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EV Charging Initiatives in Vietnam & Utah, 1.5-GW Offshore Wind Farm — Cleantech News Roundup

June 25, 2024 admin alfa romeo, clean power, clean transport, consumer technology, electric buses, electric cars, electric vans, Electric vehicles, electrify america, electrify commercial, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, ford, ford pro, GERMANY, gotion, great wall motor, great wall motors, jinkosolar, kathy hochul, Massachusetts, mercedes, mercedes vans, New York, ora, porsche, press releases, rocky mountain power, seia, slovakia, solar energy industries association (seia), solaris, sungrow, toshiba, totalenergies, uk, Utah, Volkswagen, wind energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 02:08:46 +0000

The last few days have shown that EV charging is becoming the new normal, with progress being made on a daily basis, all throughout the world. As one example, Vietnam will be getting an extensive EV charging network courtesy of Porsche and Charge+. On the other side of the world, … [continued]

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Abundant, Affordable, Climate-Friendly Homes: What Part 1 of the National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building Means for Housing

June 24, 2024 admin buildings, clean power, consumer technology, energy efficiency, energy star, Energy Storage, home energy management, led, lighting, rmi, rooftop solar, smartphone apps, Solar energy, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 13:18:04 +0000

This week, the US Department of Energy (DOE) finalized Part 1 of a national definition of a zero emissions building, focused on operational carbon emissions. The long-anticipated definition includes three key criteria: energy efficiency, no on-site emissions, and all-clean power sources. Buildings following the definition will improve peoples’ health and safety … [continued]

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The Electric Revolution of Gardening Tools is Here

June 23, 2024 admin consumer technology, electrify everything, energy efficiency, gardening

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 20:58:03 +0000

The electric revolution of gardening tools is here. If you go to your local Home Depot, Lowe’s, Ace Hardware, or Farm & Fleet store, you will find multiple brands of battery electric gardening tools that will do almost any gardening job as well or better than your old corded … [continued]

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Heat Pumps Decarbonizing A 17-Story Building In Manhattan Built in 1931

June 22, 2024 admin district cooling, district heating, energy efficiency, green economy, heat pumps, New York, NEW YORK CITY, new york state energy research and development authority (nyserda), NYC, nyserda, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 23:25:53 +0000

A building in New York City is using a system of heat pumps to heat and cool the interior in place of furnaces and air conditioners.

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Building Energy Around Changing Climate

June 18, 2024 admin buildings, clean power, climate change, energy efficiency, oak ridge national laboratory, oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), research

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 23:18:14 +0000

County-level data reveals climate impact on future building energy use Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed free data sets to estimate how much energy any building in the contiguous U.S. will use in 2100. These data sets provide planners a way to anticipate future energy needs as the climate … [continued]

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No, AI Queries & Images Aren’t Carbon Bombs, So Stop Hyperventilating

June 17, 2024 admin AI, Artificial Intelligence, California, Canada, carbon emissions, chatgpt, clean power, clean transport, climate change, energy efficiency, green economy, grid, investment, Manufacturing, microsoft, microsoft azure, openai

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:05:37 +0000

Regular readers will either appreciate or hate that for roughly 20 months I’ve been decorating my articles and presentations with images generated by artificial intelligence algorithms. I’m not going to address the full range of reasons, but will just do some basic math on the electricity use to get a … [continued]

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U.S. Department of Energy Announces National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building

June 13, 2024 admin buildings, clean power, energy efficiency, green economy, investment, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, policy & politics, rooftop solar, Solar energy, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 03:32:33 +0000

New Definition Will Help Nation Achieve President Biden’s Clean Energy and Climate Goals While Lowering Energy Costs, Cutting Air Pollution, and Creating Good-Paying Jobs WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) last week announced a National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building to advance public and private sector efforts … [continued]

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ORNL Demonstrates Affordable, Energy Efficient, Low-Carbon Building Technologies on National Mall During HUD Innovation Housing Showcase

June 13, 2024 admin buildings, clean power, consumer technology, energy efficiency, heat pumps

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 02:53:44 +0000

Building innovations from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory were on display in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall June 7 to June 9, 2024, during the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s, or HUD’s, Innovation Housing Showcase. For the first time, ORNL’s real-time building evaluator was … [continued]

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Aurora Solar Announces Whole Home Energy Management: Expanding Beyond Solar to Address Homeowners’ Electrification & Energy Needs

June 10, 2024 admin aurora solar, buildings, clean power, consumer technology, energy efficiency, home energy management, press releases, rooftop solar, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 02:38:20 +0000

Aurora Solar powers the energy revolution with proposals for whole home electrification, energy efficiency, and solar-plus-storage proposals. SAN FRANCISCO — Aurora Solar, the leading platform for solar sales and design, today unveiled new tools designed from the ground up to empower solar professionals to estimate a homeowner’s holistic electrification and energy … [continued]

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5G & Microgrids Might Be a Great Match

June 5, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, demand response, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, grid, lithium-ion batteries, microgrids, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, rooftop solar, Solar energy, united states department of defense, US Department of Defense

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2024 04:32:38 +0000

NREL Explores Setup and Security of 5G for Microgrids With a 5G Sandbox Whether it is coincidence or careful planning, the infrastructures of both power systems and telecommunications are heading in a similar direction: toward the edge. Solar panels on a roof are like 5G towers in a neighborhood—in both … [continued]

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