Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:54:12 +0000
US taxpayers can pat themselves on the back for supporting new floating wind technology that expands the reach of offshore wind farms into deep waters all around the world.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:30:37 +0000
A new wave of supersized, morphing wind turbines will help cut costs for the US offshore wind industry, if it can survive the next four years.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 16:55:28 +0000
The US Department of Defense is pursuing next-generation geothermal energy systems that can produce zero emission electricity and green hydrogen, too.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 13:06:13 +0000
Over the past three weeks, I’ve been assessing various aspects of the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium’s (CUTRIC) positions, research, and publications on transit bus decarbonization. I’ve published ten articles directly about CUTRIC’s material and reports, or closely related and with serious implications for their claims that both … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 17:00:05 +0000
Innovators in the field of space solar power are outperforming expectations for commercial application, motivated by the potential for harvesting solar energy on a 24/7 basis, unimpeded by weather or climate.
The post A 30-Megawatt Space Solar Power Plant Is Scheduled For 2030 appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:13:47 +0000
The virtual power plant movement is scaling up, powered by smart thermostats that enable utilities and ratepayers to collaborate on grid resiliency and affordability.
The post Massive 1-Gigawatt Virtual Power Plant Created From Thin Air appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 03:39:37 +0000
As you look out of the harbor, you see a series of small rocky outcrops breaking through the swells. These artificial islands are popular nesting areas for a wide variety of birds due to the islands’ elevation, which was designed to consider the effects of potential boat wakes, natural wave … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:19:25 +0000
A new building material that deploys perovskite solar cells to harvest clean power is taking shape in the field of textile ceramic technology.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 19:26:38 +0000
For the past eight years, the United States has been missing in action in climate leadership globally. Biden’s climate policy experiments, aimed as much at attempting to deal with the root causes of working class and middle class grievance as at useful emissions reductions, will persist in some diminished form. … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:58:06 +0000
Pumped hydropower is the basis for 96% of utility-scale energy storage capacity in the US, and it is ripe with potential for expansion.
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