…wild!

Well-deserved recognition of the work of Adam McKay and the entire cast and crew.

Light commercial auto sector is ripe for electrification. Most vehicles travel a set path daily. Again and again.

Zohran Mamdani (left) smiles next to Brad Lander (right). A headline reads: "The Strategic Uncoupling Of Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander." Photo credit: Angelina Katsanis for The New York Times.

Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, campaigned with Zohran Mamdani and once hoped to join him in City Hall. Now he is eying a congressional seat, with Mamdani's support. nyti.ms/3LZXcn4

Newsom touts California's record battery energy gains at U.N. climate conference California has now reached 16,942 megawatts of available battery storage — about one-third of the estimated capacity needed to reach the state's goal of 100% clean energy by 2045.

"The surge in storage is meeting with even faster growth of solar in the state. Together, solar+batteries have eliminated >37% of fossil gas use on the state’s main grid in just 2y"

@CAgovernor touts California's record battery energy gains at UN climate conference

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“California is moving faster than the U.S. as a whole, but to really make inroads, CA needs to also electrify transport, industry and buildings as fast as it is building batteries, while growing offshore wind, utility solar, rooftop solar and enhanced geothermal"

US EV sales are falling. Everywhere else on the planets, EV sales are rising. US in reverse gear.

A 33 MWh thermal battery using bricks and metal elements to store heat goes live in Thailand.

Southeast Asia’s First Industrial Heat Battery Now Operating in Thailand, Built by Rondo Energy and SCG  - Rondo Energy Today, at a ribbon cutting ceremony at SCG’s cement plant in Saraburi Province, Thailand, Rondo Energy and SCG Cleanergy, a subsidiary of SCG specializing in clean energy solutions, announced the star...

2. And Rondo announced operations of their first project in SE Asia (Thailand) and their first to generate power. A 33 MWh-th heat battery unit supplying 2.4 MW-th of constant heat output used to generate about 1 MW of power for a cement plant.

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Eavor set to begin start-up of closed-loop geothermal pilot Eavor aims to bring its closed-loop geothermal pilot in Geretsried, Germany online before year-end, marking a cautious step toward next-generation geothermal.

Excited to share real-world progress from two companies I advise.
1. Eavor is ready to 'fire up' their first of a kind closed loop geothermal combined heat and power plant in Bavaria in December.

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50 species that save us Explore the ways animals and plants protect human health and what’s at stake when species are endangered.

Indian vultures help keep rabies down as they hunt wild dogs. Giant sequoias store CO2. Tokay geckos have inspired waterproof adhesive bandages.

Plants and animals help humans in surprising ways. See how:

Petro states are under estimating the impact of China's EV revolution in China and across the globe. 2-3 Million EVs joining the global fleet each month, electric buses and heavy duty trucks being the norm will cause peak oil sooner.

First Solar pours $330M into a new South Carolina solar factory First Solar, the US’s largest solar panel manufacturer, has now announced the location of its new solar factory. The company says it will build a new facility in Gaffney, South Carolina, to handle the final production steps for its Series 6 Plus thin film modules. Those components are currently made by First Solar’s factories overseas, but once the South Carolina plant opens in the second half of 2026, they’ll be finished on US soil. more…

First Solar pours $330M into a new South Carolina solar factory

Just to understand it fully. $50B worth of batteries can handle all new demand for power until 2030 without adding any new capacity to the grid? If true, that is a cheap solution. Any added solar, which there will be, could reduce cost and emissions equivalent all those gas/coals being fired up.

With ~$50B of batteries we can accommodate all of the load growth in the USA through 2030. But they have to be placed in the right places on the distribution grid. So think less 100 MW single deployments and more 3-8MW distributed deployments and behind the meter batteries at homes and businesses.

Clean Energy accounted for all electricity growth this year. Gas/Coal were basically a wash and will be for years to come for electricity generation.

We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.

A Quick Look at How Bad Tesla's Start of Q4 Is In all countries that report monthly Tesla sales (ex-North America), Tesla's October sales fell by 33% YoY to new lows since 2022's pandemic.

Tesla's car biz (worth only $78 per share vs Tesla's current price of $402) is imploding.

Overseas sales in Oct were -33%, the lowest start of Q4 sales on record.

US EV sales at carmakers reporting monthly sales were -71% MoM & -49% YoY after Sept EV rush.

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Hyundai catches a big break as South Korea launches massive new EV support Hyundai and Kia scored a win on Friday after the South Korean government pledged to boost EV subsidies by 20%. more…

Hyundai catches a big break as South Korea launches massive new EV support

As dt dismantles American democracy at federal level, American democracy is kicking well at state and city levels. Some stories are inspirational for Canadians.