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US Election 2024: Electrical Generation Decarbonization Report Card

July 19, 2024 admin clean power, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, Coal, Democratic Party, Democrats, Donald Trump, Fossil Fuels, geothermal energy, green economy, grid, hydroelectric, Joe Biden, natural gas, policy & politics, policy research, renewable energy standards, republican party (united states), Republicans, research, Solar energy, us election 2024, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 13:45:07 +0000

The reality of the United States’ actual trajectory on electrical generation belies the rhetoric of both Biden and Trump. As noted four years ago, Trump’s administration was against renewables, especially wind energy. The Department of Energy under Perry crafted a report calling for more coal generation, a report which excluded … [continued]

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Breakthrough Energy Ventures Has Bad Investment Theses Therefore Bad Investments

July 8, 2024 admin Agriculture, air quality, Aviation, batteries, Bill Gates, biofuels, boats, breakthrough energy ventures, buildings, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, geothermal energy, green economy, grid, investment, natural gas, policy & politics, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2024 23:07:44 +0000

Eight years ago, Bill Gates and group of his closest billionaire acquaintances launched an incredibly well funded venture capital group. Its noble mission was funding and supporting transformative technologies aimed at mitigating climate change. Many of its investments are sound and if commercialized, would assist, at least a bit. However, … [continued]

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Plug Into Newly Released 2024 US Electricity Sector Data

June 28, 2024 admin clean power, Energy Storage, geothermal energy, green economy, grid, hydroelectric, market research, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, nuclear energy, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, research, Solar energy, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:39:53 +0000

10th Annual Technology Baseline Features New Data on Offshore Wind Energy, Nuclear Power, Pumped Storage Hydropower, and More Today—nicknamed “ATB Day” by a superfan—marks the release of the 10th annual electricity sector data for the Electricity Annual Technology Baseline (ATB). “For a decade, the Electricity ATB has been supporting consistent, … [continued]

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Google Agrees To Buy 115 MW Of Geothermal Power From Fervo & NV Energy

June 20, 2024 admin clean power, clean transition tariff, deep geothermal energy, fervo energy, geothermal energy, google, nevada, nv energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:40:38 +0000

Google has signed an agreement with NV Energy, part of the Warren Buffett empire, to buy 115 MW of renewable energy from a geothermal facility operated by Fervo Energy to power its data centers in Nevada. A lot has been written lately, particularly here at CleanTechnica, about data centers and … [continued]

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U.S. DOE Announces $7 Million to Help Geothermal Energy Support a Decarbonized Electricity Grid by 2035

June 15, 2024 admin clean power, geothermal energy, geothermal technologies office, green economy, investment, research, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 23:52:00 +0000

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) announced a funding opportunity of up to $7 million to develop regional grid models to assess how clean, firm geothermal power can support an equitable energy transition through decarbonization and study its effects on the grid at various deployment … [continued]

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Drilling Into Magma For Renewable Energy

June 15, 2024 admin clean power, geothermal energy, ICELAND

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 16:35:48 +0000

A magma geothermal plant has the potential to produce at least 10 times the power of a traditional geothermal plant.

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Eversource Ready To Begin Geothermal Heat Pump Trial In Massachusetts

June 7, 2024 admin clean power, eversource, geothermal energy, heat pumps, Massachusetts

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 19:30:25 +0000

Geothermal systems can lower heating and cooling bills by 20% and slash carbon emissions by 60%.

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The Significance Of The US-Kenya Climate & Clean Energy Industrial Partnership

May 29, 2024 admin africa, basigo, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy, geothermal energy, green economy, green jobs, investment, Kenya, Manufacturing, president biden, roam, State Department, us agency for international development (usaid), usa, white house

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 15:41:57 +0000

The US and Kenya level up their strategic relationship with a slate of new clean energy programs for sustainability and national security.

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Geothermal Scores Big At The “Super Bowl of the Energy Sector”

May 19, 2024 admin clean power, geothermal energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 01:23:18 +0000

It was standing room only when the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) Director Lauren Boyd stepped onto the stage for a panel discussion at CERAWeek 2024. “Geothermal: How Big is it Going to Get?” was the Tuesday morning hot topic, featuring an array of speakers from technology titans … [continued]

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Wind & Solar, But What Else? — India Edition Transcript

May 1, 2024 admin air quality, batteries, biomass, buildings, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, Energy Storage, events, geothermal energy, green economy, green jobs, grid, grid storage, HEALTH, heat pumps, hydroelectric, India, india solar power, investment, Manufacturing, marine energy, nuclear energy, Off The Grid, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, onshore wind farms, policy & politics, pumped hydro storage, rooftop solar, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2024 23:11:09 +0000

Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. With the … [continued]

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