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BYD Leadership Shining, EV Sales Booming, Toyota Nonsense — 10 Top Cleantech Stories

November 16, 2024 admin 0 Comments batteries, byd, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica top 10, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev sales, green economy, green jobs, grid, Joe Biden, Manufacturing, policy & politics, Smart Grid, Solar energy, toyota

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:15:14 +0000

Quite a lot has happened in the past 10 days. Aside from the demented elephant getting back into the china shop, there are various big stories you may have missed, or (like me) would just benefit from being reminded of. Scroll down below for the stories and some commentary. Note … [continued]

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Behind the Curtain: Power Grid Resilience for Data Centers

November 14, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean power, data centers, energy efficient data centers, green data centers, grid, s&c electric, s&c electric company, SC, Solar energy, Sponsored, wind energy

Credit to Author: Industry Sponsor| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 06:04:49 +0000

By Kyle Julian, Regional Director, Commercial & Industrial Sales, U.S. West Without data centers, life as we know it would collapse. That may sound like hyperbole, but our entire digital economy relies on data centers. But it turns out that data centers use a lot of electricity. In fact, the … [continued]

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Massive 1-Gigawatt Virtual Power Plant Created From Thin Air

November 11, 2024 admin 0 Comments alphabet, clean power, consumer technology, Energy, google cloud, grid, home energy management, Nest, NRG Energy, renewable energy, smartphone apps, Solar energy, texas, virtual power plants, vivent, vpp, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:13:47 +0000

The virtual power plant movement is scaling up, powered by smart thermostats that enable utilities and ratepayers to collaborate on grid resiliency and affordability.

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$81 Million For Gigantic Energy Storage Showcase In Kentucky

November 9, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean power, edf group, Energy, Energy Storage, green economy, grid, hydroelectric, hydropower, kentucky, pumped hydro, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, us department of energy (doe), us hydropower, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:58:06 +0000

Pumped hydropower is the basis for 96% of utility-scale energy storage capacity in the US, and it is ripe with potential for expansion.

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Will Musk’s AI Supercomputer Compromise A Local Community’s Grid?

November 8, 2024 admin 0 Comments carbon emissions, demand response, elon musk, grid, grid parity, tesla, xai

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:20:00 +0000

Elon Musk has announced that he is building the world’s largest supercomputer. The problem is that it will require the same amount of electricity as would power 100,000 homes. Musk’s potential supercomputer power usage has many regional community members in the southwest Memphis area concerned, who say the artificial intelligence … [continued]

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Con Ed And First Student Bring Solar Microgrid To New York

November 7, 2024 admin 0 Comments Brooklyn, clean transport, con ed, con edison, electric buses, electric school buses, Electric vehicles, ev charging, grid, microgrids, New York, NEW YORK CITY, NYC, Smart Grid, vehicle to grid

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:36:27 +0000

Con Edison and First Student are constructing a microgrid in Brooklyn to manage the charging requirements of electric school buses.

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3-D Printed Concrete Enlisted For Futuristic Subsea Energy Storage Demonstration

November 7, 2024 admin 0 Comments 3D PRINTING, clean power, concrete, Energy, Energy Storage, GERMANY, grid, long-duration energy storage, pumped hydro, pumped hydro storage, pumped storage, renewable energy, us department of energy (doe), usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 19:17:17 +0000

A new US energy storage project will adapt the power of pumped storage hydro to subsea locations near offshore wind farms and energy-hungry coastal cities, leveraging 3-D printing and the natural force of water pressure.

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20% of US Rooftop Solar Systems Are Sunrun Systems, 45% of New Battery Installations Are Sunrun

October 30, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, cleantech talk, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, Energy Storage, grid, rooftop solar, Solar energy, sunrun, virtual power plants

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 03:55:34 +0000

Sunrun, the largest rooftop solar company in the United States, recently hit a big milestone — one million customers. We recently sat down with Chris Rauscher, Head of Grid Services & Virtual Power Plants at Sunrun, to discuss this and related matters. Listen to the podcast via the following embedded … [continued]

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$474 Million for More Grid Resilience in USA

October 29, 2024 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, Democrats, grid, hurricanes, jennifer granholm, Natural Disasters, policy & politics, subsidies, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 03:55:53 +0000

After Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton knocked out power for millions of Americans recently, grid resilience is top of mind. We need better grid resilience. In some places, electricity came back within a few hours. In others, it took a day or two. In places with poor grid resilience, it … [continued]

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Buoyant Design & Adaptable Mooring Mechanisms Help Floating Solar Remain Intact Through Hurricane Milton

October 24, 2024 admin buildings, clean power, climate change, grid, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy, solar panels, Water

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 03:28:58 +0000

Last month, Super Typhoon Capricorn struck Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China, and was one of the most severe typhoons to hit the region since 1949. In this wild weather with torrential gusts and gigantic waves, the floating Mibet solar panels pounded by the typhoon remained incredibly buoyant and sturdy. Soon after, on … [continued]

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