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$28 Million More For US Clean Energy Workforce Development

October 27, 2024 admin clean power, green economy, green jobs, policy & politics, Solar energy, subsidies, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 21:57:31 +0000

The Biden–Harris administration’s work getting major clean energy legislation passed continues to deliver. Aspects of that legislation continue to roll out. The announcement today is that $27.98 million in Investing in America agenda funding for clean energy workforce development is being distributed. This is happening under the Energy Auditor Training … [continued]

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Electric Buses Just Got Way, Way More Interesting

October 26, 2024 admin Brooklyn, clean power, electric bus charging, electric buses, electric school buses, fleet electrification, new york (nyc), school buses, Solar energy, usa, world resources institute, wri

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 03:55:04 +0000

Electric buses are being put to use in Brooklyn as roving energy storage systems topped with solar panels, as part of a goal to electrify school bus fleets across the nation.

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Don’t Let Election Nastiness Affect The Future Of Decarbonization

October 26, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, decarbonization, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 18:55:06 +0000

What will it take to reduce the emissions of the formidable power, buildings, transportation, and agriculture industries? It will require hundreds of wind turbines, solar panels, electric vehicles, and storage batteries. The production of these industries, in turn, will require water, energy, rare earth elements, and critical metals to produce, … [continued]

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Methane Expert Rob Jackson Of Global Carbon Project Talks Solutions

October 26, 2024 admin Agriculture, air quality, buildings, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, cattle, clean power, climate change, Energy, Fossil Fuels, HEALTH, heat pumps, Landfill, methane, natural gas, policy & politics, research, shale oil, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 18:21:39 +0000

Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Rob Jackson, scientist, author, and director of the Global Carbon Project to talk cow burps, landfills, and shale oil, all in aid of the very big global warming problem that is methane. This is the second half of our conversation, lightly … [continued]

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More US Solar Manufacturing Incentivized By Biden–Harris White House

October 25, 2024 admin clean power, Democrats, Donald Trump, investment tax credit (itc), Joe Biden, Republicans, seia, semiconductor chips, solar cells, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar investment tax credit (itc), solar panels

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:07:08 +0000

The US is in the midst of a manufacturing revival like the country has never seen. A strong portfolio of policies from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (CHIPS), and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has stimulated a huge manufacturing boom related to electric … [continued]

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Save Up To 52% On EcoFlow’s Portable Power Stations, Solar Panels, & More

October 25, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, consumer technology, ecoflow, Energy Storage, portable power stations, Solar energy

Credit to Author: GearTechnica| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 19:10:33 +0000

Save up to 52% on power stations, solar panels, portable refrigerators, wearable solar, and more during EcoFlow’s Halloween Sale, which runs through October 31, 2024. Don’t get spooked by this too-good-to-be-true sale on a variety of EcoFlow products that can help power outdoor adventures, ensure an uninterrupted electricity supply for … [continued]

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AI, Data Centers, Direct Air Capture, and Renewables

October 25, 2024 admin clean power, cleantechnica, cloud, Cloud computing, consumer technology, data centers, datacenters, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:30:26 +0000

3% of the world’s electricity is used by data centers. That’s up from, well, zero, not too long ago. It’s everything from iCloud to websites to cat videos to Instagram reels to Facetime calls. A blog post uses a lot less data than a podcast, which uses less than a … [continued]

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$430 Million for US Clean Energy Manufacturing in Coal Communities

October 25, 2024 admin clean power, Coal, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investing in america, Joe Biden, kamala harris, Manufacturing, policy & politics, Solar energy, us coal, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 04:55:48 +0000

Once upon a time, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made the horrible mistake of telling people that coal power wasn’t coming back in the US, was going to continue to shrink, and people living in coal communities would need to be retrained in clean energy careers. Sacrilege! As bad as a … [continued]

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The Magnus Effect & Rotor Sails Reducing Greenhouse Gases

October 24, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, Finland, green economy, International Maritime Organization, norsepower, Shipping, Water, wind energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 03:50:04 +0000

Harnessing more wind dramatically enhances clean power and propulsion. On that topic, more maritime shipping businesses are noticing and embracing added efficient technologies. Seriously. A few are giving sails a contemporary twist—literally—on an idea that was somewhat dormant for over 100 years. H.G. Magnus, a German scientist and chemist, conducted … [continued]

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Buoyant Design & Adaptable Mooring Mechanisms Help Floating Solar Remain Intact Through Hurricane Milton

October 24, 2024 admin buildings, clean power, climate change, grid, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy, solar panels, Water

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 03:28:58 +0000

Last month, Super Typhoon Capricorn struck Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China, and was one of the most severe typhoons to hit the region since 1949. In this wild weather with torrential gusts and gigantic waves, the floating Mibet solar panels pounded by the typhoon remained incredibly buoyant and sturdy. Soon after, on … [continued]

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