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Steel Reinforcement Is The Invisible Miracle Of Concrete Construction, But Comes With A Carbon Price

June 13, 2024 admin buildings, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, China, climate change, concrete, Construction, decarbonization, Europe, green concrete, green economy, green jobs, green steel, India, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, steel, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:25:28 +0000

Reinforced concrete was invented in the mid-19th century, a game-changer in the construction world. French gardener Joseph Monier is often credited with its creation. While experimenting with materials to build stronger garden pots and tubs, he had the idea to combine concrete with iron mesh in 1849. Monier patented his … [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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USITC Votes to Continue Investigations on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells in Southeast Asia

June 13, 2024 admin Cambodia, clean power, green economy, Malaysia, policy & politics, solar cells, Solar energy, solar tariffs, Thailand, us solar tariffs, Vietnam

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 02:59:47 +0000

USITC Votes to Continue Investigations on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into Modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam United States International Trade Commission (USITC) [last week] determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of Crystalline … [continued]

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The Climate Backlash Is Here As European Voters Reject Green Policies

June 13, 2024 admin EU, eu climate policy, Europe, european green deal, European Parliament, green economy, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:49:13 +0000

The makeup of the European Parliament will be altered considerably after the elections in Europe last week, with Greens suffering losses.

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Gravity Storage 101, Or Why Pumped Hydro Is The Only Remotely Real Gravity Storage

June 12, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, Energy, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, grid, grid storage, investment, Manufacturing, pumped hydro, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, Water

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:50:15 +0000

In my recent article celebrating the great month that pumped hydro had, between the Loch Ness Red John facility selling to Statkraft, the UK finally settling on cap and floor for the technology and China having 365 GW of power and 4 to 8 TWh of energy storage under construction, … [continued]

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Concrete Is A Geography, Minerals, & Waste Game Played With Billions Of Tons Of Chips

June 12, 2024 admin buildings, carbon emissions, cement, China, climate change, Coal, concrete, Fossil Fuels, green concrete, green economy, India, INDUSTRY, investment, Manufacturing, Mining, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:35:12 +0000

As cement day turns into concrete week turns into concrete month, it’s worth considering how the absurd tonnages of concrete manufactured changes, often radically, depending on where specifically in the world the concrete is needed. That’s all because those absurd tonnages means that we move the stuff that goes into … [continued]

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Just When I Thought I Was Done With Cement Replacements, A Look At Geopolymers

June 12, 2024 admin aluminum, buildings, carbon emissions, cement, climate change, concrete, concrete wind turbine towers, Construction, Europe, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:46:28 +0000

One of the many people who have suggested I look at something in the space of cement and concrete decarbonization suggested red mud. All I knew was that it had something to do with aluminum, and hence I thought it would be another metal slag supplement to cement. You know … [continued]

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