Majestic Underwater Dragon Kites To Harvest Tidal Energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:08:03 +0000

The secrets of tidal energy are finally beginning to crack open, as demonstrated by an ambitious 200-megawatt tidal project in the Faroe Islands featuring new “Dragon Class” kite-style underwater turbines.

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The Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trucks Are Rolling In (Ignore That Man Behind The Curtain)

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:23:33 +0000

Nikola is among the US truck manufacturers determined to make fuel cell trucks happen, regardless of who says what about hydrogen along the campaign trail.

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GM Offers Another Reason To Buy An Electric Vehicle, Just In Time For The Next Power Outage

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 20:55:36 +0000

GM Energy’s new PowerBank home energy storage system offers prospective electric vehicle buyers another good reason to buy an EV today, not tomorrow.

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The Crowded Field Of Space Solar Suddenly Got More Crowded-er

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 14:57:46 +0000

Space solar power once seemed like a far-out idea, but the high profile startup Aetherflux is among the stakeholders aiming to bring space-sourced solar energy down to Earth.

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Stop Emitting Nasty GHG Methane & It Will Disappear From Air In Our Lifetime

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:00:54 +0000

Methane is so hot right now. Well, it’s making the world a lot hotter, because it’s a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide and we’ve been increasing the amount we’re dumping into the air. That’s not a good kind of hot. The United States is the worst emitter … [continued]

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Criticisms Of LNG Export Emissions Study Don’t Withstand Scrutiny

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:58:33 +0000

For the past year, a preprint paper has been undergoing one of the most public, rancorous and extensive peer-review processes in the history of US academics. Is it on race relations? Tax cuts for the rich? Hollywood starlets? No, it’s on liquified natural gas (LNG) emissions of greenhouse gases. The … [continued]

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Isolated & Alone, Texas Power Grid Shivved By Louisiana Lawmakers

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:07:39 +0000

The beleaguered Texas power grid could get some much-needed help from the proposed Southern Spirit transmission line, except for a monkey wrench thrown into the works by state legislators in Louisiana.

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Quebec Hydrogen Fleet After Four Years: $500 Per Kg Hydrogen, & No One Used Them

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 22:20:42 +0000

A year ago, I was having fun with the Odyssey of the Hydrogen Fleet, a tragicomedy in six parts. One of the many enactments of this tragicomedy had left Act 5, where the hydrogen fleet is permanently parked. The provincial government of Quebec quietly returned roughly 50 fuel cell cars … [continued]

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Hydrogen for Energy Serves Fossil Fuel Interests, Not Climate Change or Economy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:13:29 +0000

The long-running seminar series for India’s utility professionals through the India Smart Grid Forum closed with hydrogen. The hype glitter is starting to tarnish, but there is still a lot of substance-less shiny noise around the molecule. To that end, I stepped through the challenges and why hydrogen is virtually … [continued]

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Serious Money — $43 Million — Behind 100% Wind Power For Cargo Ships

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 02:15:13 +0000

The French startup VELA just nailed down $43 million in funding to bring wind power back to the sea cargo shipping industry on a high tech trimaran.

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