Tope Alake

Reporter @business | @ColumbiaJournMA alum | Opinions mine, RTs not endorsements

[Bloomberg @business]

EV fast chargers are a surprising source of air pollution, though they're still vastly less polluting than gas-powered vehicles https://t.co/CquLZhRJrH

[Tope Alake @AlakeTope]

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.
https://t.co/a2mZ6nFtUm

[Tope Alake @AlakeTope]

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.

[Tope Alake @AlakeTope]

EV makers and charging companies are adding amenities including restaurants, wifi, comfortable seating to new stations in a bid to make juicing up a battery relaxing.
https://t.co/9aiwYCCrse

[Tope Alake @AlakeTope]

The transition could be an opportunity to reimagine the refueling experience altogether, said Christopher Hawthorne, senior critic at Yale School of Architecture.

[Tope Alake @AlakeTope]

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
https://t.co/HTPh2DnzD9

[Tope Alake @AlakeTope]

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.
https://t.co/nO1luJep4i

[Tope Alake @AlakeTope]

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

[Bloomberg Green @climate]

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 https://t.co/dIi5L5dFnf

[Tope Alake @AlakeTope]

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

[Josh Saul @joshfromalaska]

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

https://t.co/WrkorK1Lhj

[Tope Alake @AlakeTope]

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.
https://t.co/IJ6BRFtUUH

[Josh Saul @joshfromalaska]

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 🌪️📷 🧵

[Tope Alake @AlakeTope]

“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. https://t.co/XjDfIMLb70

[Tope Alake @AlakeTope]

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.
https://t.co/rpCFWJAwgk

[Tope Alake @AlakeTope]

Thousands of FirstEnergy Corp.’s customers in Ohio will potentially be without power until next week after two tornadoes hit the northeastern part of the state on Tuesday.
https://t.co/K4I4fs6qn4 with @WeatherSullivan

[Zoe Schneeweiss @ZSchneeweiss]

These 3 overlooked climate challenges are key to a net-zero future https://t.co/Ur5A0YqArX via @AlakeTope

[Tope Alake @AlakeTope]

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.
https://t.co/10ygwih384

[Tope Alake @AlakeTope]

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.
https://t.co/eqNGXPLzRF @naurtorious

[Tope Alake @AlakeTope]

Donald Trump can’t stop the shift to electric vehicles, according to ChargePoint CEO Rick Wilmer.
https://t.co/5yXbZINvRJ