Deloitte Report Details Intersection of Decarbonization With DER Adoption

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:38:33 +0000

Deloitte, a group providing a variety of services for business and industry, in a new report published June 12 notes the importance of distributed energy resources (DERs) to the future […]

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Publishing On Cement Decarbonization Brings Challenges, Corrections, & More Approaches

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 16:15:59 +0000

A few days ago I went deep on cement again, using an assessment of the processes of American clean cement startups to define the scope and magnitude of the problem, the chemistry and energy requirements of cement, why fixing it is critically important, and incidentally evaluate a couple of companies’ … [continued]

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How Much Does Sand, Grit, & Gravel Add To Concrete Carbon Emissions?

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2024 17:55:16 +0000

During concrete day… errr … week … errr … verging on two weeks this time, I’ve explored a lot of carbon emissions solutions for the full value chain of the gray glue that ensures our buildings don’t collapse, our bridges stay up, and our underground working chambers don’t pancake. We … [continued]

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Investment Progress For 2024: Position Yourself To Be Prepared For A Decarbonizing Economy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:35:56 +0000

The need for greater climate finance has been the focus of numerous industry analyses, including at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28). The World Economic Forum explains that we are in a place in which investment levels remain multiple times below what is needed to reach net zero … [continued]

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California Heat Pump Partnership Aims For 6 Million In 6 Years

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 22:47:33 +0000

California seeks the upper hand in the heat pump race, but New York State is also hatching plans to kickstart the industry.

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Many Green Cement Roads Lead Through Electric Arc Steel Furnaces

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 18:50:23 +0000

An electric arc furnace is like a giant, high-tech kitchen appliance for melting metal. Imagine a huge, robust pot where you throw in scrap metal, like old cars or broken appliances. Instead of using gas or coal to heat things up, this “pot” uses powerful electric arcs — think of … [continued]

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Calcined Clays Are Not A Cement Decarbonization Slam Dunk

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 21:25:06 +0000

Cement is the gray glue that holds our modern cities and infrastructure together. We use about 4.1 billion tons of it a year, and every ton has a carbon debt of about a ton of carbon dioxide. That’s about 10% of our global emissions, so it’s a big problem. From … [continued]

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WattCarbon Launches New Marketplace To Transform Clean Energy Buying

Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 15:45:33 +0000

As the energy transition accelerates, the clean energy buying market is also benefiting from some much-needed innovation.  The imperative to drive greater carbon emissions reductions in the power sector has exposed the need for more precise deployment and tracking. Because the grid is not uniform — some states/regions are further … [continued]

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Green Hydrogen To Help Eject Fossil Fuels From Steel Industry

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 15:10:28 +0000

Green hydrogen is working its way into the steel industry, and a new round of ARPA-E funding could help accelerate the trend.

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Renewable Projects Show The Way To Move The Planet Toward Zero Emissions

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 14:50:38 +0000

A zero emissions future is fascinating, isn’t it? It’s a world of change and reinvigoration, a chance to reflect and renew. Individual technical options, or “pathways,” for decarbonizing specific industries are necessary and starting to take place. Aligning investment and innovation cycles helps to reduce the residual emissions burden from … [continued]

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