RMP documents energy infrastructure & environmental remediation. We are a U.S. 501(c)3 environmental organization registered in Michigan.
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Massive Lithium-Ion Battery Fire at Moss Landing Spurs Evacuations and Industry Concerns
Moss Landing, Monterey County, CA — A massive lithium-ion battery fire broke out at the world’s largest battery energy storage system (BESS) facility in Moss Landing on January 16, 2025, prompting widespread evacuations and raising serious questions about the safety of large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS). The fire, which began at 3:00 PM, quickly…
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North American Hydrogen Production Report – January 2025
Introduction Finding detailed and comprehensive hydrogen production information on the internet can be difficult. Data must be aggregated from multiple sources and estimates must be calculated based on the best data and methodologies possible. My name is Matt Wandel and I have been aggregating energy information data and hydrogen infrastructure data as a volunteer at…
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Lithium-ion Battery Supply Chain Map – First Upgrade
On October 22, 2024, RMP launched a Lithium-ion Battery Supply Chain Map with 531 North American locations, now expanded to 664 sites after a recent update. This includes 110 new lithium mine prospects and 23 copper mines, emphasizing upstream resources crucial for reducing dependency on China in the energy transition.
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RMP’s Lithium-ion Battery Supply Chain Map
RMP has added a new GIS database to our map library called the Lithium-ion Battery Supply Chain Map. In April of 2024, RMP set out to understand the data underpinning the nascent lithium-ion battery supply chain in North America. Each year, more batteries are being manufactured helping to electrify our vehicle fleet and more growth…
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RMP’s 3rd Generation Gelman 1,4 Dioxane Plume Map
Did you know RMP was the first Michigan organization to publish an interactive map of the Gelman 1,4 Dioxane Plume? RMP remains the only non-profit 501(c)3 organization in Michigan to offer a free interactive map of the Gelman 1,4 Dioxane Plume. RMP published the 1st interactive Google Map of all locations in the Pall Science…
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NorCal Zero Project
It is a milestone day for hydrogen refueling. The Center for Transportation and the Environment announces the inauguration of the NorCAL ZERO project. This new station can serve up to 200 Class 8 heavy duty trucks per day. It has a capacity of 4,000 kilograms of LH2. The station also can refuel class 1 vehicles and…
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RMP’s Real Time Hydrogen Station Status Pages
RMP has upgraded our California hydrogen maps by including a new map for real time station status and a new map for stations coming soon. All stations reporting SOSS status in California are summarized on our landing page at this link and shown below (Figure 1 ). All of the pages covered in this post…
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Michael Liebreich’s Hydrogen Ladder Debunked
Michael Liebreich is an outspoken critic of hydrogen for transportation & energy solutions. Michael purports to be an objective resource on energy information but he is a ground floor investor in ChargePoint which presents a conflict of interest to his objectivity. ChargePoint bills itself as the world’s leading EV charging network and says they focus…
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USA & CANADA QUARTERLY H2 INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE 2022-Q1
This quarterly report chronicles key H2 infrastructure developments & stories from the past three months and is published on the last day of the quarter. Each key news item will be highlighted with a synopsis of the key event, a link to the story, and a link to its location on RMP’s Google map of…
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USA & CANADA QUARTERLY H2 INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE 2021-Q4
This quarterly report chronicles key H2 infrastructure developments & stories from the past three months and is published on the last day of the quarter. Each key news item will be highlighted with a synopsis of the key event, a link to the story, and a link to its location on RMP’s Google map of…
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The Truth About Blue Hydrogen
Blue hydrogen is a net zero way of making hydrogen for cars, trucks, boats, ammonia, or anything for that matter. This means a lot of energy produced with no CO2, NOx, SOx, or particulate emissions. Recently some big announcements came out about blue hydrogen investments in Edmonton & Louisiana. These big announcements prompted anti-hydrogen critics…
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USA & CANADA QUARTERLY H2 INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE 2021-Q3
Welcome new readers of RMP’s quarterly H2 infrastructure report. Each quarter we look back on the major stories related to hydrogen infrastructure advancements and we compare the current AFDC database to the AFDC database in the prior quarter to see what has changed. The AFDC database is updated by the US Dept of Energy &…