Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 23:42:15 +0000
The humble electric hot water system, hidden usually in a corner of the garage, or even sometimes stuck outside the house in Australia, is being repurposed to balance the grid. For years, we have used tariff 33 to switch on our hot water systems at night for lower-cost electricity from … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 04:58:00 +0000
As Joe Biden’s time leading the United States approaches an end, various government agencies have been sprinting to get things done before they are at risk of being dropped and forgotten. Rather than try to cover each of these separately, let’s quickly roll through some of the announcements, and you … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:38:03 +0000
Researchers at Ames National Laboratory are have reportedly cracked the code for the energy efficient, refrigerant-free magnetocaloric heat pump of the future.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 01:48:18 +0000
Heat pumps are getting more sophisticated and now include units like the MAN Mega heat pump being used for district heating in Denmark.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 03:32:52 +0000
Is it really possible for homeowners to recreate a traditional Colonial New England home so that it uses renewable energy sources? A residential couple who live outside Boston wondered the same thing. How could they get off fossil fuels and do so in a way that made sense for their … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 17:01:26 +0000
The federal tax incentives and rebates contained in the Inflation Reduction Act are likely to be eliminated soon. Now is the time to act.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 15:32:45 +0000
Headlines out of Canada are making palms meet faces around the world. In Canada, the faces are often red with embarrassment about other Canadian’s actions. Other faces are red with anger. But it’s all theatrics during the inevitable dissolution of the oil sands. What are the headlines? Alberta’s ruling party … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 18:50:43 +0000
One of the amusing side notes of my recent foray into the challenges that the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) is having was the tone deaf and counterproductive social media responses of their board member from Enbridge, the biggest natural gas firm in North America. When that … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Joe Wachunas| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:21:03 +0000
Heat pump water heaters (HPWH) are a game changing decarbonization technology that are unfortunately still too expensive in many regions. Our nonprofit-led Advanced Water Heating Initiative is looking to track prices that households are paying for HPWH installations to see what folks are spending by region and also to observe … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Press Release| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:54:25 +0000
The 29,000-square-foot project was assisted by a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Defense Production Act Program Major efforts are underway to advance America’s energy transition and move away from fossil fuels. This is especially true in the industrial sector, which accounts for more than one-third of all energy … [continued]
The post Armstrong International’s New Industrial Heat Pump Manufacturing Facility to Help Light Industry Manufacturers in the U.S. Meet Net-Zero Goals and Cut Primary Energy Demand by up to 80% appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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