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$53.6 Million to Expand Weatherization Assistance Program & Lower Costs for More American Households

August 24, 2024 admin buildings, clean power, climate change, consumer technology, energy efficiency, heat pumps, investing in america, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, justice40 initiative, policy research, research, Solar energy, us department of energy (doe), weatherization, weatherization assistance program

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 22:46:45 +0000

The Investing in America Agenda is Supporting Innovative Demonstration Projects That Will Enhance the Weatherization Assistance Program and Expand Public and Private Partnerships to Support Clean Energy Jobs As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that it has selected fourteen … [continued]

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Balto Energy Has A Plan To Move The Electrify Everything Agenda Forward

August 22, 2024 admin balto energy, buildings, clean power, consumer technology, electric home, electrify everything, green economy, heat pumps, nem 3.0, rooftop solar, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 17:06:34 +0000

Balto Energy is on a mission to help homeowners electrify their residences with heat pumps and EV chargers at affordable rates.

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Revolutionary Loop Heat Pipe Transports 10 kW of Waste Heat — No Electricity Required

August 15, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, heat pumps, Japan, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:26:53 +0000

A team of researchers from Nagoya University in Japan has developed a loop heat pipe (LHP) that can transport up to 10 kW of heat without the need for electricity. This heat transport capability is the largest in the world. The group’s LHP aims to contribute to energy savings and … [continued]

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Batteries in Phoenix, Heat Pumps in Houston — Here’s Where Cleantech Industries Are Best Poised to Thrive

August 15, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, heat pumps, investment, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, pumped hydro storage, research, Solar energy

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 18:24:08 +0000

States and localities want to raise their chances of attracting clean energy investment. Industry leaders want to find the places best suited for scaling their technologies. The Clean Growth Tool helps with both. The federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has triggered an explosion of clean energy investment in the United … [continued]

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The Inflation Reduction Act: Saving American Households Money …

August 12, 2024 admin clean power, energy efficiency, heat pumps, inflation reduction act of 2022., internal revenue service, IRS, Joe Biden, policy & politics, rooftop solar, Solar energy, subsidies

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 03:57:53 +0000

… While Reducing Climate Change and Air Pollution The Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, extended and expanded tax credits that help households invest in residential clean energy such as solar panels, as well as home energy efficiency. New data from the Internal Revenue Service show that more than 3.4 million American families have already … [continued]

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Home & Utility Upgrades to Support Electrification & Clean Local Resources

August 11, 2024 admin berkeley lab, buildings, clean power, consumer technology, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, green economy, heat pumps, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, research

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 04:03:32 +0000

Advances in electric appliances, electric vehicles (EVs), rooftop solar and energy storage — plus incentives from utilities and governments — are attracting growing consumer interest in these technologies. Consumer investments may include upgrades for electric service panels, especially when installing multiple electrification measures in older homes (see photo). In some … [continued]

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President Biden Enlists Heat Pumps For National Defense

August 10, 2024 admin air source heat pumps, consumer technology, defense production act, electric heat pumps, energy efficiency, green economy, green jobs, heat pump water heater, heat pumps, industrial heat pump, manufacturers, Manufacturing, policy & politics, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2024 22:56:29 +0000

The Biden administration is deploying the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure that more US-manufactured heat pumps get into the market, more quickly.

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The Climate Menace Hidden in Plain Sight

August 9, 2024 admin buildings, heat pumps, thermal energy storage, thermal storage

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 18:42:28 +0000

A primer on refrigerants and their impacts on climate change. Refrigerants are everywhere. They’re in our air conditioners and heat pumps, in our fridges — even in our cars! Yet, despite this ubiquity, refrigerants are an oft-neglected subject within electrification strategies despite their major contribution to the greenhouse effect. Perhaps … [continued]

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No, Carbon Pricing Maritime Shipping Won’t Push Freight To Airplanes

August 6, 2024 admin Aviation, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, carbon tax, cargo, cargo shipping, China, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Fossil Fuels, green economy, heat pumps, investment, Logistics, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Shipping, supply chain

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 15:41:38 +0000

Recently I published on the International Maritime Organization’s commitment to introduce carbon pricing for all maritime shipping in 2028. One of the comments echoed something I’d seen elsewhere, the odd premise that this would drive freight to much higher emissions airplanes, and hence be counterproductive from a climate perspective. The … [continued]

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How Propane Broke My Heart

August 6, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, heat pumps, mass transit / public transit, propane

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 20:27:59 +0000

On the way decarbonizing my home, a heated love affair with propane went up in flames. At the start, seeking warmth and comfort, the fuel’s seemingly slim carbon footprint was infatuating. Propane came in those big cuddly tanks one sees next to romantic mountain cabins, or those cute little UFO-looking … [continued]

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