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Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:20:46 +0000

The Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office launched the Industrial Energy Storage Systems Prize, a $4.8 million challenge seeking cost-effective energy storage solutions that can support an industrial facility’s thermal or electric energy needs. Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) launched the Industrial Energy Storage Systems … [continued]

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U.S. DOE Announces $1.66 Billion Loan Guarantee to Plug Power to Produce & Liquify Clean Hydrogen Fuel

January 18, 2025 admin 0 Comments energy efficiency, hydrogen, loan programs office, plug power, policy & politics, subsidies, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:00:21 +0000

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced the closing of a $1.66 billion loan guarantee ($1.55 billion in principal and $107 million in capitalized interest) to Plug Power Inc.’s (Plug) subsidiary, Plug Power Energy Loan Borrower, LLC, to help finance the construction of up to six facilities … [continued]

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U.S. Department of Energy Selects Three Projects to Advance Wood Heater Innovation to Access Affordable, Renewable Energy

January 18, 2025 admin 0 Comments bioenergy technologies office, brookhaven national laboratory, energy efficiency, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, policy & politics, us department of energy (doe), wood heaters

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 21:00:31 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced $1.35 million in Phase 2 funding for three projects to accelerate wood heater innovation and develop the next generation of efficient and clean wood heaters. Today, the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced $1.35 million in Phase 2 funding … [continued]

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8 Effective Approaches & Solutions For Electrifying Your Home

January 15, 2025 admin 0 Comments buildings, clean power, consumer technology, electric home, Electric vehicles, electrify everything, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, ev charging, led, rooftop solar, Solar energy

Credit to Author: GearTechnica| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:39:06 +0000

Electrifying your home involves shifting from fossil energy sources to more sustainable electric alternatives, as well as optimizing home energy usage and efficiency, all of which reduces your carbon footprint. As the urgency to adopt more sustainable living solutions grows in response to climate change, many homeowners (and renters) are … [continued]

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U.S. Department of Energy Awards $11 Million to 49 State, Local, and Tribal Governments to Support Community Energy Projects

January 14, 2025 admin 0 Comments clean power, energy efficiency, led, lighting, policy & politics, subsidies, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 04:56:44 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced its next round of award recipients through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program. Grants Will Fund Energy Infrastructure Projects in Communities Ranging from Energy Workforce Development Programs, Cost-saving building upgrades WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today … [continued]

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More Headaches For Natural Gas: Next-Gen Heat Pump Water Heaters Are Here

January 12, 2025 admin 0 Comments air source heat pumps, buildings, cold climate heat pumps, consumer technology, Energy, energy efficiency, green economy, heat pump water heaters, heat pumps, Manufacturing, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 23:10:47 +0000

The building electrification movement is getting another shot of adrenaline from new energy-efficient heat pump water heater technology.

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$136+ Million to Develop Transformational Technologies across America’s Most Critical Industrial Subsectors

January 9, 2025 admin 0 Comments energy efficiency, green economy, Manufacturing, office of energy efficiency and renewable energy (eere), policy & politics, subsidies, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 04:30:56 +0000

Projects will drive industrial energy use and emissions down while increasing America’s manufacturing competitiveness in global markets. Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $136 million for 66 selected projects to support the research and development of transformational technologies essential for reducing energy demand and improving American productivity in … [continued]

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Climate Tech Is Reducing Emissions And Improving Urban Landscapes And Lives

December 27, 2024 admin building decarbonization, buildings, climate tech, decarbonization, energy efficiency, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., investment, Manufacturing

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:07:12 +0000

If we hope to see a climate-hardy world in the years to come, we must recast the way we design our urban environments — they must become ecologically sound and robust sustainable spaces. Possible pathways to achieve such goals are winding and tenuous, sure, and an array of novel innovations … [continued]

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The Green Steel Movement Is Building Up A Head Of Steam

December 26, 2024 admin clean power, electrification, Energy, energy efficiency, green economy, green hydrogen, green steel, green steelmaking, industrial, investment, iron ore, Manufacturing, renewable energy, Solar energy, steelmaking, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:15:47 +0000

The green steel movement is gaining momentum, as demonstrated by a new collaboration between the US startup Electra and the leading global steel trader Interfer Edelstahl Group.

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Heat Pumps For Electric Buses Blow Another Meme Out Of Water

December 25, 2024 admin batteries, buses, California, Canada, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric buses, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, Europe, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, heat pumps, hydrogen fuel cell buses, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, Oil

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 20:27:42 +0000

Every time I publish anything on electric buses — and I’ve published a lot on them recently — hydrogen bus fans point out that in the west, diesel heaters are often included in buses for winter time use. They say that as if the waste heat from fuel cells was … [continued]

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