Criticisms Of LNG Export Emissions Study Don’t Withstand Scrutiny

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:58:33 +0000

For the past year, a preprint paper has been undergoing one of the most public, rancorous and extensive peer-review processes in the history of US academics. Is it on race relations? Tax cuts for the rich? Hollywood starlets? No, it’s on liquified natural gas (LNG) emissions of greenhouse gases. The … [continued]

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Why Are You Paying To Subsidize The Fossil Fuel Industry?

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 14:14:18 +0000

How much are you willing to subsidize the government and prop up the fossil fuel industry? Governments across the world now spend a total of $2.6 trillion per year on subsidies that harm the environment, jeopardizing global climate and biodiversity targets. The public should not be paying at the pump … [continued]

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Growing Markets for Grid-Connected Battery Storage in India

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 03:50:27 +0000

Power sector regulators hold the keys to unlock the trillions of rupees of battery storage investment necessary to ensure the growth of a flexible, affordable, and reliable grid. Although the summer of 2024 is now behind us, it stands as the hottest summer on record. During the last week of … [continued]

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Quebec Hydrogen Fleet After Four Years: $500 Per Kg Hydrogen, & No One Used Them

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 22:20:42 +0000

A year ago, I was having fun with the Odyssey of the Hydrogen Fleet, a tragicomedy in six parts. One of the many enactments of this tragicomedy had left Act 5, where the hydrogen fleet is permanently parked. The provincial government of Quebec quietly returned roughly 50 fuel cell cars … [continued]

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Hydrogen for Energy Serves Fossil Fuel Interests, Not Climate Change or Economy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:13:29 +0000

The long-running seminar series for India’s utility professionals through the India Smart Grid Forum closed with hydrogen. The hype glitter is starting to tarnish, but there is still a lot of substance-less shiny noise around the molecule. To that end, I stepped through the challenges and why hydrogen is virtually … [continued]

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This Sleek Electric Boat Flies Like An Airplane, With Fuel Cells

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 15:15:10 +0000

The electric boat field is stretching into new territory as innovators like Sea Cheetah leverage the wing-in-ground effect to fly their vessels over water.

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California Climate & Energy Update

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:02:10 +0000

California is making strides in reducing emissions while the economy continues to grow. Check out some of the state’s recent wins! California continues to charge forward with significant climate wins: The California Air Resources Board (CARB) just released a report showing that California’s emissions continue to fall — a 20% reduction … [continued]

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China Likely To Have Lower GHG Emissions Than USA By 2035

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 22:37:08 +0000

China’s electrification, renewables, and infrastructure trajectories mean coal demand is going to plummet, and emissions with it. The USA? Not so much.

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New Thin Film Solar Factory Transforms Red State Into Green Warrior

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 22:18:27 +0000

Alabama is now host to a new thin film solar manufacturing facility that will provide solar developers in the US with 3.5 gigawatts’ worth of solar panels per year, every year (courtesy of First Solar).

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Serious Money — $43 Million — Behind 100% Wind Power For Cargo Ships

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 02:15:13 +0000

The French startup VELA just nailed down $43 million in funding to bring wind power back to the sea cargo shipping industry on a high tech trimaran.

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